A Barn from the Other Day: I posted this edited photo in the gallery the other day and am re-posting it here, along with the original raw shot. I began editing in Lightroom, did a...

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I posted this edited photo in the gallery the other day and am re-posting it here, along with the original raw shot. I began editing in Lightroom, did a little more in Luminar 4 and Topaz, and finished in Nik Silver Efex.

I’m interested in your critiquing comments, especially what I could have done to make the final image better. Repost not OK. -- John, aka jaymatt

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Tjohn Loc: Inverness, FL formerly Arivaca, AZ

I like it and the use of B&W adds to the mood of the image.

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

jaymatt wrote:

I posted this edited photo in the gallery the other day and am re-posting it here, along with the original raw shot. I began editing in Lightroom, did a little more in Luminar 4 and Topaz, and finished in Nik Silver Efex.

I’m interested in your critiquing comments, especially what I could have done to make the final image better. Repost not OK. -- John, aka jaymatt

Not a valid comparison. The photos have too much different composure to be fairly evaluated. The addition of the quonset in bottom left changes everything.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

The finished photo is an evolution of the posted original raw file.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

I really like the B&W. Not sure I could do anything to make it better - only different, maybe. I find the colour image to have lost detail - particularly in the structure of the barn.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Good treatment for a traditional barn/winter shot. The horse peeping round the corner is a good extra feature. My only criticism would be to try to avoid the large plain area of the roof by bringing out a bit more detail there.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

R.G. wrote:

Good treatment for a traditional barn/winter shot. The horse peeping round the corner is a good extra feature. My only criticism would be to try to avoid the large plain area of the roof by bringing out a bit more detail there.

Thanks, R.G. I tried, but it just wasn’t there, at least with the tools I have.

Hip Coyote

I like the treatment and the crop. The photo looks old old old...very nice.

Twer I to do post on it, I would try to bring out some highlights on the roof, just a bit. And when cropping, I would us the PS perspective crop tool to slightly try to get the fence parallel / straight across the image rather than at an angle. It might (not sure) improve the image a bit.

Overall, I like this image a lot ...well done.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Hip Coyote wrote:

I like the treatment and the crop. The photo looks old old old...very nice.

Twer I to do post on it, I would try to bring out some highlights on the roof, just a bit. And when cropping, I would us the PS perspective crop tool to slightly try to get the fence parallel / straight across the image rather than at an angle. It might (not sure) improve the image a bit.

Overall, I like this image a lot ...well done.

Thanks. I tilted the photo to get the fence level, and it threw the barn off and made it look cockeyed. So, that was a no-go for me. As for the roof, I agree but don’t have the processing tools to do that.

Hip Coyote

jaymatt wrote:

Thanks. I tilted the photo to get the fence level, and it threw the barn off and made it look cockeyed. So, that was a no-go for me. As for the roof, I agree but don’t have the processing tools to do that.

Hmm. Well you tried! Thanks

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

jaymatt wrote:

I posted this edited photo in the gallery the other day and am re-posting it here, along with the original raw shot. I began editing in Lightroom, did a little more in Luminar 4 and Topaz, and finished in Nik Silver Efex.

I’m interested in your critiquing comments, especially what I could have done to make the final image better. Repost not OK. -- John, aka jaymatt

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