Rural Scenes

[pathfinder]

I saw this barn yesterday.... Notice the snow coming off the right side of the roof - brrr - cold

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/2338679-L.jpg

[wxwax]

Nice scene. :thumb I like dilapidated farm buildings, lots of character.

[pathfinder]

Nice scene. :thumb I like dilapidated farm buildings, lots of character.
Here is the other side for you wxwax.....
http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/2338680-L.jpg

[fish]

I love your photos, pathfinder. You're an inspiration. :thumb

[pathfinder]

I love your photos, pathfinder. You're an inspiration. :thumb Thank you but I look at the pictures on some of the older photo web sites and feel like a real noobie -
I took this one Sunday afternoon - kind of a nice rural scene - it is still cold for you Californians though......http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/2324822-L.jpg

I have also ran this through PS as a watercolor - better or worse?

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/2324819-L.jpg

[GREAPER]

I think I have seen that bridge...

Mid western Indiana, just south west of Indianapolis? Is there an old mill beside it?

[wxwax]

:clap I really like the first version of the covered bridge. A little hot I'm guessing (I have lousy monitors everywhere) but that's the best perpective on a covered bridge I can remember seeing.

BTW, Pathfinder, you wouldn't find putting more info in yer profile, would you? I'm curious about yer gear and where yer shooting. Thanks.

[pathfinder]

:clap I really like the first version of the covered bridge. A little hot I'm guessing (I have lousy monitors everywhere) but that's the best perpective on a covered bridge I can remember seeing.

BTW, Pathfinder, you wouldn't find putting more info in yer profile, would you? I'm curious about yer gear and where yer shooting. Thanks.
Thank you. By a little hot - you mean color too saturated? It was an overcast day and there was some moisture in the air from the falls - And I like saturated colors also.
My monitor at home is a Sharp 1810 that I got with a Gateway P4 a couple of years ago and has a nice warm tone - not blue like some of them. I know what you mean about how pictures look so different on different monitors. My monitor at work hss a very shallow color gamut.
My pictures on smugmug are saved in Adobe color space - they might look better in sRGB on the Web, but I am more interested in having them available in Adobe RGB - that is my choice....

I like the straight image better than the watercolored one too as a small web image - but as a large print I do like the water color effect.

I will try to work on my profile - I have thought about filling out some stuff in the introduction section on RawFiles.

[pathfinder]

I think I have seen that bridge...

Mid western Indiana, just south west of Indianapolis? Is there an old mill beside it?
That is the Bridgeton bridge right next to the Old Bridgeton Mill - about 5 or 10 miles north of Clinton Indiana - This is the mill you are referring to.

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/1616429-L.jpg

And here is another view of the mill

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/704484-L-1.jpg

[wxwax]

Thank you. By a little hot - you mean color too saturated?
By hot I meant to say that some of the whites might be overexposed. But looking at your shot on a different monitor, I think that's not so. Sorry about that. :doh One of the reasons I asked about your profile is that I wonder what the shot might look like on a longer exposure, so that the water has that liquid mercury feel to it.

[ian408]

Hey Waxy, don't you work in TV? You should get one of the engineers
to come fix your monitor :)

Ian

[fish]

Hey Waxy, don't you work in TV? You should get one of the engineers
to come fix your monitor :)

Ian

Why? So he can watch www.soapnet.com? :rofl

[wxwax]

Hey Waxy, don't you work in TV? You should get one of the engineers
to come fix your monitor :)

Ian
Man. I'm lucky if I can get the printer access I need.... actually, I'm lucky if I get a human being at the other end, instead of their recorded message. Seems like IT is the place that gets whacked every time they pare down the budget.

[pathfinder]

By hot I meant to say that some of the whites might be overexposed. But looking at your shot on a different monitor, I think that's not so. Sorry about that. :doh One of the reasons I asked about your profile is that I wonder what the shot might look like on a longer exposure, so that the water has that liquid mercury feel to it.
I actually thought about doing a longer exposure - I had my tripod with me - but it was so windy and cold that I wimped out and just shot it hand-held. And i was getting a little misted right at the waters edge.

I understand your comment about burnt-out highlights - It looks like that on my monitor at work too - just too little contrast range - This is a Septre 19 inch Sam's special - good for text, but not so hot for images - I really can see better on the monitor at home - I think the snow is about 250,250,250 so it is at the upper edge of RGB space but I don't think it is all blown out - may be in some spots tho on top of the roof - but that was ok with the image overall I thought.
In terms of equipment the bridge at Bridgeton was shot with a D10 and a 17-40 L handheld. I get lazy sometimes too.

[pathfinder]

I actually thought about doing a longer exposure - I had my tripod with me - but it was so windy and cold that I wimped out and just shot it hand-held. And i was getting a little misted right at the waters edge.

I understand your comment about burnt-out highlights - It looks like that on my monitor at work too - just too little contrast range - This is a Septre 19 inch Sam's special - good for text, but not so hot for images - I really can see better on the monitor at home - I think the snow is about 250,250,250 so it is at the upper edge of RGB space but I don't think it is all blown out - may be in some spots tho on top of the roof - but that was ok with the image overall I thought.
In terms of equipment the bridge at Bridgeton was shot with a D10 and a 17-40 L handheld. I get lazy sometimes too.

Out the window of a bridge with more almost burned out snow -

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/2355238-L.jpg

[ian408]

Out the window of a bridge with more almost burned out snow -

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/2355238-L.jpg
I like this one. Reminds me of the Watch Tower in Grand Canyon. Don't know
why but it does.

Ian