Neighbor's house in the snow

[travis4567]

Canon 6d, 40mm 2.8, 3200 ISO
I know there's a lot of distracting stuff on the right side of this photo but I wanted to include the entire tree.

[pnodrog]

It's strange that when I look at a photograph that interests me I ignore the odd minor point that I would usually moan about. The snow highlights on the lower right hand edge would normally invoke a suggestion that they be toned down but I am so interested in a scene that is such a contrast from our Christmas climate and neighbourhood that it is not a distraction. More of a distraction is that I cannot determine the make and model of the car in the background because someone has tossed snow on it. Mind you all sedans are now starting to look the same apart from very minor details. I bet the steering wheel is on the wrong side.

Technically well done but the white earth and lack of fences is bewildering...

[travis4567]

Thanks L.Paul. Yes the steering wheel is on the wrong side (left). I think it's a Honda. And there are fences in the back of the house. enjoyed your comment !!

[IzzieK]

They are very different over here L. Paul...in New Zealand and Australia we usually have fences all around our properties. Here there are 'burbs/areas where fences are a no-no. Here where we live, fences are frown off but try telling that to my husband after we had kids...and then two robberies from our shed...that is why we have not only fences but doggies too, but not all around our property but only at the back of our property. Then the front "needs" to be well maintained (as according to the standards set up by the administrators of our 'village'.

Just for the record, Travis...this is how you saw this scenario, leave it as is...the distraction is not too much of an issue here but what attracts you to take this shot.

[pnodrog]

Personally I like the open look that is a result of no fences. The idea that a little fence adds to your security is a fallacy but having a couple of dogs behind a big fence is not.

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[Downrigger]

It's attractive and interesting and the light is a big part of that to me. The light lower right makes me thing you'll have to step aside for a vehicle soon. The two big shooting options here would have been to move forward-right and get less street to right while keeping the whole tree, or move to your left and add street running off to the right. This was probably the best compromise and I like it.

[Wavelength]

Very nice image; have you thought about a black and white rendering? please try that too...would be happy to see that

[IzzieK]

Depends on a situational basis L.Paul -- we live in a corner street where the traffic outlet is sometimes busy. We needed a fence because our house is located on a steep hillside. We were/are not prepared to lose our kids's life because of our thoughtlessness of not putting up a fence there in the first place.

Personally I like the open look that is a result of no fences. The idea that a little fence adds to your security is a fallacy but having a couple of dogs behind a big fence is not.

[travis4567]

Thanks Nandakumar. Here's a B&W version.

[flashback]

Travis,
I was ambivalent about your first photo, then you posted a B&W version and...amazing. In fact if the car wasn't in the scene it could almost be a Rockwell image, the archetypal (insert your town name here) winter scene.

I found the blue lights rather distracting, but rendered in B&W it evens out and it just...sings. I really like this shot (in B&W).

[travis4567]

Thanks Jack, trying to figure out how to get the car out of there and make it look natural.

[flashback]

I suggest a repo tow truck

[travis4567]

Lightroom needs to add that function. Pull car out of driveway Alt 4

[wilgk]

I indeed love the BW conversion, I would also like to see that tree in Autumn tones/times

[pnodrog]

Lightroom needs to add that function. Pull car out of driveway Alt 4

I think it will be Alt 3 when the steering wheel is on the left. Actually the car does not worry me at all as it looks far more friendly than a hulking great SUV which would be far harder to move.

[arith]

I'm not very confident about doing things like this, but just to give another perspective probably completely wrong. Don't know how to explain an idea, it is a guess I suppose.

[kap55]

B&W does have a place - and this is certainly it. Very nice conversion.

[Wavelength]

Thanks Nandakumar. Here's a B&W version.

That's it!!! I too felt that blue light a bit distracting there and this is really awesome now

[IzzieK]

Aw comeon guys...leave the bloody car there. It is already there. Travis took the shot despite it. I love the original. I like the black and white version too, but love the coloured one better...not everyone's taste is the same. Sabes?