Distressed Doors in Crete

[NMarie]

This picture was taken while I was on a tour thorough the Island of Crete. The building to which they are an entry to does not look abandoned but the wooden doors look very distressed.

[Kodiak]

The building does not look abandoned but the wooden doors look very distressed.

Hey Nina Marie,

I like this composition but two points could be improved:
• I think the WB needs tweaking as the yellow cast is too dominant for this
hour of the day.
• to support the distress look you wish to convey, a -2/3 of a stop at least
should be applied to the take.

I would like very much to see your result! Once you reached the right colours,
this take will make a splendid candidate to a B&W conversion.

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[bnnrcn]

Nice image I find the white cables(?) distracting .

[IzzieK]

+1 to Binnur's observation...I kept looking at that cable. I do not know how good you are in removing them, but it can be removed with Photoshop's content aware perhaps?

[Stagecoach]

Hi Nina,

I like it and the cable conduits just tell us a bit more of the story that some of the building has at least been updated

Agree with what Kodiak has said regarding the white balance.

Grahame

[NMarie]

I agree with you and I like Kodiaks suggestions for processing. I do not plan to remove any of those things which give the picture its character and show the age of the architecture.

[Wavelength]

Very nostalgic

[IzzieK]

I agree with you and I like Kodiaks suggestions for processing. I do not plan to remove any of those things which give the picture its character and show the age of the architecture.

But...but...but...it is like watching an old movie shot in the 1700's where the star of the show is wearing a rolex watch or a scenery that has some contrails spewed by jets above...

But then ... this is your shot...I have no quarrels with you about your preference. I am just simply stating the inevitable...so I am still with Binnur about this...

[ShaneS]

Nina Marie;

I will be curious to see an edit along the lines of Kodiak's suggestions in either color or black & white. If the exposure is decreased and WB tweaked I think that you will have more texture and 'mood' in the shot.

[Kodiak]

•
It all come down to the important distinction between the reportage and the
gallery photograph (which in many cases will no exclude the reportage).

The centurion with the modern watch should not be seen on the silver screen
(or gallery) but very well in the pages of a cinema magazine! The same applies
to a western movie with contrails spewed by jets above… because both are
documents in time.

The reportage photograph is also a document but the time is now! This document
may very well be shown in gallery but is a snap of reality, a "now reality".

If the take was to be an historical document, that would be a different approach.

[Kodiak]

I will be curious to see an edit along the lines of Kodiak's suggestions in either color or black & white. If the exposure is decreased and WB tweaked I think that you will have more texture and 'mood' in the shot.

As you wished Shane and with your permission Nina Marie:

[NMarie]

I like the B&W Kodiak best of the two. Thanks for your suggestion.

[CLK]

I like the original, the intensity of the yellow indicates to me a very hot and dry place. I think the doors, their construction and being central in the composition are very good, the difference between the green and worn wood colors, to me indicate a contrast from the heat into a cool place. I didn't even notice the cables because the doors immediately caught my eye as I stepped out of the intensity of the yellow sun glare and shadow. I really like it.

[NorthernFocus]

An interesting subject for sure. Kodiak's B/W version seems the way to go. Nicely seen and captured.

[NMarie]

Now I am torn, I do favor the color of the green doors, but the B&W is very Nostalgic.

[Rebel]

Very nice, it is a shame those white cables are there though.

I prefer the colour version to the B&W.

[NMarie]

Thanks Rebel, that is what I will go with the color, I love the GREEN door.

[Aeros]

But...but...but...it is like watching an old movie shot in the 1700's where the star of the show is wearing a rolex watch or a scenery that has some contrails spewed by jets above...

But then ... this is your shot...I have no quarrels with you about your preference. I am just simply stating the inevitable...so I am still with Binnur about this...

But.....but.... but..... no its not. Not a movie with an actor wearing a Rolex watch in a period movie. He simply took a photo of what was given him. If you took the photo, you could tight crop it to suit your vision. I think the photo tells more by leaving in the electrical conduits. Vive la difference.

[Kodiak]

Vive la difference.

+1