Sunrise

[tbob]

Some of the roof shingles and the wall boards are gone from this barn. I thought this might be an interesting concept as an image .

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[Kodiak]

Some of the roof shingles and the wall boards are gone from this barn. I thought this might be an interesting concept as an image.

Good thinking Trevor! The result is a very graphic approach reenforced by
a light metering done on the sky, not being affected by the overwhelming
presence of the dark structure.

Very cool!

[pnodrog]

It maybe a worthy candidate for blending an exposure similar to the one you have and another taken latter or with a much longer exposure to give a hint of detail in the barn structure.
Certainly a location to visit again if you can get up early enough and venture out into the fast approaching arctic conditions.

[tbob]

Thanks Kodiak and Paul Was actually a planned shot and I got up at 5 am to get out there before sunrise. I did five shots for HDR but I think I will give up Might have to explore focus stacking in the future because HDR, at least for this stuff, seems to fail the Reality Test.

The arctic temperatures are at least two weeks off. I hope.

[pnodrog]

Forget using HDR software for this. Just form a simple mask (assuming photoshop or Elements available) by selecting black barn framework, inverting and apply as mask to an exposure with some barn details on a layer above the shot shown here. Set layer blend mode to lighten(oops maybe photoshop only but lighten mode not essential) and then adjust layer opacity until you can just detect a bit of detail.

Play with individual curves adjustments layers for both image layers until you are either delighted or need a beer....

[Shadowman]

Interesting shot, needs more sunset.

[IzzieK]

I like the composition very much...you outdid yourself this time...still a barn concept but very different sort of thinking this time around. Question begging the mind is "how many angles can you shoot a barn inside out and yet turn out something as good as this one?"

[Stagecoach]

Well it's certainly different Trevor and if you undertake some work as Paul has suggested it will be quite impressive.

[tbob]

Interesting shot, needs more sunset.

My intent was to shoot the barn as a silhouette against the sunrise, however the clouds and rising sun did not cooperate to provide any more than a thin band along the horizon. So I decided to try this.

Maybe next weekend, next month or next year.

[tbob]

I Question begging the mind is "how many angles can you shoot a barn inside out and yet turn out something as good as this one?"

In my case, maybe one. However I enjoy the effort. Looking for new opportunities makes it all worthwhile. Even abject failures make life interesting.

[tbob]

Well it's certainly different Trevor and if you undertake some work as Paul has suggested it will be quite impressive.

I will have to crack and get either Elements or Photoshop. I am using the Nik product and it just doesn't cut it for me. Probably a great tool. But not in my hands.

[John 2]

In my case, maybe one. However I enjoy the effort. Looking for new opportunities makes it all worthwhile. Even abject failures make life interesting.

No abject failure here Trevor. Photography is at it's most interesting when it results from the use of imagination. For me that applies here. BTW, there is enough information even in the JPEG to bring out some detail in the barn interior if that is what you want to do. I quite like it as it is.

[tbob]

Thanks John. I did a little mucking about with the shadows and could only get nasty blue tinted wood. Better this way

[pnodrog]

.......... BTW, there is enough information even in the JPEG to bring out some detail in the barn interior if that is what you want to do.........

Rather a brave statement..... have you viewed the histogram? May depend on how much noise you can tolerate.

[tbob]

This is the HDR treatment. The best I could accomplish with some fiddling with the wood temperature and tint. In future, when I get a new program for post processing, I will try either focus stacking or layers. Would have to be reshot to accommodate those techniques as the interior is too dark with my current shots

[Doorstop]

This is the HDR treatment. The best I could accomplish with some fiddling with the wood temperature and tint. In future, when I get a new program for post processing, I will try either focus stacking or layers. Would have to be reshot to accommodate those techniques as the interior is too dark with my current shots

I love it - like the angles and lines and sort of eerie feel of it.

[tbob]

Thanks Karin. If it was not for the grain, noise and slightly weird tint I would be very pleased with this. Maybe I should just accept the limitations of the the technique. Unfortunately just a bit too artificial looking to be a large size print. I am using it for my Facebook thumbnail as it works when small.

[IzzieK]

You can hardly treat everyone's wishes in how they want your shoot to look like. You must satisfy yourself and what you are aiming for your shoot to look like. But we do have preferences. Your HDR treatment is very good -- it shows what the structure looks like in real time but your first shot takes the cake for me because of the special effect you had created with the sun light showing through the structure itself. Well done.

[Doorstop]

I took the liberty of downloading your image and just playing around a little in Photoshop. This is what I came up with in 5 minutes...

[NorthernFocus]

Great concept, Trevor. I like the HDR version. Nice job.