Originally Posted by
flashback
The more I contemplate this photo the more I prefer your first image as opposed to your edit, and I do so for the following reasons: The first thing that catches (actually, captures) my eye is the large, white, ceramic(?) tap(?) dead center. Once my eye gets around that it wonders down the bar to find the bar maid setting up; a nice touch to show the bar is actually occupied. Thirdly, after having visually stumbled out of the photo to find myself staring at the carpet on my floor (obviously I'm joking here...or AM I) and regaining my balance within this great image, I notice two other wonderful things: Upper RHS is a mounted deer head that appears to be starring directly at the woman in the back corner of the bar and, interestingly enough she is standing beneath a chalkboard sign that says "Special". So all these little things add up to in my estimation a very nice shot,the colors are vibrant and enjoyable to view, the L shape to the bar guides my eyes around the image (without which I think my eyes would fall off the image once again). And Finally, that heavy timber in the left hand side of the image. To me that shows the weight and heft of the construction -heavy timber frame- which tells me that those who built this Inn did so with the skills of past masters and the intent of outlasting themselves for many generations. To me the whole story is writ large within the initial image, other edits turn it into a Reader's Digest version.