Idaho Barn Closeup with Vehicles

[Tom Walter]

This is a closeup of the vehicles under the collapsing barn that I posted yesterday. This is an example of a picture within a picture. I lightened the shadows some but thought it would not look good if I lightened them more. Any suggestions are welcome.

D200
Nikon18-200 3.5-5.6 G VR at 150 mm
Hand held
1/60 sec at f 11
ISO 200

[Harold Davis]

besides the harsh light, i quite like it. would make a nice black and white?

[Robert Amoruso]

Tom,

I would have gone in even closer right on the trucks too. If you have not tried HDR yet - this would be a killer subject. I cover HDR in my workshops.

I like how the fallen beams create a frame for the cars. Tough light that I tried to tame in the repost as follows.

1) Selection of Highlights using CTRL-ALT-~.
2) CTRL-J to copy selection as a layer.
3) Change blending mode of that layer to Multiply.
4) Reverse s-curve to lower contrast.

1, 2 and 3 darken the highlights and 4 loweres overall scene contrast. I did not correct the bump in saturation that occurred.

See the following for specifics.

Reverse S-Curve here: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20434

Blending Modes here: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20434

Highlight Selection using the Channels Palette or Ctrl Key combination here: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?p=161168

[Ed Cordes]

Great find. There wasn't a vintage Corvette in there was there? The re post is better, but the original still is very nice. I particularly like the way all the colors compliment each other.