I love this because the tones capture the feel of the scene...this one is Wild West, pre-TechnoWorld, out there on The Range, striving to make it in a tough, bleak environment.
I agree with Lance. Great perspective here and the B&W adds to the 'olde Ghost town' feel. I think taking it from a little lower would have given nice separation between the horizon and the 'cart' (or whatever the abandoned thing-of-a-jig is ;))
It certainly looks like a pretty desolate and cold place when the photo was taken. From what looks like snow on the ground it may have been chilly. I particularly like the shades and detail in the old wagon.
Dave
Hey Dave,
I agree with Morkel as the top of the cart is merging slightly with the distant mountains. An option is to remove some of the hilltop although that is quite the surgery.....I also might go in and try to seperate the buildings on the right a bit more to give some more depth. I do like the balance they provide to the cart and the tones are also very pleasing. Just a few tweaks will help bring this one up a notch.
Morkel and Roman captured my thoughts well. I went to a website with images from there and found this one. I can see how you placed the wagon to block out that building in the BG. As Roman suggested separating the wagon from the buildings more - good suggestion BTW - does not look possible w/o the BG building you are blocking from coming into view.
Just thought this was an interesting exercise into why some decisions are made when we are composing. You did well minimizing the other surrounding distractions.
Tonal separation is great. Perhaps you can share with us methods used for the B&W conversion.
I love this. Its so western looking, and bleak as all get out. Love the feel. Usually telephone poles are a pain, in this shot it actually adds to the feel of the photo. The trace of old snow just adds so much to it also. Gorgeous!