Dudley Farm Tobacco Barn

[Cheryl Slechta]

I believe I'll make this a Dudley Farm series like Paul's BIF This was a tobacco barn to the left of Maureen's post. It was a 6 image HDR processed in Photomatix. I used a little Topaz Simplify on it and reduced the saturation a tad.
Thanks for looking. Comments and suggestions appreciated.

[Paul Lagasi]

This is one cool place to photograph, I will have to check it out next time in Florida. Nice scene, like the shadows on the wall of the tobacco shack...nice work

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hey, Paul, thanks. You'll be seeing a lot more from there (just let me know when you're sick of them).

[Cheryl Slechta]

Here's another version that has an added layer of Topaz B&W with a slight vignette. I'm not sure which I like better.

[Maureen Allen]

Really nice, Cheryl. I think you captured the tranquil simplicity of the place wonderfully. I prefer the repost, but both are great.

[denise ippolito]

Cheryl, Excellent job with the filtering. I like the second one with the toned down greens. The URC seems a tiny bit cut off, if you have a tiny bit more on top I would add it and then take a sliver off the bottom if not I would take a small slice off the top and clean up the top edge. I like the composition with the three trees lined up and the building.

[John Storjohann]

Cheryl, the repost does it for me...and I would second Denise's suggestion RE the composition. Nicely seen...the filtering adds a muted, almost painterly/sketched quality to the image.

[Mitch Carucci]

Very nice. Maureen said it best. a tranquil calm scene. (nice processing)

[Judy Howle]

The composition is very nice and I prefer the repost also. I would love to go there myself! All of your images show how interesting and photogenic it is.

[Anita Bower]

I like both versions. Lovely work. Nice composition and excellent processing. The combination of HDR with filters gives it a painterly feel that is quite realistic. The only change I might make is to darken the bright spots in the barn foundation, and perhaps darken the fence on the right border. Excellent work!!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Cheryl, good comments already given above. This is such a photogenic looking location..keep 'em coming! I actually prefer the original post as the light appears to be less harsh than in the repost.