I am so glad you did NOT rule of thirds this photo to death. I rather like it too.
Thanks man! I liked the way it looked better with the window centered. I only loosely follow the rule of thirds anyways. I just do what looks right to me.
man I had fallen behind but what great shots to have to catch up on.
I like them all!
And I need to learn some of that tone mapping.
Thanks! I've been trying to take it up a notch and I think I'm doing pretty well.
Tone mapping in LR is really easy. On that church shot, I just use the brush to up the exposure in the shadows, then used it to add contrast and clarity as well as lessen the exposure by about .4 in the sky. Makes the sky really pop and the church is nicely lit. I can't bring out the detail in the really dark shadows too much because it just makes a mess of the quality in that area, but I don't do it that much anyway. I like it to look mostly natural but somewhat idealized. When I tone map, that's the effect I go for.
I love the shots of the old farm shed
and that window....it just has that something!!
Thank you Vixen! I am really pleased with how those farm shots turned out. I kind of want to make big prints of the first and third shots.
