the simple red barn
by jpb323red

Comment by Quadrajet:
This photo drums up images of youth spent on a farm and a longing for the simple life.

I like how you framed the barn with the trees and branchs, although I feel the branch on top dips a bit too close to the barn and becomes almost a distraction.

The image seems a bit small and somewhat pixelated.

It looks like the barn is pretty dark compared to the rest of the image...and the barn is the subject, right? I can see by the patches of light on the ground, that there were breaks in the clouds. In this instance you may have been better off waiting for a hole in the cloud to shed a bit of light on the barn...this would emphasize the subject (barn).

I hope this helps,
Quadrajet

the simple red barn
by jpb323red

Comment by dsidwell:
I was recently involved with a Barn project for the Smithsonian, and we often posited that barns were a sacred icon of our heritage! So nice work! The haze and colors work well to support your theme, too.

the simple red barn
by jpb323red

Comment by karmat:
I really like the composition and colors in this, but I feel it suffers from not having something in good focus. Either the leaves in the foreground or the barn in the distance needs to be in focus to give this shot "punch" I think.

the simple red barn
by jpb323red

Comment by Gordon:
The way the light is for this shot, it seems that everything but the barn is highlighted, from the bright foreground to the bright background. You have a good idea, but you'd need to wait until the light changed - the dark twig through the frame doesn't help much either

the simple red barn
by jpb323red

Comment by kiwiness:
Had this photo been larger and with everything in focus with the saturation pushed up to bring out the greens and reds more, it wold have done a lot better. The natural framing using the tree and branches adds to the composition, although that one branch hanging down from the top right is distracting.

the simple red barn
by jpb323red

Comment by sonnyh:
Very nice photo. Good composition and nice coloring. Like the softening effect. My only criticism is the background seems a little noisy.

the simple red barn
by jpb323red

Comment by jaimeegrl:
If the barn was your main subject, focus should have been on the barn, not the trees in front of the camera.
Good composition, I like the lighting, and the colors are phenominal.
I just wished the focus was one the barn... 5 ( I would have given you a 9 or 10 )

the simple red barn
by jpb323red

Comment by adine:
nice colors and composition looking thru the trees. Wish it were sharper, and wish that bare branch weren't in the way. It is an idealic scene.

the simple red barn
by jpb323red

Comment by wfuller:
Nice outdoors shot, but the twig is distracting, and you could use a bit more dop emphasis on the barn with less on the foreground.

the simple red barn
by jpb323red

Comment by Hardfire:
may have been probably better with focus made on the house