The Old Barn and I
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Comment by timfythetoo:
I gave you a 5 on this one. The barn itself looks cool - though I would have liked to have seen more detail in the shadows. That board that cuts across takes away from the lines that you have going behind it. Maybe taken at a different time of day so that the outside light isnt such a contrast to whats going on inside. My eyes are more immediately drawn to the grass and trees rather than the barn. And then there is you. I am indifferent on that. Not sure if it adds or takes away. As far as the challenge goes, you weren't necessary (outside of the fact that you had to take the picture - my attempt at humor). Overall the shot has a good feel but more detail and different lighting could have made it stand out more. (I didnt read the other comments first this time - I will try to do this more often - great idea again this club thing)

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Comment by Rikki:
nice symmetry and execuition

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Comment by jekershner7:
Good idea

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Comment by dw_photo:
great idea

The Old Barn and I
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Comment by Kelli:
I'm going to comment without looking at other comments first, that way my perspective isn't affected by others opinions. For the challenge... I didn't vote in this one, but probably would have given you a 5. Whenever you put a person into the photo, it becomes the subject and you don't look that old. Without the challenge... it is a very nice picture, but one that would only appeal to people who know you. It reminds me of a vacation (I was here) type picture. If you could have done this at night and lighted up more of the barn and put yourself in silhouette (I know, that's bizarre!) in the opening, then you probably could have blown the competition away!

The Old Barn and I
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Comment by ericwoo:
Pretty cool idea, but I think that the dark area of the capture was overwhelming. I think if you added a small amount of fill flash inside the barn to bring out just a bit of the old wood detail, you would have scored a bit higher. It also suffers with the size requirements that we are given. A larger version would also bring out some of the detail.

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Comment by Melethia:
Now this I rather like! I suspect the biggest problem as far as score would be it didn't say "Old" to some. Compositionally, I like the way you've framed the opening, and it's overall balanced to me. You've done a pretty good job of a hard exposure - getting detail in both the dark and the light sections. Should you try it again and want to get down and dirty with post processing, I've heard taking the shot twice with two different exposures then combining the results can be done. But I couldn't tell you how, exactly. Overall, I find this a solid, appealing picture.

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Comment by Younger:
The orange looks a little to red to be complimentary to blue. I like it anyway. 9

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Comment by lfordhere:
I'm not really sure what this is... at first site it looked like the poop from my dog... lol Great job at seperating the two colors with a natural one.

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Comment by dcano:
Great Concept that made for a great photo.