Abandoned
by RiderGal

Comment by LindaLee:
An interesting photo, but not enough range of tone for me. It's all kind of neutral, and though there are a few areas of contrast, they are small, and for me, not enough to balance the photo well.

Abandoned
by RiderGal

Comment by Turbotech:
Oh man this looks terrible. Not the shot but the building itself. What kind of stories this house can tell.

Squared Away
by RiderGal

Comment by KimInNB:
The tree distracts my attention from the window - a bit too messy for my liking.

Abandoned
by RiderGal

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Mostly well taken photo, there's at least two doors, so challenge well met. The two foreground items are a bit distracting (the bar of wood coming from the bottom of the frame - and the part of the door leaning on the wall on the right side of the frame). Plus the shadows created by the flash aren't very appealing (don't add anything but maybe a bit of depth). Visually, I don't care for it, sorry, it just doesn't appeal to me. 6 Swash

Abandoned
by RiderGal

Comment by FranziskaLang:
challenge met, but not with a totally appealing pic IMHO. a little more contrast would've given the pic more "pop" and i also don't like the harsh shadows (from flash?) but it's hard to say how to change that w/out being there. doesn't exactly look like a place that has electricity. maybe focus more on the door, use a tripod and some portable light if at all possible.

Abandoned
by RiderGal

Comment by teachme53:
NIce depth of field picture, a little out of focus in the front of the picture, that's is the cameras fault not yours. The biggest problem happened when you tilted your camera to the side to get a vertical picture it put your flash to the side. This cause all your shaddows to be to the right of the images. If have a detachable flash and an extion cord that connects to the camera you can hand hold the flash above the camera and all your shadows will be behind the image. There are also grips you can buy that can attach to your camera that holds the flash. The parts that holds the flash swivals to always have the flash on top. I hope this helps. John

Squared Away
by RiderGal

Comment by jgillard:
The tree in front of the old window is a bit distracting. It could also be sharpened just a little bit. jgillard5

Abandoned
by RiderGal

Comment by inspzil:
I don't like the foreground stuff. If this picture were taken from 5 feet further back I think the effect would still be achieved and the foreground stuff not so noticeable - Inspzil

Squared Away
by RiderGal

Comment by DougPaz:
Nice take on the challenge. It feels like it is leaning to the left but your line at the bottom looks straight?

Abandoned
by RiderGal

Comment by Anachronite:
the bright light from the flash seem really harsh... going with black and white and adjusting the contrast might have helped