Got the truck runnin' yet?
by NikonJeb

Comment by xXxscarletxXx:
I really like this

Got the truck runnin' yet?
by NikonJeb

Comment by Ubersteiny:
i honestly think itd look better beaten up like that then it being nice n shiny and rideable.

Got the truck runnin' yet?
by NikonJeb

Comment by Balko:
nice image - 7

Got the truck runnin' yet?
by NikonJeb

Comment by Cam:
What a fantastic old truck, great shot.

Goggomobil
by NikonJeb

Comment by ludde:
haha, sounds like something from a cartoon :D goggomobil... ^^ 8

Home, Sweet Home!
by NikonJeb

Comment by xianart:
or there's the rather cheap b/w with colour flag - a bit cliche, but sometimes that works...

Home, Sweet Home!
by NikonJeb

Comment by xianart:
ewll, it's obvious that mary and i think similarly! i ran this through alien skins cross process e100, but to get a similar result you could do a high pass layer, contrast, and hue/sat bumping up red. then i did a gradient layer for the vignette, and after flattening a gaussian blur layer. both the gradient and blur are masked to choose only the areas i wanted affected.

it's a great image, but i agree with the flatness comments. t just mneeds a little oomph to get it going.

Home, Sweet Home!
by NikonJeb

Comment by quiet_observation:
this was a 1 minute bad edit trying to increase the contrast a bit and make the flag pop out. A photoshop guru would be able to do a lot better.

Home, Sweet Home!
by NikonJeb

Comment by mist:
I agree with Kelly and Julianne. I didn't get around to voting on this challenge, but I think this one would have picked up a 5 or 6 from me.

It meets the challenge and is detailed and, I think, well composed, but the flat lighting and general murkiness of it does not make it stand out as a photo. It's a funny one, because the challenge "harsh environments" suggests darkness etc., but what you want to avoid is a drab photograph that lacks bite, unfortunately I think that's what has happened here.

Two possible alternatives to it could be - try taking the shot at a different time of day to see what difference lighting conditions make, or play around with curves to see if a particular bit of post processing alters the lighting enough to make the house stand out a bit more - with all that grey it's going to be tricky, though.

Home, Sweet Home!
by NikonJeb

Comment by klstover:
I gave it a 6 as well, and my main reason was also that it seemed "flat". I think that if this had been a basic editing challenge this photo would have been great. I mean, it's a good subject that fits the challenge nicely, the composition is great, and I think overall it is a good photo! But in advanced editing, and now in the new expert editing, I think generally the voter is going to look for a photo that has more "wow factor" or "impact". Maybe if the house had been colored a different color (which I'm assuming could theoretically (if difficultly) be done in expert editing)... but then it wouldn't be as drab looking.. so you're kind of in a bind as to what to do. I do remember thinking as I voted that the drab feeling definitely suited the subject matter... so I don't really have anything to suggest. Hope this helps a little bit anyway.