Glowing in the Dark
by dtremain

Comment by maguero:
too dark

Glowing in the Dark
by dtremain

Comment by NikonJeb:
I know you're getting pinged right and left on darkness and negative space. I love this image! It's just plain flat creepy; evocative of all the horrors that you can conjure up on a cold, dank spooky night. This thing has got to be sitting at the house that no kid in his right mind will go within 100 yards 'cause they KNOW that the boogeyman lives there! 7 to help offset any bad votes.....8>)

1902 Rural School House
by dtremain

Comment by MaryO:
Appropriate subject and nice to get the year in there for context. A little bright; for this challenge I would prefer to see it toned down to emphasize the "oldness."

Glowing in the Dark
by dtremain

Comment by riversong:
Ohh, love how you changed the color to an eerie green glow...nice effects!! Very spooooky!!!! Like how you cropped this as well.

Reflections of Fall
by dtremain

Comment by dwterry:
The hardest thing to do right with digital images in nature is get the leaves right. They are so easily over sharpened, which is what I believe has happened here. What I generally do is sharpen up to the point I like it and then back down. Or... I'll sharpen up to where I like the image overally, and then use the history brush and reduce the sharpening anywhere that there are tiny details (leaves, ripples in the water, etc).

The sky, I think, you could have had the hue adjusted slighting and the saturation pumped up a bit (gradient mask, etc). The colors in the leaves are nice, but they too could have benefited from a little saturation.

The Beginning of the End of the Farm
by dtremain

Comment by kreshkin:
Good concept.

1902 Rural School House
by dtremain

Comment by toddgray:
The lighting is a bit harsh

1902 Rural School House
by dtremain

Comment by rlewis:
Good potential, I would propose that you have waited on better light

The Beginning of the End of the Farm
by dtremain

Comment by kirsty_mcn:
could do with a few degrees rotation clockwise

1902 Rural School House
by dtremain

Comment by Retroesque:
Great location and subject. The date above the door is great for the challenge, but the lighting is too harsh.