Day 2
by karmat

Comment:
snow or rain, not a great forecast for wanting to take pictures...it's funny though, paper mills, their smell, and the way their smoke blows. Sometimes they're more predictable than meteorologists!

Day 2.5 - Stop
by xXxscarletxXx

Comment:
I like how used and grungy this looks. You should have saved this scene for one of the road sign challenges!

"Office View" - (the pink in the smoke is from the sunset :-P)
by Strikeslip

Comment:
just to let you know the title did nothing for this image. The image spoke for itself, and it is remarkable

Rolleiflex Cameraman
by Pug-H

Comment:
best woody image I've seen in a long time

Things that make you go hmmmm...
by smardaz

Comment:
this is disturbing, but very cool

Day one - Coal Country
by xXxscarletxXx

Comment:
Desat brought me right to your subject. Very nice image and flow with the tracks! May be my monitor, but upper corners look like curves got out of control there and caused some banding of greyscale.

Day 1
by karmat

Comment:
Really familiar with this view (and the smell) having grown up in Rumford, ME where at the time the Boise Cascade plant was the largest operation under one roof - in the world!

A great capture and nice choice of using lower third for factory with the detail in the sky putting it in it's environment. It does not 'feel' like an anti-pollution statement, but rather a character study of a town's main employment center.

DAY 1 . where i live ... i feel like a voyeur!!
by roz

Comment:
This image ROCKS.

Nice use of the WB to give a very elegant feel to what was originally a bland looking image. Wish I had this king of creative vision and the ability to pull it off!

Side House
by jdannels

Comment:
Good Lord! Apocalyptic. I like the dark tone here and the grain/noise level that lends a film noir feel to this. The low angle creates an extra distortion that also unbalances the viewer - really nice job.

Day-1 The Famous Dayton Courthouse
by TCGuru

Comment:
I like the work here. Makes it look like a postcard that should be sold in the gift shop of the landmark. I agree with exposure here, although the sky is blown out, it seems that the colors here are somewhat murky, but that could simply be due to weather.

An Idea:
In PS, create a duplicate layer and set this layer to SCREEN.
Press ALT and the mask icon to change the layer to a black mask.
Set your paint brush to 11% opacity and White Color.
Now paint over the building until you pull the color out of it (Dodging/lightening the areas.)
(This can be done on over exposed areas as well - if they have detail, using the Multiply option to Burn)