Time for cable?
by dtallakson

Comment:
That looks like some strange editing. It looks ok on the roof, but the trees (especially the one on the far left) don't look so great, in my opinion. I do like your title though.

Sad Bridge
by GeneralE

Comment:
I think a shallow depth of field and maybe a slightly soft focus on the whole image would make this pop. Maybe also crop out the hot spot of the sky reflecting in the water?

Overgrown
by MsAmbrosia

Comment:
Cool find! I love how close you cropped on this. The colors seems a little oversaturated, but of course, it would give a totally different feel if you muted the colors. Maybe tone down all the colors, but mute the vegetation a bit more than the tractor?

Scheduled for Destruction
by karmat

Comment:
Cool find. You could probably crop in closer--the flowers/vines in between the doors look so interesting! I wonder if you could use a wider aperture too to keep just the door/window in focus and blur the plants in front of them. The color palette is very fitting for the mood of the image. It all seems so nostalgic (in a good way).

Time to move on
by Judi

Comment:
This might be a little overprocessed for my taste, but I must admit that it does bring out a lot of detail. As cool as the sky looks, I'd even be conntent with a panorama crop to put the focus back on the building.

Skeletons
by glad2badad

Comment:
I love the comparison between the two. I wish you had taken a step or two to the right so that the tree wouldn't touch the chimney. I wonder what this would look like as a highish contrast BnW.

Pink Car
by justine

Comment:
Nice subject (I especially love the bullet holes : ))! I wish you had used a longer lens and a shallow depth of field to blur out the trees. That would have left the only detail in the bullet holes to make sure that everyone sees them!

Rural Graffiti Dreams
by unbreakable

Comment:
This looks like a really cool barn. I'm not really a fan of the oversaturation of the shade-blue of the roof nor of the purple border, but I like the selective focus. It looks like it it was done in post-processing, bur it gives a nice dreamy feel.

Old Silo
by wolf

Comment:
The distortion of the building makes it look important (since it gives the impression of looking up to it), but the centered composition and inclusion of so much sky at the top counter act that to make the building look small/insignificant. Maybe move in a little, then put the building more to the right and use the fence as a leading line?

Watch Your Step
by picklenose

Comment:
The curtains in the window make me think someone might still live here...

BnW is pretty tricky. I'm not sure this image has enough balance between black, gray, and white to pull it off better than it would in color. There is a lot of gray, and it is all a pretty uniform tone of gray too.

A vignette/dodging and burning would have helped tell the viewer which part of the image you want us to pay attention to. A shallower depth of field would have helped with that too. Since your title is "Watch Your Step," it makes me think you want the view to focus on the cinder block on the ground. Maybe get down to their level, use a shallow depth of field to focus on them, and put the out-of-focus cinder block door step and part of the door frame in the background.