This is one of those shots that just speaks volumes about another time. It feels like it you were to step back from the picture, you might mind yourself standing in 1880. Was he sitting there on his own, or did you ask him to?
He was already there, waiting for us to gather so he could show us from the outside how the mill worked. Once we were gathered, he went back in to run the mill. It was such a great opportunity, I couldn't pass it up. I'll post the one of him looking at me later, cuz the look on his face was like, "What are you doing?" :)
This is one of those shots that just speaks volumes about another time. It feels like it you were to step back from the picture, you might mind yourself standing in 1880. Was he sitting there on his own, or did you ask him to?
I really like this shot.
So much is being told here, from the age depicted on the wooden siding, to his pose in the window opening.
The more I looked at it, the more I wanted to play with it.
Basic levels, options, 0.5 on each, shadow/highlights adjustment.
and from color edit, converted to greyscale, custom quadtone, minor lighten
in the middle and darken around outside to place focus more on him.