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Challenge: Rural Decay (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
Location: Antelope Valley, CA
Date: Dec 13, 2009
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Dec 16, 2009

 The location is between Lancaster, CA and Victorville, CA.
I tried to keep it dark but the comments suggest I use more light - I just tried this and here is the updated version:


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/22/2009 02:21:45 PM
huh, this seems so familiar. not sure why... is it in Joshua Tree Natl Park?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/20/2009 03:29:53 AM
So forlorn and sad! Great find! Love the Joshua Tree......6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/18/2009 04:50:50 PM
Great sky, good colors in the building, and interesting shape in the tree. I like it. I think the image could be improved if you cropped it more tightly, e.g., got rid of some of the foreground, which isn't very interesting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/18/2009 09:18:04 AM
It does look lonely. Not as decrepit as a lot of abandoned places and the perspective seems rather ordinary to me. Might have been more interesting to me from down lower and/or a different angle.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/18/2009 06:29:57 AM
I do like this great scene but (I almost hate myself for saying this) it seems under-edited. Perhaps you wanted a very authentic depiction and I should respect that but I feel there is so much untapped potential in this image (in terms of contrast, colour, tone and texture).

I'd be really interested to know whether that was an active choice or absence of software.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/18/2009 01:22:18 AM
The darkness of the foreground says this image is mostly about the sky. I think lightening the foreground shadows would carry the message more effectively. Mild HDR or PS shadows/highlights followed by some contrast enhancement could be effective tools.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/18/2009 12:06:48 AM
I had lunch there last week!


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