Got your last comments. Thank you. It's been hectic, as usual, this time of the year. I did a lot of photography for Christmas, been working and doing projects around the house, so not much time for the internet. That scene would be a nice place to spend some time. it woul;d be ideal if you could find the owner and get permission to enter. I may take the chance anyway-just for the photography.
The morning I took the frosted maple leaves the early light was kinda flat. The contras is increased along with the colour saturation. The frost is accentuated by repeated sharpenings, small amounts, each time, until I got the effect you see. All scanned or digital photographs need sharpening, usuall more then once, and I use more then one sharpening method, depending on what I want. May you and your's enjoy the Christmas season.
Nice to hear from you again. This photograph has good exposure and you captured a fair amount of detail. Not sure I would have used the same point of view. When I look at this I get the sense that you couldn't get another point of view, (from the front of the outhouse). The lighting is a little flat. We often have to take what we find, in terms of lighting, when we're out and about. Higher contrast may help. If possible, I would have walked around to the left of the outhouse and tried to capture it at an angle to the right of my frame with the other building to the left of the viewfinder. That way i would have been shooting into the open door of the outhouse. Comments not valid if you couldn't do that for some reason.
My "Sugared Maple" was shot on a very cold November morning. Dropped my girlfriend of at work, with no intention of making photographs. On the way home I noticed the frost patterns. No heavy coat, no winter boots, no gloves. By the time I got back to the car, about 45 minutes later, I thought that I had been outside all night. Pain for your art, I think.
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