Reedy Island Rear Range

[Beth Carter]

finally got to shoot something with the x-t1 that wasn't a trashcan at the office. the sky was a horrible white color (rain) so i played around with nik analog and ended up with this. not entirely sure about the processing, it looks a little too much hdrish in the shadows, but the sky is better than the bright white sky. we'll see if i have the same opinion in the morning.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Does look a bit HDRish, but not too much. Good comp, and I love that barn...

 

[Tom Dunne]

"finally got to shoot something with the x-t1 that wasn't a trashcan at the office."
Brilliant; and I know what you mean. When I got my XE1 I spent a lot of time dossing around the house taking pics of everything and anything, including the dustbin and then deleting the lot and returning them all to the dustbin.

There is an attractive cold tone to this Beth and this gives a good mood to this good composition. You did a great job on the sky. Thankfully, little evidence of HDR there, as you made it all subtle and not really too noticeable. I have an aversion to HDR and find it does more harm than good. So many images around these days that the moment you look at them the first thing you notice is H blooming DR.
Did you get any shots from other angles Beth? I would imagine there may be possibilities too where the barn is separated from the tower (seeing the full base of that lovely tower)

 

[Beth Carter]

thanks guys.

Does look a bit HDRish, but not too much. Good comp, and I love that barn...

not entirely sure, but i think the original light keeper, his wife and 4 daughters lived in the barn for awhile in 1906ish. it was a federal job and he made about $500/year which was not very good at the time and he, the wife and daughters were in a unique position of being able to farm the land since this is one of the few lights located a few miles inland on solid ground.

"finally got to shoot something with the x-t1 that wasn't a trashcan at the office."
Brilliant; and I know what you mean. When I got my XE1 I spent a lot of time dossing around the house taking pics of everything and anything, including the dustbin and then deleting the lot and returning them all to the dustbin.

There is an attractive cold tone to this Beth and this gives a good mood to this good composition. You did a great job on the sky. Thankfully, little evidence of HDR there, as you made it all subtle and not really too noticeable. I have an aversion to HDR and find it does more harm than good. So many images around these days that the moment you look at them the first thing you notice is H blooming DR.
Did you get any shots from other angles Beth? I would imagine there may be possibilities too where the barn is separated from the tower (seeing the full base of that lovely tower)

unfortunately i've either been working or the weather has be absolute crap lately. or both. so the first 35 shots from the x-t1 have been from around the office. but we get confidential info coming through from state police and our recent weather stuff so i have to limit what i photograph in there. i only took the one shot of the light with this camera and one from the same angle with my film camera as i was driving home from work and pulled off on the shoulder of the road. i had the feeling that if i walked over to the light i'd be waist deep in mud. we had another 5" of snow on monday and rain every day since.

 

[Pat Reehal]

Beth was there a 1927 Ford A pick-up in that there barn loaded with booze ready to outrun the Feds?

Lovely shot!

(Do you like your snazzy XT1 as I am going to the Doctors on Monday to get a Rabies jab ready to venture into England to look at one? )

 

[Beth Carter]

Beth was there a 1927 Ford A pick-up in that there barn loaded with booze ready to outrun the Feds?

Lovely shot!

(Do you like your snazzy XT1 as I am going to the Doctors on Monday to get a Rabies jab ready to venture into England to look at one? )

sorry, no, this is delaware, we're north*cough*east* of the mason dixon. rum running is a southern thing. in the north it was usually the local law enforcement in the north that ran those operations. good luck going to england, glad you're getting your shots, i've heard some of those brits had rabies. need to watch out, they definitely bite.

 

[Pat Reehal]

Thank you Beth!
I am taking Archie with me as his bite will trump anything the wild Brits of old Chester have.

( Chester the city and not Marshall Matt Dillon's trusty Deputy!.....but then you are far too young to know what I am rambling on about!)

 

[Pete Askew]

A fine building and certainly worth exploring further when you can. I also like to cools tones but I see what Rob means.

 

[Nick Lukey]

Beth thats a fine image, and I like the way you have treated it. Vintage retro America

 

[Beth Carter]

thanks guys.