Composure of Cabin

[chauncey]

This is an old cabin image that I want to make one of my personal keepers. The picture was taken at 3 pm, bad time. Reshooting the cabin is no problem. Other than shooting at dusk or dawn, how can I improve the image the next time?

[Snapman]

Without being there, it's very difficult to advise you how to photograph it. Just take your time and move around looking at the subject through your viewfinder until you find angles that look appealing to you. It's not a subject which will go away in a hurry, so you've time to experiment.

[chauncey]

Snapman-You might be wrong in this instance. At the rate that I make decisions, it will probably crumble away before I make a decision.

[Robert_Lay]

It seems that the grass and the trees in the background are a little too bright - not a fault, just my personal taste.

Also, true or no, the scene looks to be tilted downward to the left. You could take a spirit level with you next time to make sure the camera is level.

The sky looks very nice. This scene is probably a real beautiful scene in Winter after about 1' of snow and in monochrome.
Congratulations!

[chauncey]

Just so happens, P&S camera last april

[Robert_Lay]

Just took the winter version into PS and converted it to Grayscale. I was right - I like it better as monochrome.

[Glenn NK]

If you're looking for somthing creative, I would get closer - much closer.

But first I would ask Ted Byrne (seriously).

I think the April/snow shot tells more of a story (looks more abandoned and/or forlorn), but there's quite a bit of rather blank snow at the bottom. Again, moving in closer might be the trick.

Robert L and I depart on this one - there are two dominant colours - the red/brown of the logs and the green of the trees - they can be accented to great effect as they're almost complimentary colours.