Small barn Please C&C

Original was shot in RAW. Would you do anything different?

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It "feels" obscured to me, probably because of the foliage blocking it and the right tree. Maybe it's intentional, I don't know.

There isn't much contrast to most of the scene, and the sun is making a less important subject - the foliage on the bottom of the shot - as bright or brighter than the walls of the barn.

It could be sharper; a lot of detail seems blurred/soft.

The leave blocking the roof hurts the image. Plus the bright spot at the bottom of the frame is a distraction. Overall the shot it just too dark. With a black/grey bar and dark leaves, there's little contrasting colors in this.

It's a good picture.

Except if the subject is the barn, you may want to include it more. The trees in the front take away from the barn.

Form,Hellshot and Symposiumcuibono, Thanks for the constructive feedback. the comments are appreciated. The leaves blocking the roof were intentional, the bright grass on the bottom was not and I caused it when PP. I need to learn when to leave things alone! A problem I nad was that in the original RAW image the highlights on the roof were overexposed. I'll will be re-working it to see how I can improve it. If all else fails I will just have to take a drive and shoot it again in a different light.

I actually really like the original shot.

NovCJ - Thanks for showing a different take on the image.
PAFC2004 - Thanks for commenting

i would have walked a little closer to get rid of the foliage and used a wider angle to get some distortion..
on this shot though, i'd dodge the highlights and burn shadows and slightly burn the midtones of the sides of the barn to make it pop out more.
beth

Guaranine - Thanks for the feedback, I checked out your website, Nice work!