Critique Style Requested: Initial Reaction
Please share your immediate response to the image before reading the photographer’s intent (obscured text below) or other comments. The photographer seeks a genuinely unbiased first impression.
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Shooting up into the flared light of the square window, what I especially like about this shot are the choices I made in post in terms of what is seen, what is unseen, and what is barely seen. Photographers have been taking shots like this since there have been cameras. But, nonetheless, this has a graphic appeal that holds my attention. I did a slight sepia toning to warm the image a touch and because it lends the image a sense of time out of the past. While I didn’t want to make too big a deal of it, if you look closely – letting your eyes adjust to the light on the right side of the frame – you can see some of the things that have been stored and most likely, long forgotten.
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Image Description
I decided to take the risk and ascend the creaky stairs of this old barn for a peek into the loft above. As soon as my eyes were above the floor line, this is what I saw. Without my tripod, confronted by the ridiculous dynamic range, and still standing on the stairs, I just put my camera on the floor in front of me, tilted it back using a bit of one-by-two lying conveniently within reach, and hoped for the best.
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Specific Feedback
Do you find that this picture holds your eye? I’d be interested in what emotional impact, if any, it evokes in you.
I admit, I was quite surprised by the seeming inclusion of architecture but jumped at the chance to maybe sneak something non-landscape into WC.