bleakitude

another "drive by shooting"... the sun was mia again today and we drove home (7 + hours) in the dismal grey... this is NOT monochrome or even desaturated... in fact, i upped the saturation a bit in an attempt to get some depth out of the tones (y'know, just for fun an' all)...

i have spent the last 3 hours trying to nail a photoshop editing technique for a different image for the time challenge, but i'm still struggling with it and my battery (along with my laptop's) is running low... will take another run at it tomorrow... for now, i'm going to go work on the laundry and then call it a night...

tx all for the great feedback on my stair shot from yesterday, and the continued views, comments and favs on my snow-blind and caught shots... both made PP - a nice way to end out the year :)

[Karen H]

Looks about to fall over. Nice natural b&w

[Nia]

So know what you mean by dismal grey - I think when I see some blue sky around here I'm going to wonder what it is. your caption for this is very fitting.

[Maggiemae]

This house does look as if it is on an angle! Perhaps it has slid! A long drive would make you very tired - I'm yawning at the thought!

[Sharon]

Good eye! Nice shot. I would have thought it was desaturated.

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Frank Hymus]

Nice. As you raise the saturation (and contrast and clarity which is really mid-tone contrast) it is sometimes nice to carefully raise the shadow detail which can sort of "black out" a bit. Lightroom/Camera Raw is very good for that.

[Hope D Jennings]

This is a wonderful scene!

[Taffy]

Amazing that this wasn't DE-saturated! The essence of a bleak day!

[Morné Grewe]

looks cold!

[Jeff Walker]

I just love everything about it. Fav

[Alexander]

I like that you kept some full black in this. I like a bit of mystery in the shadows! The blue is subtle but visible in the sky and snow. Nice one!

[jayn]

Very bleak and colourless. Nice shot

[Nicole]

very pretty!!

[virtualbrownie]

Great capture - it certainly looks bleak

[Nancy]

Love how it looks! Not bleak...cool !

[Lois Webb]

Hwy. As you know we are partnered for GP-76. I have really enjoyed your recent pictures especially the sombre processing of the city images and your creative playfulness. So time for a change and some colour! This week I challenge you to a colourful portrait

[☠northy]

@so_lo_webb OMG! Colour AND a portrait!!!! Bahaaaaaa! That's bordering on cruelty ;p. ok - will see what I can come up with - might be a good opportunity to try out my new lighting :)

[Humphrey Hippo]

Great title. :)

[Penny Price]

Love the natural monotone.

[Katia]

And another stunning shot! :)

[John]

Great shot

[Marina Shemesh]

Wow, this is REALLY amazing. Great caption too!

[Issi Bannerman]

I love this shot. Bleak indeed.

[❀ Lynn]

Nice one.

[Peter Dulis]

Very creative ...

[Bill Fenske]

Amazing drive by, and another cool caption.

[Peter de Graaff]

I think I would go cabin crazy

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I like your bleakitude shot- great for a drive by!

[Dave Schofield]

great shot, very painterly, although the wankered angle on the shed, matching the angle of the ground makes my brain feel that the horizon is just off and your camera was tilted.

[☠northy]

@chewyteeth well - it's perfectly possible... i tried to use the trees as the guide for straightening the darned thing, but with all the wacky angles, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if i messed it up... it looks straight to me, but that's actually a sure-fire bet that it's off because most things Lightroom tells me are straight look off to me ;p

[Dave Schofield]

I think its a trick of the shed roof like I say, you're probably right.

[Cathrine Mitchell]

Beautiful rustic old barn with lots of character, I especially love that it's fall down but holding its own. Wonderful capture.

[Katie]

Love the dilapidated details here - to add to your bleakness.