Finished by Lois Bryan
Featured in Art Universe October 11, 2011.
Third Place in the “Landscapes in Thirds” challenge in Photography – Rule of Thirds October 28, 2009.
Featured in The Red Barn August 22, 2009.
Featured on the Red Bubble Home Page August 14, 2009. yay!
Featured in United States June 14, 2009.
Featured in Dilapidated Buildings June 13, 2009.
Featured in The Red Barn June 12, 2009.
Featured in Country Bumpkin June 12, 2009.
Featured in Graphic Editing 101 June 12, 2009.
Featured in Unconventional Artistry June 11, 2009.
Best on Full Size
This image is also available at Lois Bryan at fine art america in an exciting variety of framing and matting options.
I love it when the titles I think up can work as double entendres. In this case this gorgeous empty barn … and the farm itself, I guess … do seem to be Finished … cloned off to the left rear is a housing development. It could also refer to the job of plowing and seeding … which, unless these are weeds (are they?) is Finished. But the title also refers to the fact that I’ve mucked around with this shot so much … and it has so many names in my computer (I tend to try to include what processes I used on a shot in its name) … that last night when I did this version, the only thing I put to the end of the loooooong image name … was … “Finished.” And so, it stuck!!
Original image taken just up the road from our house on April 6 of ’09 in Montgomery County, Maryland, with the Nikon D40x and the 18-200mm vr Nikon/Nikkor lens. Photoshop cloning out of distractions and 2 duplicates created, Photomatix HDR from a single, hand-held image, dups at -/+2 eval, Photoshop for the addition of a texture, then into Paint for some blending.
Comments
BEAUTIFUL!
… snuggling up to Vonne and smiling … thank you sweetie!!!! When I get your stamp of approval on a texture composite my day is made!!!!! Hugzzz!!!!!!!
– Lois Bryan
SUPERB FROM TREATMENT TILL COMPOSITION , COLORS AND A VERY GOOD CONCEPT ALTOGETHER!
oh, Xenia, thank you so much!!!!! It’s always a bit risky to me to put up something that’s a bit unusual … thank you so much for your wonderful note!!!!! I sooooo appreciate it!!!!
– Lois Bryan
Oh Lois, this looks so awesome viewed large. Beautiful stunning work as always!
Karen, you darling!!! Thank you sooo much … you have no idea how pretty I think this one is on full screen!!!! All the little details of the plants in front … there’s detail in the trees … sigh … but on these itty bitty images you can hardly see a thing!!! I really hesitated posting this one because of it!!! Sooo glad you peeked on “large” because you saw at least a bit more!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!
– Lois Bryan
Fantastic work Lois!
Denis, thank you sooo much!!!!! I’m thrilled that you liked it!!!
– Lois Bryan
oh, Lois, fantastic work. I love this shot even without extra layers ( which are just bonus). the field look so huge, like an ocean and lead you straight to the barn , and beautiful clouds – EXCELLENT
Luda!! Thank you thank you!!!!! The funny thing about this one is, I went out that day particularly to shoot the clouds, lol!!!! Then I practically covered everything over with the textures!!! HAHA!!!! Problem is, there was a HUGE WHITE spot from the sun … and nothing I did could save it. Tried everything I could think of. So .. I plopped a texture over it and that was that!!!!!
– Lois Bryan
get ND filters, they work like a magic for me
Luda, I just got one yesterday … I’m soooooo excited … I didn’t know you were using them too!! I had a lovely, lovely conversation with Andrew Leighton (whose landscapes are to DIE for!!!) and he confirmed what I’d already suspected. I got the one he recommended, the Cokin graduated neutral gray … medium … I’m soooo excited … can’t wait to try it out this weekend!!!!!!! WHEEEEE!!!!
– Lois Bryan
WOWWOWWOWWOWWOWWOWWOWWOW!!!!
this is like from another time, another world……..it’s so gorgeous and detailed and full of FEELING!!!!
I want to walk through this and look closely at that world you captured!!!
Oh, you DARLING!!!!! Thank you!!!! It was one of those cold, chilly, “mizzly” days in early April … but I was loving the sky!!!! I crawled all over the area here to get great sky shots … then fired this one off because I loved the field … and which one do I post?? The FIELD with the messed up sky!! HAHA!! Thanks so much for your fabulous “review”!!! WHEEE!!!
– Lois Bryan
Fantastic… Finished looks pretty darn good to me…. wow… you did an excellent job Lois… Loving it.
Thanks, Trudy!!!! My eyes are still red from the late hours I put into this one last night, lol!!!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed the finished product!!! YAY!!!
– Lois Bryan
AWESOME image great treatment, colors, and tones.
Hi Debbie!!!!! OOOO … I love the “AWESOME” you gave it!!!! Thank you than you sooo much!!!!!
– Lois Bryan
Now this is texturing with a vengeance .. fine image, Lois. (and there’s me thinking the double entendre was “Much better full size” … )
… laughing … yeah, I guess it is “with a vengeance”!!!! I nearly exploded the computer last night with versions of this thing … finally gave up, slapped the cover down on the laptop and went to bed. Had sense enough not to post it … but waited ‘till morning. If only I could have made the sky work without the blown parts, you’d have seen a much different shot, lol!!!!!! Hey … as to the double entendre??? At least you read that part!!!! ROFL!!!! YAY!!!!
– Lois Bryan