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from jmrosz/Jan (204,068) 
on May 6, 2012 2:19:19 AM CDT
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Fine shot, well seen. Good lighting, but the picture could use a bit more contrasts, special the building. The view is made in a nice composition. Thanks for sharing.
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from squirl033/Winston (68)
on May 5, 2012 10:23:18 PM CDT
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i love the old, abandoned, falling-down look of the place, and the moss really shows nature trying to reclaim what is hers. but the house seems just a bit too centered for my taste, perhaps moving a step or two to one side (or cropping a bit differently) would help that. show a bit more of what's on the left side of the house, perhaps? the sky at the top is blown a bit, and really adds nothing much to the image... perhaps crop that off? the softer focus doesn't detract for me - this is one of those photos where a somewhat softer look works.
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from jaygheiser/Jay (9,873)
on May 5, 2012 11:27:48 AM CDT
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I like the color balance in this one better. The mossiness of the collapsing roof is much more apparent, now, and I think that's an important aspect of this old house. Its very intriguing how the chimney has managed to remain standing while the roof collapses around it. If you can return to this spot, I'd suggest spending more time experimenting with ways to capture that aspect.
I'm not sure what to tell you about the sharpness. It wasn't clear to me that this was taken in a rain. A slower shutterspeed sometimes can capture some raindrops, and you might consider adding some artificially in PS. As it is, you have the soft disadvantages of bad weather, but you haven't really exploited the moody advantage of it.
This is an interesting little abandoned house, but it isn't interestingly posed. I don't have specific advice on how to pose this house--what I do is I work the heck out of the things, trying different angles and different points of view. This shot appears to have been taken at eye height. Taking a picture at a low angle of view, and then straightening perspective in software, can sometimes make a building look much more interesting.
For a picture like this, I would normally take 3 shots at different exposure, so I'd have the option of doing HDR, which in the case of this image, probably would have allowed you to lighten up the face of this building quite a bit. It may be impractical to carry around a DSLR while surveying a forest and marking trees, but you might find yourself drawn to a compact system camera or something similar that allows you to autobracket while handheld. Maybe your existing camera does.
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From timr/Tim (2,452) 
on May 5, 2012 12:12:01 PM CDT
Hi Jay, thanks for the comments. I know it sounds like excuses, but it was a bloody flood. The camera can do 3 brackets automatically, and I will post a picure of a barn I took later that day and did an hdr treatment(you can see rain streaks in the dark upper door of the barn). As for angle, with thick brush there were limited options; I would have liked a wider crop.
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