MsPerky

This is one of my fave pics I took in Scotland a couple of years ago. On a country road near the little town of Cove, on Loch Long. With one of those disposable cameras. Lots of the houses there are painted in bright colors and have gingerbread on them. We call this the Hansel and Gretel house. My +1 just did an oil painting from it. His art class members liked the photo and the painting. Thought I'd share.

zzziippyyy

Deb, i notice no comments. I will say I like the shot and as far as nitpicking it shooting closer and a different composition would have done wonders with it. By that I mean zooming in and eliminating even the top of the fence and the foilage on the left side would be a great improvement. I gather you were on vaca or visiting and not able to "trespass" to get a different shot. Thanks for posting nice to see something different in here. It's a nice scene regardless.

Dave

AssassinJN

Nice reproduction though I agree, that you should probably eliminate the fence, or draw it into the picture more. Also make sure if it is in your frame to try and level it as when it is too close to level, but not, then it is most likely an accident and looks as such. Also a last note, the leaves on the left side are too much in focus to ignore, but not in focus enough to add to the composition. Next time you find yourself in a situation like this, try taking the same shot with two focal points, one on the house and one on the foreground leaves. Then you can later blend the images together so that everything is in sharp focus. Or of course you can open your aperture some and blur the foreground some more for another effect.

MsPerky

Well, I was using a disposable camera, so not much of a chance to experiment. Thanks for the comments. I have a nice Nikon - but didn't take it on this trip.

alSpeed2k

Lol, the red edging reminds me of the AM race cars.




Interesting tidbit on the house though!

MsPerky

That looks !