Well I went for a drive into the country yesterday since on one side of school is a city and the other side is the country and it was a farily nice day so I took the pieceful contry drive. Stopped to take some pictures of barnes cause I have always like BW pictures of barns and here is what I came up with . Also the two trucks I just randomly happened to see on the way.

Which of #1 and #2 do you think is better desaturated with some color or completely BW.

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One of Acurazine's most famous members used to drive a fire engine in Lima, OH.

 

That's sweet J, nice pictures.

 

Very nice work.

Between 1 & 2, I like the B&W better. For my personal tastes, I'd like to see even less color on the desaturated version. What I really like about this image and number four is the sky. It's completely overcast but there is nice definition in the clouds. It makes for a "cold" feeling that goes well with the starkness of the buildings.

 

John Melloncamp would be proud...

 

Nice Colts!

I like the B&W barn. Was that a HDR shot? There's a strange transition from the trees to the sky. Perhaps a graduated mask would work a little more seamlessly.

 

it wasnt an HDR shot but I played with the contrast of the clouds a lot to get them to come out but not be completely fake looking cause the day was extremely overcast. glad I was able to get them to come out even that much. not sure why the weird tree line is there cause I edited out at one point. Must have reverted to a save point and forgot it was before that.