I'm stymied on the postwork phase for this recent photograph.  Two of the above images have been adjusted and one is the original image, no adjustments (except resizing).  Your critical remarks and suggestions will be gratefully accepted, so please be as blunt as necessary!

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Well the clouds are the strong point, almost abstract. That's what I would go with. I would crop the left side so ALL the shingles were gone. Then rotate it either 90 or 180 degrees... but that's just a personal taste. Those clouds are awesome.

well Carl!...F.S got a point about crop the roof top part. Personaly I would go with "C" I like a shiluett effect on a trees, but perhaps I would adjust a cloud color a bit darker ( more blue). Conbine B' cloud color and contrast with C' trees.

seeya  Tunde

Well i love the clouds and i like B. But would clone out the roof of the  house.
Chris

I agree with cropping out the roof part. I think I would probably try to achieve something like this: colorize the image to bring a more uniform color tone to the whole image; up the contrast a little to bring out the cloud structure and to make the trees more silhouetted; slightly darken the top gradually. I applied the same on the whole image, and now there's virtually no difference between the three...

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**In some cases, you have confirmed my intentions; in other respects, some of the suggestions seem counter-intuitive to me.  This project needed fresh perspectives, and it will benefit from them.  Thank you so much for your insights! **

                                                     Concepts are the playthings of an active intellect.

 

A bit late, but for what it's worth: B for the more emphasized clouds plus some of the other suggestions.

Good luck, show us in time what you have come up with Carl.

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

I  think clouds and sky is proper in B....and then if you can do that colour and contrast for C it would be good. Like Tunde. I enjoy the silouhettes of trees.

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."

Personally I think you missed an opportunity to make the most of the sky and to find an alternative POV where perhaps just one tree, and use of a polarising filter

Danny O'Byrne  http://www.digitalartzone.co.uk/

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice" Eliott Erwitt

I have to agree with Danny here that I think you missed an opportunity to get some alternate POVs to capture those neat clouds.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

They don't come along too often so fill up that memory card with as many angles and POVs as you can.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Of course, you are just showing us one pic, perhaps you had some others that you are not sharing here. I do think that the strong point of your photo in addition to the dramatic clouds is the interaction of the bare branches with it. The roof is just a distraction.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Hi Carl,
Just interested to see what you come up with regarding these ideas.
Chris

**@danob & TwoPynts:  I snapped a bunch o' shots!  This one had the most sky/cloud color contrast.  BTW, "C" is the original image as downloaded from the camera; "B" is closest color-wise to what I remember the true sky color to have been.  I am experimenting with curves and levels.  It is interesting to see all y'all's thoughts on the subject... obviously, that roof has got to go! **

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They don't come along too often so fill up that memory card with as many angles and POVs as you can.

                                                     Concepts are the playthings of an active intellect.

 

Okay Carl, gotcha. Well as far as working with what you've got here, the others pretty much had it covered, so I didn't add to that. :)

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations