Christina mentioned that she liked the contrast between the mundanity of the houses and the beautifully-clouded sky. I’m not sure I agree 100% with her, but I do like how the sky turned out in this image, and I didn’t want to totally crop out the houses.
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11.19.09 / 9pm
Love the sky too. The lighting on the houses is good. I too am ambivalent on the houses themselves, and the color of the photo seems almost grey. I wish the contrast was more striking, with perhaps a darkening of the houses and a stronger saturation of the sky.
11.19.09 / 11pm
I tried something like the darkening you talked on the fog photo I posted today. Is that what you were thinking?
11.20.09 / 8am
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11.20.09 / 8am
I think this is better. The sky looks slightly hyper-real now with the gradient of blues, but I think it works. My focus is drawn immediately to the sky and the houses become incidental. When I finally pull my eyes down to the houses, they look pleasant but cookie-cutter. There’s a nice tension between the ideal of a single family home with two cars in the driveway (and presumably a nuclear, heterosexual family with 2.5 kids), and monotony.
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