Bright light, deep shadows, difficult exposure. Yet, this window with its reflections and the deep dark opening had to be captured. It screamed for it. I wonder what they do in there? There seems to be some life, the window has been opened by someone. It is a large window, letting in most light in the morning. I would love to have a window like this. Imagine how nice the light would fall in on whatever you do. Perfect for photography. While standing there, I tried to figure out what backyard building this might be, how to get to its front side, that is. Had no clue. Neither had I the time to investigate. Lunch breaks…they are too short, really. Okay, some would probably say that mine are rather long, but it’s all subject to personal preferences. Either the case, the mystery will have its resolution sooner or later, probably on yet another lunch break.
Fine – a lot of opposites in this image, the light/dark only one of them. What works especially well for me is the way of framing, transforming the rectangular window in a trapezoid. For my personal taste it’s a tad dark, although I know that this makes the reflection shine even brighter.
Thanks a lot, Markus! Can agree on the overall darkness. At the time I edited this I thought the window became better like this. Of course, I could have made separate adjustments to the window and the surrounding area, but I didn’t try that with this one.
For me, it’s sooo moody dark like it is. I love it.
Thanx, Chris. I think that the mood would disappear if I lightened it up on expense on overall contrast. The picture would end up more flat, which maybe, could be recovered by adding more contrast again by a vignette.