Uploaded: October 10, 2007 08:47:27
The "Omaha Barn," taken late in the afternoon. Submitted for the PG101 negative space theme.
Exif: F Number: 16, Exposure Bias Value: -2/6, Exposure Time: 1/200, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: 200, White Balance: auto white balance, Focal Length: 28mm, Camera Model: NIKON D80
Kara L. Hendricks October 10, 2007
Gorgeous Mitch!!! Love this!!Happy Theme Day!!! #758466
Duane Carter October 10, 2007
Very beautiful, perfect sky for this composition!!! #4907670Les Rhoades October 10, 2007
LOvE the sky. Nicely composed Mitch #4907725Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna October 10, 2007
WOWEEEEEE, Mitch!!!!! That sky is awesome!!!! Love the warm lighting on the barn and the greens!!!!! GORGEOUS!!!!! ♫ k #4907984Dr Silly October 10, 2007
Beautiful. :O)Joy Rector October 10, 2007
awesome #4908191Corinne M. Thompson October 10, 2007
Lovely scenic Mitch with great colors! #4908418Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas October 10, 2007
Beautiful composition and lighting Mitch!,Susie Peek-Swint October 10, 2007
Beautiful scene Mitch! #4908595Daniella Puente October 10, 2007
Neat capture Mitch, great and deep colors on this composition!!! #4908704Judy A. Lawhon October 10, 2007
I love the large expanse of sky....terrific capture!! #4908770Dianna Hauf October 10, 2007
GORGEOUS sky!! Perfect 'negative' space! Love the lone barn and the tree too! Great color capture, Mitch! #4908789Michelle L. Frick October 10, 2007
Gorgeous colors and sky Mitch! Fabulous theme entry!Happy Theme Day! #4908841
Amy JACKSON October 10, 2007
Beautiful image, Mitch! #4908847Steve M. Harrington October 10, 2007
This is a wonderful image, Mitch! I like the positive space. :)Sharon Seaward October 10, 2007
Beautiful lighting and I love the simplicity of the image! #4909039Sandra R. Alvey October 10, 2007
Mitch this is SO wonderful!! Fantastic color and comp. I love your POV too! Great capture hon! #4909520Nikki McDonald October 10, 2007
Terrific composition--love the way that expanse of sky holds its own against well-defined building and the silhouette of the tree. The lighting is superb here, Mitch. This is definitely on my list of favorites in a strong theme competition and among the other BP Omaha shoot captures of this building that have been posted so far. Great job. Happy Theme Day. #4909547JO ANN CLEVELAND October 10, 2007
Wow! This is fantastic! Framing, comp, colors, perfection!jo ann c. #4909722
Sheryl A. Hudson October 10, 2007
WOW, awesome lighting and composition! #4909881Dennis Flanagan October 10, 2007
Nice new twist on this much photographed barn Mitch. #4909947Ken Smith October 10, 2007
Perfect, Mitch! You've captured the sweeping landscape...nice job with your effects too! #4909987Tamara K. Walker October 10, 2007
Beautiful light, I love the vastness. #4910068Susan M. Hembree October 10, 2007
I like everything about this, Mitch! Wonderful! #4910327Katarina Mansson October 11, 2007
Agree with Susan - I love everything! Great theme entry Mitch. #4910661Datha Y. Thompson October 11, 2007
Beautiful color and light Mitch :0) Happy Theme Day #4911096David Phalen October 11, 2007
Stunning!! Love the comp, light and color. Very well done!! #4912186Mitch Spence October 11, 2007
My very big thanks to all of you for your comments. I am so very pleased that you like this. The Omaha shoot was enormous fun, and I thank all the organizers once again for putting it together for us and getting us to this place in this light. It has been marvelous and so instructive to see what everybody has produced from that experience. As a one-time native Nebraskan (now Missourian), this particular scene seemed so classically "prairie" to me. I am very much aware of how much Nebraskans treasure trees (not so many of them there, you know). It is where Arbor Day was begun. And so the inclusion of the tree just seemed right to me. I know that another state bills itself as the Big Sky State, but truly, the wide, wide Midwest has such big skies too, and so I did enjoy trying to capture that feeling. I didn't do a great deal to this image--simply enhanced and deepened the color somewhat, particularly in the sky, and dealt with a couple of too-light areas on the barn. #4912799Shelly A. Van Camp October 11, 2007
Very Beautiful capture, Mitch! Keep me posted on the colors and I will come shoot at the lake with you. :) #4913006Mitch Spence October 11, 2007
Shelly, thank you. Just nothing happening with colors here yet except for some brown yucky stuff. I don't know yet whether we're going to have one of those dud falls or just a late one. Going to Arkansas this coming weekend to see what's up there. #4913019Carol Teal October 11, 2007
Beautiful lighting and comp and all the neg space makes the barn feel really isolated. Beautiful exposure and color and lovely theme entry Mitch! Sorry I am late in commenting but I finally had to go to bed this morning about 5AM! #4914638Colleen Farrell October 12, 2007
Beautiful image, Mitch! The composition is terrific--the great expanse of sky really gives that feeling of loneliness, peace and solitude one feels on a prairie. Beautiful light, too! #4917020David Pratt October 13, 2007
Gorgeous lighting Mitch! Terrific composition! This is just outstanding! #4919274Mitch Spence October 13, 2007
Carol (hey, get some rest there, kiddo), Colleen, and Dave--thank you, thank you. So pleased you guys like this. #4920715Phil Stith October 14, 2007
Wow, Mitch. This is truly exceptional. I admire the very simple beauty shown here. Perfect cropping, striking pov, and excellent lighting. Love it!!! #4925498Mitch Spence October 15, 2007
Bruno and Phil, thank you both for your great comments. They are, of course, thoroughly appreciated. #4928936Imar De Waard October 17, 2007
Hi Mitch,A beauty, great photo!
greetz
Imar #4941241
Mitch Spence October 22, 2007
Hello, Imar. Thank you very much for looking at this and for your comment. #4962058Steve M. Harrington November 26, 2007
Good on you, Mitch! :)Dianna Hauf November 26, 2007
Heartfelt congratulations once again Mitch!!! #5128237Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas November 26, 2007
Congratulations Mitch!,Nikki McDonald November 26, 2007
Wow, am I glad to see this favorite recognized, Mitch. Congratulations on your finalist and good luck in the next round.Colleen Farrell November 26, 2007
Congratulations on another sensational finalist, Mitch! #5128455Judy V. Kennamer November 26, 2007
Beautiful Mitch! Congrats! It's great to see some shots from the Omaha shoot in the Finalists! #5128983Cassie L. Woodlee November 26, 2007
Congratulations Mitch!!!!! #5129177Duane Carter November 26, 2007
Congratulations Mitch, it's such a beautiful shot!!! #5129773ALLEN O. HOWARD November 26, 2007
Congratulations Mitch! #5130535Kay E. Mahoney November 26, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist. #5131114Tamara K. Walker November 26, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS! #5131619Crystal L. Craig November 26, 2007
Congratulations Mitch on yet another fantabulous finalist! #5131735Michelle L. Frick November 26, 2007
Congratulations Mitch!! #5131842Katarina Mansson November 27, 2007
I am so happy to see this beautiful picture getting a finalist. Congratulations! #5133456David Phalen November 27, 2007
Big Congrats!! WTG! #5133820Jeff Robinson November 27, 2007
Wonderful lighitng; congrats Mitch on your Finalist!! Jeff #5133926Corinne M. Thompson November 27, 2007
Congrats Mitch! #5133972Phil Stith November 27, 2007
This one has been in "my favorites" since the day you uploaded. Best of luck in the next round!!! #5134217Alexandra Hankova November 27, 2007
Lovely light and beutiful solitude! :-) #5137060Laurie Daily November 27, 2007
Gorgeous!!!Congratulations on this great finalist, Mitch! I would love to be there! #5138016Chris Budny November 27, 2007
Congratulations, Mitch! Love the big sky! #5138205Ken Smith November 27, 2007
Love that barn, Mitch. Congratulations!! #5138289Susan Fox November 27, 2007
Beautiful image! Congratulations Mitch!!! #5138365Les Rhoades November 28, 2007
Congratulations on your FINALIST win!Mitch Spence November 29, 2007
My thanks go to you all for your messages of congratulations. I appreciate them and I appreciate you. #5147619Linda Blair November 29, 2007
Beautiful...congratulations!!!!! ☺ #5148824Carol Teal November 29, 2007
Congrats Mitch! WTG! I have always loved this one so I am glad to see it was noticed! #5150016Mitch Spence December 01, 2007
Thanks so much, Carol. #5156251Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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