There were a lot of really good pictures taken by the students at the DLWS workshop in Traverse City Michigan. When I was watching the participant slide show I saw several strong pictures that I figured must be contenders for the top photograph. Instead, it caught me by surprise, that it was mine!

I posted this image earlier, before I knew that it was chosen. I have reworked it a bit. Adding some things that Moose Peterson showed us, I added some contrast to the buildings, lightened them, and added a gradient to the sky to bring out some more color.

I am planning to get this printed. Still trying to decide on a print to frame, or stand out.

We have shot a couple of barns in the last couple of days. I am starting to blur the shoots together. At two shoots a day, one in the morning, and one in the evening, it is hard to keep everything straight. We got to two places this morning even. Both had old buildings in them. The first is really a school.

The shot above was pretty typical of what most people got. I got another one, actually before that one where someone drive a car up and shone their head lights on the barn.

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This was the first shoot of DLWS Michigan. Fishtown in Leeland. We got up early enough to get there and watch the sun come up. Unfortunately the light didn’t do anything spectacular, but it wasn’t completely overcast either.

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