Patton, IN USA

Winter is just about made for black and white photography, even if there isn’t any snow. Look at the light color of the tall, dead, tangled yellow grasses contrasted with the dark tones of the vines and wood of the henhouse. Putting the building in the top third of the crop also allowed the foreground to be dominant enough to compete with the subject, and give it a sense of scale and place.

Patton, IN USA

This show was taken on a cold, blustery, windy day, and it shows. I absolutely loved this hen house because it had just a hint of the Hut of the Baba-Yaga feel about it- kind of spooky and creepy, with the ominous sky that cried out for a darker treatment.

Patton, IN, USA

Sometimes the subject is so interesting or detailed that breaking the rule about “never putting your subject center-frame” is mandated. I wanted to show all the detail I could about this hen house in a single shot. Fortunately, it is so visually interesting, it works.