Shortly after getting my Big Girl camera years ago I photographed this barn in Farragut, TN.
I know I shared this pitiful shot with you no doubt right here on not-so Wordless Wednesday. Anywho, while on blogging hiatus over the summer and on one of our knocking around town ventures, I told DH that I’d like another crack at taking a picture of the red-roof barn sitting on Concord Road.
He happily obliged my request. I’m more comfortable with my DSLR now and felt excited at a second chance to capture, especially since I screwed it up the first time. What followed next left me shocked and saddened.
Turning off Kingston Pike on to Concord Road the barn sat on the right side of the road heading to the lake across from a bank. I thought we could park in the bank’s parking since it was a Sunday like we did before so I could take a few pictures but then I discovered that the beautiful barn no longer stands. My jaw dropped and my eyes widened. I don’t know what happened but it burned down. This barn sat in this spot at least the better part of the 38 years that we’ve lived here. Now. It’s. Gone. Forever! 😢
Even though I can’t retake pictures of the barn, I can do photo-editing magic to change the mood of my photo. I decided to use my Facebook Friend’s Cheryl’s smartphone/tablet Distressed FX app, which gave me my newest photo-art creation below.
I made the mistake of not jotting down the color and textured overlays used to give it a vintage…almost autum feel but I can tell you that I added a scatter of birds that Cheryl calls “Onward” to the sky . To complete my new masterpiece I took it through Pixelmator, adding my copyright and bumping the “Curve” settings to tone down over-exposure giving my picture a warmer, richer finish. I really, really like Cheryl’s little app and NO, this is NOT a sponsored post. I’m just tossing the word out there about a product I enjoy using because that’s what friends do! 😉
Combing my archives I made a happy discovery. I actually DID get a second chance to photograph the red-roof barn the following year in the fall taken at a different vantage point. I don’t believe I shared this with you until now.
I think it’s funny that I over-exposed (a lot) my first picture and under-exposed (poor meter reading on my part due to cloudy skies) this one. I’m so thankful for photo-editing. I bumped the exposure in Pixelmator brightening the photo a wee bit and added my copyright.
Should I take this photo through Distressed FX? Yes. I. Should!
This time I noted the steps creating my new photo-art. In this photo I selected overlays – “Cyan Song” and “Naia”, then added a bird layer, “Alfred”. These changes detracted from the visibly gray, rainy day of the original.
But, in this one I played on the elements creating a more dramatic scene. I selected a different overlay, “Half Light” and kept “Naia” and bird layer “Alfred”, but adjusted the brightest, contrast, and saturation.
What do you think?
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Disclaimer: Pixelmator is my photo-editing software of choice and Distressed FX is a fun cool app I use on occasions with my iPad/iPhone. I have not been compensated in expressing my opinion or use of these products. I’m just telling you as one friend to another, so if you buy these then I won’t make one red cent!
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Love the effects Cathy I am useless at things like that 🙂
Have an artistictastic week & thanks for bouncing by 🙂
Steve, you’re welcome anytime at my Blog home! Thank you for your kind words and I really doubt that you’re useless. It just takes a little practice and patience!
I’ve seen a lot of red-roofed barns and houses in my travels. I’m not sure what the deal is with those red roofs, but they do look kind of neat.
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Lee,
I love red-roofed barns on barns and homes! Especially on log cabins! My grandparents had a tin roof and I loved listening to the rain against it. This is the best sound to help one to fall asleep to quickly. Perhaps in our next home, we can get a red or green roof and then hopefully we’d never have to replace it in our life time. 🙂 Thanks for visiting!
I linked! I love old barns and all that they represent. There are stories there, and American dreams. Hugs.
Annie,
Great to have you aboard my mid-week linky party. I love old barns! I have a few in my archives and after I started this series I photographed a few others. Now, I’m on a mission to find more! 🙂
Awww that’s a shame it’s not there anymore. You certainly have an eye for a wonderful picture that’s for sure and having an eye for mother nature’s beauty as you do is a real art. You never cease to amaze me my friend! What a wonderful job. I just cannot focus on things to decipher out these kind of programs. You are so dam talented!!! I truly wish I had your flare! BIG HUGS Have a great week!!!
Marie,
You have a flare of your own and it’s fantastic! 😉 I do a lot of stumbling around with these apps and by no means am an expert. I have plenty yet to learn which makes me eager to keep at it. I sure appreciate your kind words. You really know how to make a gal feel special. Have a super day!
All the original photos are super. The editing programs are nice but I love the originals. Thanks for hosting and have a wonderful rest of the week.
Patrick,
Over all, the originals are better even with the flaws but it’s so much fun to play with them in photo-editing software. Thanks for visiting!
Very nicely done. What we learn when we tote our cameras around for years. Okay the editing programs have come a long way too.
Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ☺
Sandee,
Photo editing is a lot easier now, so you don’t have to take a special class how to do anything with the software. Plus, there are lots of step-to-step instructions on the internet when you get stuck. I love technology! Thanks for playing along with me. Have a good week!
Thank you for the invite to join wordless Wednesday, I never realized you hosted one too. That is a beautiful barn and you did an excellent job capturing it on film.
Ellen,
Well, now you know. Hee-Hee! Thanks for joining!
The world to me feels unchanging most of the time, so it is a shocking thing to me to discover that a building has disappeared.
Nevertheless, you were able to do what you set out to do. I like that.
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Beautiful barn. It is sad when something beautiful as this is forever gone. You created magic with the editing apps. This is what I like about these Apps.
Shilpa,
Isn’t this the truth! I hated seeing the barn’s remains. Maybe, the owner will rebuild. It won’t be the same but if it resembles the old one then that would be awesome. Using photo-editing apps brings magic to your work, doesn’t it? Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me today. Be blessed!
You have an artists eye, and i very much like your effects.
Thanks, Mimi! Did you join my linky party? I noticed you have a pix today and you’re more than welcome! 😀