Reflecting the Mood

[Barbara]

Caerlee Mill, was built by Alexander Brodie in 1778, it was the first water powered textile mill to be built in the Borders and the first woolen mill of the Industrial Revolution in Scotland 

 

My old place of work, I retired in 2007 and the majority of the workforce were made redundant in 2010, keeping on about 37 employees and finally went to the wall in early 2012.  I have just read a conservation study and it does not make happy reading.

 

Edited with Snapseed

 

[colinb]

nice bit of HDR, not too sure about the border ??

[Korky]

I love the processing here - it gives a very bleak feel to the image that I like very much indeed.

 

I think you're right to give it a gritty border, but perhaps not this one. The top edge has a 'leaked' appearance which just doesn't look right to me.

 

Nice work!

 

Korky

[ChrisLumix]

I personally think the HDR has produced a very pretty picture from what should perhaps be rather grimmer and grittier?

[Black Pearl]

Crackin' shot, crackin' processing and crackin' border........Snapseed?

 

If it is Snapseed, which I suspect it is, if you keep pressing the same border it rotates the lumpy bits so you can move them to the base, often works better.

[NannyFerret]

I like the image a lot, but not too keen on the border either.
It's a bit distracting with the leaky bit at the top.

Other than that I love the processing.

[Barbara]

Without the Border

[Black Pearl]

Prefer it with 

[Barbara]

Prefer it with 

I Think it need some kind of frame 

[Korky]

Yup, it needs a border. Black and gritty.

 

Korky

[NannyFerret]

Yup, it needs a border. Black and gritty.

 

Korky

not too thick though.