Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> Tim Nikias wrote:
> >>I love the addition of the barn.  I think it adds much to the picture
> >>both compositionally and narratively.  The shadow seems a bit
> >>disconcerting, not because of its sharpness, but because it is not
> >>laying flat.
> >
> >
> > What you're actually seeing is not the shadow of the barn, but a
> > side-addition. Attached to this post a small photo gathered somewhere from
> > the web as reference.
> >
> > That aside, the shadow probably does fall on some hills or such, the image
> > makes heavy usage of forced perspective, but *looks* okay.
> >
> >
> Oh.  That's called the "bridge" of the barn


We always called it the "lean-to" :)

Tim, it's amazing how much that picture reminds me of the farm where I grew
up. The barn looks almost identical. Nice work.

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