Little Pink Houses
by Rosie20

Comment by rmahan:
What I like most about this photograph is the subject matter. "Color" is certainly the first thing that comes to mind so you've certainly met the challenge. ("Garish" happens to be the second thing that comes to my mind!) I'm glad you found this subject and that you shared it with us.

Some ways to improve the photograph ... first, as many people have mentioned, try to turn off the date feature of your camera or compose your pictures so that you can eliminate the date when you crop and resize the picture. (I assume that you've got the date format set to European format of day-month-year.) If you have trouble doing this, I'm sure that asking a "how-to" in the forums would quickly find an answer from others who have the same camera.

Next, cut down the exposure some so that the picture, overall, is slightly darker. I think this would have brought the colors out even better and kept some of the areas from being pure white when we should be seeing detail. Although it's hard to say without having been there myself, a vertical format might have worked better in order to include the chimney and to eliminate the distractions to each side of the house. I would also have tried to shoot this straight-on although architectural photography is quite difficult with SLR cameras.

Finally, although it isn't always possible to choose the time of day when we get our best shots, I would have tried this either early morning or late evening. Can't say that it would have improved it but the generally warmer lighting found at those times might have helped.

Looks like you're fairly new to DPChallenge so I'll just add a "Welcome" and I hope to see more photographs from you in the future.

Regards ... from the Critique Club,

Bob Mahan
(rmahan)

Little Pink Houses
by Rosie20

Comment by tecent642:
interesting, not my particular taste in house colors, but interesting none-the-less. i think your date is set wrong on your camera. this is only April, not May.

Little Pink Houses
by Rosie20

Comment by Anachronite:
did you alter the colors or is that real? hehe

Little Pink Houses
by Rosie20

Comment by mariomel:
That's quite a house. Who lives there, the Gingerbread man?

Little Pink Houses
by Rosie20

Comment by GolferDDS:
What an interesting house. Nice picture. Is that the date you took the picture in the lower right hand corner?

Little Pink Houses
by Rosie20

Comment by KarenB:
oh, my word! who ever lives here must be a very happy soul! LOL
First tip: turn off the date stamp on your camera. I think most cams can turn that off... see if yours can.... if not.. frame your subject so that you can crop it out.

Little Pink Houses
by Rosie20

Comment by MattW:
good job, nice colors

Little Pink Houses
by Rosie20

Comment by Becky:
Wow! That is a really colorful house.

Little Pink Houses
by Rosie20

Comment by BigHusker001:
This picture looks like it came directly out of the camera with no post work. I would have cropped out the rest of the neighborhood as much as I could to have the colorful house fill the whole picture. Then worked on brightness/contrast and sauration to bring out the colors better. The top of the house appears slightly washed out. Also, would be best to turn off the date print on your camera. Very interesting and colorful house. Good subject matter for the challenge.

Little Pink Houses
by Rosie20

Comment by KimInNB:
How would you like to live nextdoor to that? Wow!! You have definitely met the challenge with this photo!! I do have to deduct for the fact that the house is crooked and that you have left a date stamp on it - very unattractive.