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Thanks to Brandon for allowing me to post this rework of his fascinating ORIGINAL. I loved the elements in the original and the way Brandon had seen the space so I wanted to play with it myself. I've changed the feel of it a great deal, quite a different narrative now I think.
Enjoy.
Mikel.
EDIT - In explanation to the points my good mate Roger made, I actually added more noise to grunge up the mood a bit! What appears to be a green fringe on the left edge of the door is actually how the sunlight shining thru that door onto the corridor wall made the shadowed corridor wall glow a bit. Perhaps I should alter the colour of that light somewhat. I did think about simply darkening it so the whole area is in shadow, perhaps I will finesse that later. These kind of constructive critiques are immensely valuable for helping me look at my work with new eyes. Thanks Rog, keep 'em coming.
I like your version better than Brandon's although he did you give you something worthwhile to work with. Looks like your knowledge of composition helped immensely. Even though you did some cropping, your version of this shot creates more of a feeling of abandonment. If this lonely piano could talk, there'd be stories of the good old days and singalongs in the classroom, recitals and maybe even the occasional visit by a celebrity pianist.
I'm a big fan of editing (some would say over-editing) my shots. As an engineer before I retired, I did most of my work using AutoCAD. Today I don't miss my work because many of my photo editing programs are similar to AutoCAD. I can see you've added a pinch of color saturation, recovered some lost detail and sharpened the shot. I probably would have gone the extra mile and touched up some of the noise and especially that green haze by the door.
Hard to believe that the piano just has been abandoned to get dusty and die from wood rot.
Roger