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Ah ......the romance of Italy!

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Ah ......the romance of Italy!

Postby marc on Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:43 pm

Taken with the D2Hs & 17-55



Restaurant view - Amalfi Coast


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Gondola view - Venice


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Old pushbike - San Giminiano


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Postby Laurie on Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:46 pm

the last one is fantastic.
well composed
i like it. well done
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Postby marc on Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:09 pm

Thanks Laurie, although Italy is one of those places you need another holiday just to get over this one ! :lol:

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Postby cawdor on Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:27 pm

Great shots Marc, I love the last one.

Not to steal the thread, but I'm going to Venice for a few days in a couple of months - anything you can recommend doing/seeing??
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Postby Razor on Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:57 pm

All three are very nice mate... love the first one. Then again it'd be hard to take bad photos at such a magic place. :)
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Postby meicw on Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:21 pm

All shots are great. Love the colours in the gondola.

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Postby fishafotos on Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:34 pm

Great shots. So much european character in them.
I can't wait to get there (leaving in 2 weeks :) )
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Postby padey on Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:41 pm

The best thing about the second shot, is that you can't smell it.

Whoa :shock: doesn't Venice stink!!!
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Postby marc on Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:47 pm

Andrew

Surprisingly, it was quite OK. The water looked & smelt fresh ! :shock:
From what I've read & heard this is unusual, we must have arrived on a good tide :wink:

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Postby christiand on Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:52 pm

I also like to say that I love all three photos.

The first photo could benifit from more dof, I very much like the composition - we need to see a little bit more sharpness with the Amalfi coast.

I envy you for yor trip,
thanks alot for sharing your photos.

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Postby blacknstormy on Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:53 pm

Marc - the last shot is superb :) Well done, and well spotted...
the second shot is making me queezy :mrgreen:
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Postby casnell on Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:22 pm

Love them all, I'm jealous !
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Postby vikin70 on Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:32 pm

i'm assuming but did they use an old bike as signage for a restaurant? i wonder how effective that is... creative yes but doesnt exactly shout 'hey come here for food'... hehe and look how they tied the bottle there to say 'we have wine here too'... nice shots btw
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Postby ozimax on Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:46 pm

Great shots, and what a place is Italy! Love it, can't wait to get back there, hopefully next year.
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Postby daniel_r on Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:17 pm

nice series!

#1 and #2 - good use of colour.
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Postby Yi-P on Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:37 pm

#1 is really good, makes me want to go there!!


I really liked #3, but my only pick about it the slightly overexposed wall to the left, maybe a little PP work to even out the exposure should be great :)
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Postby surenj on Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:21 pm

Very nice... especially the bike is well framed..


How much did you pay for those Gondola Rides? Heard that they were expensive ;)
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Postby marc on Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:09 pm

Yi-P wrote:I really liked #3, but my only pick about it the slightly overexposed wall to the left, maybe a little PP work to even out the exposure should be great :)


Hi Yi-P

If only I was well versed in PS :roll: , I'd give it a try.
I haven't quite advanced that far along, any tips for this exposure method?

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Postby surenj on Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:23 pm

Could try a gradient mask or just a manual mask with a soft brush.
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Postby surenj on Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:10 pm

Actually can use just the clone brush to clone the texture...
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Postby surenj on Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:45 pm

With Marc's permission I have had a go at taking out the highlights of Cycle photo purely by using the clone tool. Quick 10 minute job.

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Anyone have any other ideas as to which tools to use?
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Postby marc on Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:08 pm

Many thanks Surenj :wink:
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Postby drifter on Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:37 pm

The first and the last one are fantastic shots . Great stuff
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