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Vatican

A different angle to see the Vatican. Summer, 2014.


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Amalfi

This is just a thank you note to Ray, who is always helpful when advice is asked: When I was there at Amalfi I remembered your pictures and was thankful for your comments that helped me decide on my gear!

BTW, the second one I kind of like, but I could not manage well PP on the border between the hill and the blue sky when zoomed ... Anyone knows what I overdid? To be honest, the RAW is not so pristine there anyway, but... (I like the rest)

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The second image appears to have quite some sharpening, but there also appears to be a thin strip of vegetation (=dark) right on the upper edge of the hill (which is otherwise light coloured rock), exaggerating the "oversharpened" appearance. Either way, a bit of local softening / blur might make it look smoother.
 
The second image appears to have quite some sharpening, but there also appears to be a thin strip of vegetation (=dark) right on the upper edge of the hill (which is otherwise light coloured rock), exaggerating the "oversharpened" appearance. Either way, a bit of local softening / blur might make it look smoother.

Yes, I exaggerated the detail/sharpening, I kind of liked the pointilistic/convoluted look when you see the picture a little bigger... kkk

I'll try the softening, thanks!
 
This is just a thank you note to Ray, who is always helpful when advice is asked: When I was there at Amalfi I remembered your pictures and was thankful for your comments that helped me decide on my gear!

BTW, the second one I kind of like, but I could not manage well PP on the border between the hill and the blue sky when zoomed ... Anyone knows what I overdid? To be honest, the RAW is not so pristine there anyway, but... (I like the rest)
Oh man, you're bringing me right back there Marcos. One of my favorite places on earth - how could it not be? In that first one you're looking right across at Praiano, where I spent my first two weeks there last year, and in the second you're looking right at the part of Positano were we stayed the next two weeks. I'm not sure exactly what's going on at that border. I typically do just basic adjustments in Lightroom and then anything additional in Color (or Silver) Efex Pro. When I see a halo or some sort of weird artifact pattern developing in part of the shot, but the rest is looking about right to me, I can usually isolate which filter is causing the problem, then I use a Nik control point to back off that particular filter at that location until it smooths out and looks OK - sometimes I can just back it off and sometimes that means turning it off completely at that location. But it almost always works.

I'm not sure how well you can control a specific spot for your processing or what tools you're using.

Oh man - I wanna go back SOOOOO badly!

-Ray
 
Oh man, you're bringing me right back there Marcos. One of my favorite places on earth - how could it not be? In that first one you're looking right across at Praiano, where I spent my first two weeks there last year, and in the second you're looking right at the part of Positano were we stayed the next two weeks. I'm not sure exactly what's going on at that border. I typically do just basic adjustments in Lightroom and then anything additional in Color (or Silver) Efex Pro. When I see a halo or some sort of weird artifact pattern developing in part of the shot, but the rest is looking about right to me, I can usually isolate which filter is causing the problem, then I use a Nik control point to back off that particular filter at that location until it smooths out and looks OK - sometimes I can just back it off and sometimes that means turning it off completely at that location. But it almost always works.

I'm not sure how well you can control a specific spot for your processing or what tools you're using.

Oh man - I wanna go back SOOOOO badly!

-Ray

Glad you enjoyed. Yes, Amalfi is one of the most beautiful places anywhere. And it passed the "second trip" test! It's always a risk to come back and ruin an amazing memory. But I liked the second time as much!

I do similar PP: Photo Ninja+ NIK. I'll try to isolate the area or soften as suggested by bartjeej. Problem was that I was trying to bring out the blue of the sky with Viveza. That should have been the problem.
 
I agree the Amalfi coast is beautiful, but the wine is better in Tuscany :D

Yes, but easier to bring Tuscan wine to the Amalfi than the Amalfi Coast to Tuscany! So many wonderful parts of Italy, but for me, the combination of incredible natural beauty mixed with gorgeous little towns in unmatched. Although Cinque Terra and Portofino don't suck either... I like water, the one thing Tuscany lacks...

-Ray
 
Thought i'd try the RX1 in the Steven F. Udvar -Hazy Center (near Dulles airport in Virginia)

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