Roman Around

[TByrne]

As you wander the streets within the walled city here's a perfect moment. I mean perfect, particularly with respect to the way that this Roman shopkeeper's snagged just enough of the ancient street/sidewalk back outside of her shop to create a parking spot for her scooter. ;)

http://homepage.mac.com/byrneprintmaker/.Pictures/Italy/romestreet_srgb_web.jpg

[BIG H]

Sooo ... Did you use your wide angle or telephoto lens on this shot! I like the PP - nice picture.

[TByrne]

Sooo ... Did you use your wide angle or telephoto lens on this shot! I like the PP - nice picture.

It was the longer lens Big... 1/250 at f/10, 1600 ISO, 17mm, with the 17-85mm taken at 2:15 in the PM.

Tough light in the tunnels of the old narrow city streets... total shadows...:)

[Souwalker]

Great picture and PP. Do you mind revealing the PP and how you did it? beautiful!!
Pat

[TByrne]

The trick was the ISO 1600, it gave me a lot of rough noise in the shadows to reveal from an average exposure (see particularly the ancient doorway in the upper left corner). There are about a dozen layers here each heavily masked. I used a glam layer, the rest were largely curves and levels adjustment layers with a saturation level or two (to selectively carve into the shadows/highlights). Of course I also used a couple of saturation/desaturation levels. There's really not much magic here, just an original exposure which composed it to make my point and to give me maximum latitude to work with later. I try to come back to the studio with little pieces of marble tile-like pictures that I can carve into to reveal my feelings or idea.

It only seems complex in terms of the number of layerings, not the actual enhancements themselves. PP is simply one more technique, like lens filters, lenses, speed, aperture, etc. The real accomplishment I'm beginning to think re. today's photography is to set out to really enjoy the PP process at least as much as the photo taking activity. We enhance our ideas at every stage... from the viewpoint we choose to fill the frame to the final moment we push "save" in Photoshop or Painter or whatever.

I hope this is useful.

Ted

[bikerider]

nice artisitc interpretation of Italian life Ted, scooters, food, tight spaces and lots of colour....despite the dark alleys.

[TByrne]

nice artisitc interpretation of Italian life Ted, scooters, food, tight spaces and lots of colour....despite the dark alleys.

Ah yes... Bikerider notices the bike :D. The scooter ballet is a private entertainment of Romans. They flit with an uncanny daring among the flows of traffic... like gems on a whorling necklace, or dancers in an intricate chorus. They are a show worth sitting, watching, and from time to time, gasping at.

[AlphaChicken]

Im not so big on the PP. Little overdone IMHO. If it were a little less soft and glowy I would like it alot more.

[mike ca]

I like the PP it looks just like a painting how cool would this look printed out on canvas! Nice Work!

[bikerider]

Ted I like your description of the scooter 'circus', I am gathering a collection of scooter shots for a feature story in an Aussie mag....perhaps I can quote you?

[TByrne]

Ted I like your description of the scooter 'circus', I am gathering a collection of scooter shots for a feature story in an Aussie mag....perhaps I can quote you?


I'm flattered. Of course, make it so. :o

[canotographer]

nice PP!!!

[whoopsjenny]

i love this!!! it makes me want to be there.. beautiful shot!