San Leo

[OiPaz]

Another couple of shots: I don't want to flood the forum, but I've just come back at home from a period of vacation. :cry:
This is San Leo, a small medieval village near San Marino, Italy. The main square was shot at 10mm, f/7.1, ISO 100, 1/160 sec, EV -1. The fortress was shot at 135mm, f/8, ISO 100, 1/320 sec, IS off; I apologize for the ugly scaffolding!

[tforonda]

Nice shots. I like them but I agree with you about the ugly scaffolding in the second shot. You remove it in Photoshop. It's not difficult and should not take long.

[OiPaz]

Nice shots. I like them but I agree with you about the ugly scaffolding in the second shot. You remove it in Photoshop. It's not difficult and should not take long.
Thanks!
I must admit that I tried to remove the scaffolding, but I was not able to obtain an acceptable result. At the moment I don't have Photoshop, so I tried with Paint Shop Pro 7, using the Clone Brush and the Smart Fill plugin of Alien Skin Image Doctor. But, being the scaffolding so huge, I got very unsatisfactory results. Does Photoshop have better tools to manage that picture?

[archosman]

Here's a quicky I did in PS. Hope you don't mind...

http://home.comcast.net/~mp5k/pics/scaffld.jpg

[Burodsx]

I'd hate to have to be the one who built that scaffolding. I counted a total of 34 levels and that's from what you can see in the picture. I think the scaffolding doesn't really hurt the picture because it already has a structure in it. In fact, the side of that mountain doesn't look to interesting in my opinion.

[OiPaz]

Here's a quicky I did in PS.

Well done! It seems quite good. Which tool did you use? The plain Clone Brush or something more sophisticated?

[gravespinner]

I have to agree with Burodsx, that the scaffolding enhances the shot. There will be a number of shots of mediaval architecture, but this is a contrast between the tourist photograph and the amazing work (given the size and scope of the scaffold) that goes into preserving history.

[OiPaz]

I have to agree with Burodsx, that the scaffolding enhances the shot.
OK. Two votes, plus my laziness, are enough: I agree with you, too!

Obviously this does not mean my technical curiosity is satisfied, as well. ;-)

[archosman]

Well done! It seems quite good. Which tool did you use? The plain Clone Brush or something more sophisticated?

The clone brush then the healing brush. Then I periodically grabbed different areas with the healing brush to vary up the pic and make sure it doesn't look like it's cloned to heavily.

PS CS