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Reflecting the Church

Postby Bob G on Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:31 pm

The black rock of the cobblestones made a perfect mirror of this puddle.

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Re: Reflecting the Church

Postby PiroStitch on Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:43 pm

Lovely stuff, though I'd be inclined to crop the top off the cobblestones a bit. The DOF control is great as you've been able to use enough to capture the cobblestones, but isolate the reflection and not let the stones themselves become a distraction.
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Re: Reflecting the Church

Postby biggerry on Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:04 pm

With regard to the issue of content, the reductive quality of the purity of line brings within the realm of discourse the essentially transitional quality.

oh, and that reflection looks a bit too perfect :wink:
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Re: Reflecting the Church

Postby Steffen on Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:06 pm

Oh, I like this!

I'd be tempted to clone out the red dot on the cobblestones (centre, 3rd row from the top). Now that I know it's there my eye keeps going back to it.

Also, I like how creepy the picture looks when seen upside-down :)

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Re: Reflecting the Church

Postby striking on Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:00 pm

WOW, that is a great photo... what photoshop work was done?
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Re: Reflecting the Church

Postby CraigVTR on Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:51 pm

Nice shot Bob, but there is something that nags at me (not my wife :D ). The dof looks strange, did you selectively blur the cobbles in pp?
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Re: Reflecting the Church

Postby Bob G on Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:00 pm

CraigVTR wrote:Nice shot Bob, but there is something that nags at me (not my wife :D ). The dof looks strange, did you selectively blur the cobbles in pp?


Craig - It's an out of camera as shot very shallow dof. The cobblestones are undulating, uneven and rounded and on a different plane to the surface of the puddle.
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Re: Reflecting the Church

Postby Bob G on Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:03 pm

striking wrote:WOW, that is a great photo... what photoshop work was done?


Just a little fine-tuning of the exposure in ACR ( recovery, fill , blacks ).

Then I used the clone tool in photoshop to cover a small blemish in the reflection.

3 minutes tops.
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Re: Reflecting the Church

Postby chrisk on Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:14 pm

i love this shot bob. the level of detail in the reflection is incredible and i love the effect you got with the different focal planes. lots of other nice images from your trip...no idea why you are posting one per thread though, makes commenting on some fabulous photos a bit onerous TBH.
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Re: Reflecting the Church

Postby Bob G on Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:56 pm

Rooz wrote:i love this shot bob. the level of detail in the reflection is incredible and i love the effect you got with the different focal planes. lots of other nice images from your trip...no idea why you are posting one per thread though, makes commenting on some fabulous photos a bit onerous TBH.


Thanks Rooz.

I'm kind of wading through and just processing one or two each day. I should pick it up as I get into a routine and have some multiple image posts to come. Hopefully I can get a regular sleep pattern happening soon and feel normal again.
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