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Photographer’s Note

One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.
He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked.
"What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream.
His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright,
raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm towards the viewer....

Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka

I took that image from the Charles Bridge (Karlův most), looking at the Hrad, the hill with the Castle and the Cathedral on the top.
On the Workshop there's the original image, that i changed to obtein that XIX° Century view...that it's really easy with a Prague picture, cause that fantastic city conserved perfectly the whole historical city centre.

*scanned image*

bantonbuju, MarekP, supereira, aloyho, gaby, marieaude, Gix, nerve has marked this note useful

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Zepi (22848) 2005-06-14 4:01

Hello Paolo,
Belle composition, j’adore cette ville !
Le noir et blanc est superbe, un petit peu sombre, mais c’est certainement mon écran ici au travail !
Beau travail
Amicalement
Sébastien

bantonbuju (48796) 2005-06-14 4:05

buon giorno paolo, of course compo and the old town, carluv most, lamp - all are beautiful, but the choice of this grainy b&w mood makes this picture great;
lovely shot;
have a nice day, jerzy

greg64g (11193) 2005-06-14 4:12

Salut Paolo,

Prague looks to be a superb city with many colors too, Marek show us some beautiful picture. but i like the grey mood to show us the fabulous city; i like the 2 picture, WS too. but the noise on this one is very good.
good work
cheers
greg

jajko (572) 2005-06-14 4:19

hi!!!
great!!! nice composition and dramatics wiev form water...
it;s revelation .. but i worked in PS ... thats ... hmm... only for me. maybye you like it. thx.

regards, lukasz

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MarekP (4744) 2005-06-14 4:48

Hi Paolo,
Well, in 1883 St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague Castle has only one high tower, not three like today, but you get the mysterious atmosphere of Kafka's Prague quite well, I think.

Have a nice day,
Marek

jinju (14265) 2005-06-14 5:14

Did you add the grain? Really does look like something out of a century old album or an early 20th century European film. Great note, Kafka and Prague..perfect.

supereira (9576) 2005-06-14 6:30

Great shot.I like it!Great composition and DOF.Good contrast between the sky and the buildings.Good light and sharpness.Good B&W choice.Very good job!

hugolef (4909) 2005-06-14 6:57

Hello Paolo
nice view. i like your frame, i find you convert beautiful but too noisy ...
Nice shot
Regards, hugues

aloyho (6109) 2005-06-14 8:11

Hi Paolo,
I like this reversal process as most people would take an old photo to make it look new. You did it well as that ancient mood and look is well projected. Excellent idea and effort!! All the best.

sam224 (5851) 2005-06-14 10:34

Bella composizione.. il bianco e nero conferisce all'insieme un'atmosfera particolare. Sembra una foto di altri tempi. Bella la nota!

gaby (19793) 2005-06-14 11:29

Hi Paolo, Bravo on dirait vraiment une photo prise en 1883 -
splendide composition
Bonne journée
Amicalement
Gaby

marieaude (1196) 2005-06-14 14:05

Salut Paolo, excellent...En ouvrant ta photo, j’ai pensé, « hé bien il se conserve bien cet homme pour être en mesure de publier des photos qu’il a prise en 1883, ou bien c’est peut être une sorte de vampire » surtout que je trouve qu’un vampire avec ce décor ça aurait été parfait….. Belle photo retro de Prague. Un peu "noisy" comme on dit ici mais bravo et merci

Fis2 (46449) 2005-06-14 17:06

Hi Paolo!
Good composition and frame. The black and white was right choice.
Regards
Krzy¶

Gix (3559) 2005-06-15 4:46

Ciao Polo,
...mi pareva che non fossi stato anche a Praga!! ;D))
Complimenti per il post processing, io mi sarei spinto a farla seppia, mi dà ancora più il senso di 'antico'!!
Mi ripeto per le note (kafkiane...), grazie per la vasta cultura che riesci sempre ad accompagnare agli scatti!
Ottima immagine, l'atmosfera ricorda certi giorni di tempo coperto, propri di Praga... ma dovo arrivava uno splendido sole (magari al tramonto...)
Giorgio

nerve (10212) 2005-06-19 6:07

Hi Paulo,
This is a beautiful image, i love these grainy old looking b/w shots..
Your composition is spot on here..its a dreamlike image...i doesnt look bleak to me at all, so i would never have a metamorphosis
in a city like this! lol.
ciao..(sorry, green later)

lotis (132) 2006-02-26 18:38

This is great. I was thinking of hitting NeatImage to reduce the noise and then I thought..what am I doing? the noise adds so much more to this photo. I love a b&w when it is well done, and this one sure is.
cheers
louis