A gray day in Faaborg Photo

Photographer’s Note

My first picture of Fyn, the second biggest island of Denmark and the island were the famous writer Hans Christian Andersen was born.

("Fyn er fin" (Fyn is fine), I heard a old man saying that once on television, and I think it's true. It's such a lovely island.)

This city is Faaborg, a small city by the south coast of Fyn with 17.000 inhabitants. (Actually, Hans Christian Andersen fell in love with a girl from this city.)

This is one of the street from the harbour to the center, a street with coloufull houses.

The day I was there, was a very dark an grey day, so that's why I post a picture with not too much sky (I cropped the rest of the sky away).

I also had to increase the contrasts a bit (and I decreased the green and the blue a bit). I also sharpneded the picture a bit (cause I you change the seize of the format to post it on TE, they usually become a bit unclear, but it's maybe a bit too sharp now).

jbweasle, arth, delpierro, kildall, TomteTim, nwoehnl, leschamb, jackpkn, Jeppe, ma-tibou, saintclaude, Michael_Gan, ChristianS, santosh, capthaddock has marked this note useful

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arth (1454) 2005-01-18 8:12

Ja Stef deze is gewoon prachtig ,echt levendig .Er zou elk moment iemand van acher het muurtje kunnen komen .Zeer mooi kleurenspel ,een geweldig goed contrast ,een mooie compositie en een uitermate scherpte

Arthur

Tue (25608) 2005-01-18 8:22

In spite of the gray day, this is a lovely colourful picture. Very nice perspective and POV! Typical Danish scene! Well done!

delpierro (621) 2005-01-18 8:25

très belle image, l'association des couleurs et le cadrage sont très bon à mon avis. On dirait une photo de magazine!!
Bonnes continuations
Pierro

freedom (287) 2005-01-18 8:53

Waw! that is a master piece! This is a very good exemple of a succesfull manipulation of colours,the contrast has reatched a good ballance.
Good picture!

kildall (381) 2005-01-18 9:08

Hi Stef.

A nice picture (a typical Danish postcard?)
Nice colurs and DOF.

I think it's a tad to sharp. Normally things goes the other way on TE ;-)
It's to "digital" for my taste if you know what I mean? Some of the horizontal lines on the left side are jagged/pixelate'd. (At least on my screen).

Try a warmth filter on this one (just a surgesstion).

Cheers Jorn

TomteTim (434) 2005-01-18 9:36

Well done, Stef. I like the crop and the colours of course.
Regards,
Bernd

jemaflor (38911) 2005-01-18 10:11

Very good angle to take this shot. A nice perspective, lovely colours and good choice for the title. well done.

Galeota (10329) 2005-01-18 10:17

Perhaps a tad oversharpened.Curiously I like the high contrast and the strong colour saturation that comes from it. Not sure about the compo though: it seems to me that your crop gave too much width to the photograph, in regard to the height. YOu're losing details in the shadows because of the high contrast.

nwoehnl (118) 2005-01-18 11:36

A lovely photo from the corner of the old city street, Stef. The half-timbered house at the right makes a nice foreground element that opens up our view towards the colorful houses along the cobblestone pavement. The panoramic crop was a good choice to disguise the bright sky. Sharpness sure is at an upper level here (at the left house, look at the line where the yellow part of wall below the windows meets the black part ..), but it still works fine. Nice shot!

loupiot (3909) 2005-01-18 11:50

Bonsoir Stef,
Une belle composition avec de jolies couleurs bien saturées. Le cadrage façon panoramique est très bien vu. Je trouve cette petite ruelle pavée vraiment très charmante. Un bon cliché, bien vu!

leschamb (371) 2005-01-18 11:58

Great angle on this one. The colors are very nice, and the little bike makes it all the more perfect.

Jeppe (18623) 2005-01-18 13:10

Oh - very fine - I actually spotted this sight in the summer but decide to wait for a sunny day - with light in the street - a good capture Stef - Congratulation.

Hanssie (9133) 2005-01-18 13:55

But...due to the gray weather, we can see beautiful colours and a wet look in this very nice picture, the composition is fantastic, I like it very well, Stef, mooi gedaan, jongen !

femkevdh (2633) 2005-01-19 4:05

lovely photo Stef! Indeed very fine! The fact that HC Andersen was born there, really adds to the photo for me!! ;-)
Great cropping, great colours! lovely place. Looks a bit (this street anyway) like the 'golden street' in Prague...

ma-tibou (4566) 2005-01-19 4:09

Bonjour Stef, un bien bel endroit aux couleurs éclatantes, un très bon angle de prise de vue, jlie réalisation, bravo.

saintclaude (1398) 2005-01-19 8:11

What colors and houses, incredible! Very nice work, nice point of vue, well done. Claude

Michael_Gan (2772) 2005-01-19 15:06

Sometimes when you're forced to crop the sky, the result is much better than the original. And I think that is really the case for this picture. The horizontal orientation works very nice and the colours are beautiful. As you say for yourself: the sharpness is a bit over the top in my opinion. But the composition is excellent!

foxy (733) 2005-01-19 15:23

Well done Stef for this eye-catching picture. You've brought this village to life with great colors from the dull grey day. Great composition too.
Groetjes.

doitashimashite (0) 2005-01-19 17:29

The composition is very good. The rectangular framing is very nice here, and the colors are great. And the shiny street is a nice detail. Great photo.

ChristianS (2997) 2005-01-20 16:02

Hi Stef, this is a very nice photo, lovely houses and colours. Nice perspective and composition. Well done!

faubry (32197) 2005-01-30 19:37

this shot made me think at gold street to Prague where is born kafka!, interesting wiew angle, very good colors, good composition

fauxbro (253) 2005-02-01 12:21

Beautiful colors and a great composition. It makes me want to poke my head around the corner to see what is there.

keribar (42726) 2005-02-05 15:25

The place is extremely nice, but so is the composition, and a perfect light for this kind of picture, no hard shades to deal with.
I like it very much !

karina (1084) 2005-02-11 6:37

Vibrant colour... and everywhere lines and shapes. Great POV.

santosh (304) 2005-02-14 8:56