The Ray Ban Conspiracy Photo

Photographer’s Note

During the lonf travel from Milan to Panama City we had a stop-over in Aruba, a Netherland's Antille island, thanks to the KLM flight.

A stop-over of around 8, 10 hours, and we had time to go on a beach close to the airport to swimm in the sea.

That image, in front of the sun was took using my sunglasses as a filter, to reduce the light.
The light brown tone is an effect, or a ...conspiracy of my Ray Ban!

*Scanned image*

Henryk_Bilor, riclopes, Muse, pastadog, papagolf21, kiwi_explorer, Cretense, Gerrit, Rosa_d_MonteLua, john_c has marked this note useful

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stefanocer (10408) 2007-02-09 4:04

Ottimo uso degli occhiali da sole direi , le tonalità di questo bel tramonto sono accattivanti , Elton John o Renato Zero potrebbero fare infinite varianti al tema ........ , scherzi a parte , una bella foto , anche ben scannerizzata .
Ciao Stefano.

Henryk_Bilor (20367) 2007-02-09 4:15

Hi Paolo
Lovely painting-like effect and this lack of sharpness doesn`t disturb in this case. Great composition with the sail and nice colours thanks to the specific filter ;).
Regards

Muse (31011) 2007-02-09 4:29

Hello Paolo,
Très jolie vue de la mer sous un ciel superbe.
De très jolies couleurs sous une lumière très douce.
ON dirait une peinture!
Best regards
Denise

riclopes (33005) 2007-02-09 4:29

He,he, you sure made me laugh with your Ray Ban story. I never thought of that tecnhique. I will have to try it some day. The result is a wonderful painting. A bit dark, the wave, but I like that. It balances well the sails on the other corner, right on the line of the horizon, that is really straight and horizontal ;-) Beautiful lighting and orange tones.
Enjoy the weekend,
Ricardo

pastadog (12821) 2007-02-09 4:32

Hehe, very creative technique, Paolo, thanks for the idea, maybe I'll try it too, especially in the summer here.... Pretty composition with elements well placed, and really special tones thanks to your sunglasses.... Regards, Daniel

delkoo (34352) 2007-02-09 4:53

hi paolo
you used all your accessory to do a pleasant shot with strange colours and soft rendered, sly man.

friendly
didier

markstaples (15670) 2007-02-09 4:59

Not bad quality for a scan of an 'oldie'!! Love the colours and the composition with the boat well placed in the frame. Nice one.
Best wishes
Mark

jinju (14265) 2007-02-09 5:29

Tye lack of sharpness perhaps makes it better. As Henryk said it looks like a painting.
The sailboat is a fantastic thing here, really makes it an interesting frame.

jrj (34779) 2007-02-09 5:49

Perfect filter Paolo your RayBan glaces. Interesting brownish setting from the polaroid. Simple details included still an interesting result where of course the sailer out there is a 'must'. Another good job in the scanner - and some pp I take..

papagolf21 (56451) 2007-02-09 6:04

Bonjour, mon ami Paolo,
Très belle prise de vue marine. Le voilier est idéalement placé à l'horizon.
La beauté de la composition est manifeste.
Amitiés.
Philippe

kiwi_explorer (12195) 2007-02-09 6:13

Hi Paolo,
You've just given me an idea for another practical use of a sunglass :) I wouldn't mind stopping over this airport ... the beach is a big plus. Anyway, I like the way you placed that solitary yacht ... just finishes the composition nicely. Pretty good quality for a scanned image. Well done ... TFS
Cheers,
Renier

TravelerNL (2965) 2007-02-09 7:35

Hello Paolo,
Beautiful photo. Thanks to your filter it looks great with these colors. Smart idea o use your sunglasses.
Harko

barrufeto_77 (25809) 2007-02-09 7:39

Hi Paolo.

Another lovely sunset. The detail of the ship is, in my opinion, the key of the picture.

Rgs, Oscar

Cretense (56282) 2007-02-09 8:30

Hi Paolo!

Great idea the sunglasses, my friend!Beautiful composition and beautiful colours. Congratulations!

Ciao, Hercules

Gerrit (35793) 2007-02-09 10:18

Hi Paolo,
always intersted in new technics. This works real fine.
Leave your filter at home.
Regards, Gerrit

Budapestman (42056) 2007-02-09 12:10

Hi Paolo,
This is a picturesque and particular impression. I like the attractive and glittering details. Superb POV and refined composition. Very aesthetic and interesting shot!
Thank you, nice days
George

anducina (8097) 2007-02-09 12:38

Beautiful compo and light. Superb mixture of gold and purple.

TFS,

Andreea

rigoletto (26326) 2007-02-09 15:38

Ciao Paolo,
Looking at this image, i felt like gazing at the infinity with tearful eyes. Soft and dark colors and the peaceful sail at the distance add great nostalgia to the atmosphere. Black-orange contrast and the symmetry of the triangles at the top left dark and bottom right light corners are great.
Cheers and compliments,
Deniz

Rosa_d_MonteLua (1504) 2007-02-09 16:01

Hi Paolo!
Nice shot with that modified colours.
Good clarity and well done effect on water movement (probably due to a high speed shoot).
TFS and best wishes,
Rosa

alejandroguzman (4672) 2007-02-10 2:05

Hello PAolo !

Nice shot !!
Warm colors and nice compo, that I can almost feel the breeze !!!
BTW, it's so nice to have that kind of airline company as KLM... I mean... I have ever heard anything about that kind of STOP !!! 10 hours for a stop with BEACH !!!... that's awesome !!! ... LOL

have a nice WE
hugs
Edgar

capthaddock (28640) 2007-02-10 5:25

Hi Paolo - 10 hours of relaxation before the big adventure! I've done that as well, actually I did 5 days of relaxed affordable luxury travel in Japan before starting backpacing 4 months around Asia. I've also used my sunglasses as a filter (many many years ago) but the results were unsucceessful, beautuful image here, but a bit too soft in quality.

lestans (15456) 2007-02-10 13:05

Ciao Paolo! buona idea di usare gli occhiali da sole! Ci hai fatto una foto strana e affascinante.
Elegante la barca a vela e il sole dall'altro lato,mentre le onde in primo piano sembrano qualcosa di solido, qualcosa di rappreso...

Buona domenica!!

Livia

john_c (24635) 2007-02-13 11:09

Hi Paolo,
A novel idea with the sunglasses as a filter! I like the resulting effect, with the coppery brown hue contrasting nicely with the water. The silhouette of the sailboat is the perfect touch, and the area in the right foreground of beach helps balance the frame further. Well captured.
John

Fellini (4958) 2008-06-17 8:44

Anche a me capita certe volte di usare gli occhiali così come te ... anche perchè poi ci sono certe lenti che esaltano o il giallo o il verde, oppure il blu e mi capita in certe occasioni che quando tolgo gli occhiali i colori sono "meno belli"...carino l'effetto direi...bello anche il pov.
Di nuovo ...
Alex