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A different skyline


A different skyline
Photo Information
Copyright: Clemente Perez (kLe) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 321 W: 103 N: 479] (1748)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08-20
Categories: Castles
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 80-200mm
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/800 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Final Version, Original Version, Workshop
Travelogue: Lusitania
Date Submitted: 2006-09-28 9:09
Viewed: 1145
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I reposted this picture to correct a tilt of the towers, which was noticed by our friend Gabriel Mendes (pitai).
-Rotate picture 1 degree clockwise
-Rebuilt the frame
-Add some saturation
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Original note:

Perhaps when you read "skyline" you expect to see modern high rectangular blocks. This is not what Segovia offers. Instead of it you can see here the cathedral (considered Europe's last great Gothic cathedral) and the fortress of El Álcazar.
To take this picture I drove some kilometres in the car and used a long lens. Unbelievable that nothing hindered this view.
All what you see belongs to the old city and is listed as World Heritage by Unesco. On the other edge of the old city there is the famous acqueduct which is almost 2'000 years old, has 167 arches and more than 20'000 granite blocks which are not united by concrete.
It was the seventh day of my travel to Lusitania and already returning home. Altough Segovia is not placed on the old Lusitania Roman province, it is worth a visit.
PP: Although there was not too much noise in the sky I tried something to reduce it. I selected with Color selection the sky. Then I applied blur to the color layers that had more noise.
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Hello Clemente,
it is really imposing this cathedral. The composition is superb, but I find that it misses a little sharpness, it is perhaps due to the increase in saturation, which is a little too marked with my taste.

Regards, Dino.

Beautiful architecture and landscape. Informative notes. Regards, Mehmet...

what a beautiful scenery, clemente! :-)
i really like the crowded place, so many nice buildings
close together - i thought it was one big castle.
excellent composition and pov.
well seen & captured, thorsten.

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  • Tue Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5114 W: 56 N: 7203] (23063)
  • [2006-10-16 18:17]

Hej Clemente,
Very nice picture with the many towers of these buildings as well as many other fine details. The composition is good and also the light's very nice. I like it, well done!
Hilsen,
Lars

Hola Clemente. Lo primero feliz año. No había visto esta foto tuya y me alegro de que la hayas respestado. Me parece que muestra un punto de vista muy interesante y poco visto, de hecho me sorprende no haberlo visto en ninguna película o programa de televisión. Ya que soy del gremio de la televisión, me lo apunto para posibles ideas de futuro. Hermosa composición.

Hola Clemente
estae es una de las fografias que ando persiguiendo, me gusta la composicion he visto varias y esta tuya esta muy lograda.
buen trabajo
un saludo.

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