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Photographer’s Note

Phew, that was too long ago again.. I just wished I could concentrate enough on TE.

[Photo scene info]
A photo from the day after we arrived on Paros. We drove to Naoussa on our scooter. This place is a lovely harbour, in general Paros is a lovely island with all it's white and blue. I feel Paros has the most white and blue buildings, the other islands I've visited also use some other colors, like green on Amorgos and red on Mykonos! More on that topic later!

This is taken with my wide angle lens, the Sigma 10-20.
Problem is; you want to catch a lot of things in the frame while shooting from, for example, a close distance. I was really close to this nice low church, situated next to a square, here. I tried to captured the whole church, still 10mm was not enough. Unfortunately it was enough to take in things I didn't want to be in the frame, such as the scooter on the left.
There wasn't really a way to work around that, in my back there we're chairs of a restaurant.. This square is loaded with chairs for the evening dinner, so no other decent POV available in my opinion.

Just wanted to add a shot and here it is :) it has been to long again :(

[Photo technical details]
10mm, 1/50th, F11, RAW @ ISO 100, Multi Segment Metering, EV +1.3

[PP involved @ RAW&TIFF]
* Perspective and distortion correction
* Added contrast
* More saturation in the beginning
* Blue desaturation later on, I felt it was too much
* USM 63%, 0,7px, 1 lvl.
* Border, © & name.

I know I should add more soon, have a nice weekend :)

In the WS : Depth with squids!
Thanks for looking!

evanrizo, bostankorkulugu, NellyD, danos, brevbrev14, aimiliospet, Cretense, lilimih33 has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

bostankorkulugu (33688) 2007-11-09 23:05

look who is back! i thought you were dead, man...
good shot this is emiel - if you ignore the cut bit of the church on the bottom left and that piece of chair on the bottom right:P - and the wide angle adds a lot to its charm...

very kykladic and very beautiful...

cheers

korkut

NellyD (1872) 2007-11-10 4:43

Hoi Emiel,

Long time, no see :-)
Maar leuk weer wat van je te zien hier, en dit is een hele mooie foto. Mooi contrast dat witte huisje tegen die prachtige blauwe achtergrond. En een leuk detail, de kat die die man volgt.
Goed gezien!

Groetjes, Nel

evanrizo (456) 2007-11-10 4:43

Hi Emiel welcome back, I see your great new intro and your great notices they are with your nice photos.
I like here the dily life composition, I like that the cat follows the man!-:))
The frame is very good, the bright-great white comes wonderful and impressive with the contrast with the sky.
Have a nice weekend.
Evangelos!-:)
I will come back...

danos (32690) 2007-11-10 8:13

Hello Emiel,
nice saturated colours and light, are the two characteristics of Greek islands in Summer.Excellent perspective and POV of the church.The including of the walking man in the shot, adds life in the scene.The sharpness and the clarity are unique.Well done my friend.

Have a nice weekend,Danos
PS Have you ever eaten octopus with ouzo?

doubay (5023) 2007-11-10 9:58

Hey, Emiel, you still exist! That’s good news!
Very nice, classical and well executed Greek postcard shot.
I’m a bit disappointed by you though, that you do not like octopus.
Regrds
Andreas

brevbrev14 (372) 2007-11-11 9:01

Hi Emiel, very good image of another Kiklades islands...
the diagonal line of composition is very good and the man well placed..with the cat..
very good!
CIAO!
Valeria

Cretense (56318) 2007-11-15 4:36

Hi Emiel!

Nice title for this great photo! Nice diagonal perspective and composition and beautiful colours. You have a slight problem of distortion, caused by the wide angle lens, the mans seems "unnormal", very short and fat but you can easily fix it in PS. Besides that, a great job! Congratulations!

Hercules

lilimih33 (9874) 2007-11-15 16:25

Hello Emiel!
Nice composition and good effect!
Beautiful colours, light, clarity and point of view!
Excellent done!
Best regards!
Lili

jmcl (13939) 2007-11-16 15:48

Hi Emiel,

Love you control of the white .. wonderful wide angle composition .. I love the surreal combination of closeness and width .. on the scooter .. to my eyes it works .. it takes this building out of a mythological history and places it in reality .. welcome back by the way ..

take care,

John

gunbud (27955) 2007-12-02 18:07

Hello Emil,
Wonderful clear contrasting white and blue colors adorn this simple but effective image. The cat following the man and the flag fluttering in the wind are very charming addtional elements to this fine poto.
Regards, Tom
Later.

Hellas (5125) 2007-12-23 3:44

Emiel,
Hellas wishes you a happy new year!
Your last image transfers Hellenic aroma and colors everywhere on earth!
Thank you very much!

Friendly,
Athanasios Benisis.

gbeli (2026) 2007-12-25 5:40

Hello Emiel
A typical Greek island's photo you have uploaded here.
I like the POV and the amazing colors.
The old man also helps a lot in the atmosphere of the picture.
Regards

mphotographies (1976) 2008-06-19 0:58

Hey Emiel,

I myself isn't active as well here in TE. Just posting but no time to critique as much as before. Its been awhile the last time I critiqued you. Anyway just dropping by to see what's in your gallery. Despite having a wide 1-20mm, I think you could have stepped back but I think this works fine with me. My view rotates or goes around the church, the 'dynamism' of the old man and the dog makes it work.

All the best ;)

Jom

Photo Information

Copyright: Emiel Hillege (Emiel_Skyfreak) (2976)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-03
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture
Camera: Pentax K10D, Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC, RAW @ ISO 100, Hoya 77mm PRO-1 DMC C-PL LPF
Exposure: f/11, 1/50 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-11-09 18:33