The Amafia Coast Photo

Photographer’s Note

The village of Atrani, which is around the bend from Amalfi. Late afternoon light. The road between Salerno and Positano is very scenic and fun to drive... until a huge bus is encountered coming in the opposite direction. Surprisingly there is only a single other photo so far posted from Atrani on TE.

Lee systems 0.6 ND grad soft edge filter used.

The lower left corner is blurred because I removed an ugly concrete block which I could not avoid including in the frame.

Floydian, angela926, Didi, carper, Tue, Gerrit, sleon, delkoo, macondo, chpp, flory, leo61, coco has marked this note useful

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Didi (36442) 2008-03-20 17:16

Salam Tan
The sun looks not so strong and that's give very nice lights.
I note also a vey good exposure balance with the shades.
I have done a WS with a difficult correction of the blurred corner.
Cheers.

[workshop] [compare] +

twofun (1545) 2008-03-20 17:26

looks like a postcard.
amazing shot.

t.f.s.

Guto (1738) 2008-03-20 18:11

Wow, it seems to be a very pleasant place. Your picture is clear, sharp and very contrasting with a very good composition. I wouldn't notice the blurred corner if you hadn't told us.

batalay (21193) 2008-03-20 18:38

Merhaba Tan,

Tebrik ederim bu muhtesem fotograf için. Her bakimdan sahane bir kare — kompozisyon, renkler ve netlik. En asagi 12 kez gördüm Amalfi Coast'i fakat hiç doyamadiigim bir manzara, bilhassa Positano'nun.

Maalesef, National Geographic Books' basicagi kitapda sizin verdiginiz (Amboise) fotografini kullanamiyacagiz. NGS kendi resimleri varmis, fakat çok tesekkür ederim verdiginiz müsadeye.

Selam ve saygilar,

Bülent

angela926 (1882) 2008-03-20 18:48

Hello Tan,
Very lovely capture, excellent composition, good pov, beautiful vivid colors and fantastic light, superb sharpness and excellent depth of field.
Angela

Manamo (3474) 2008-03-20 19:15

Good to see post some shots these days Tan. I kind of missed those clean landscapes.
I like how the shot is divided in two with the light and shadows zones. The soft color tones of the buildings are nice.
Didi had a good idea with the left corner. The job is not perfect, but it is definitely something you could consider doing.
The grad filter is visible, but I kind of like the darker upper part of the sky.
cheers!
Marc

ribeiroantonio (21969) 2008-03-20 21:28

Curiously, I only noticed the blur after reading the note. So, it is not that bad. Otherwise, it is a very nice picture of a wonderful place. Well done.
Antonio

jjcordier (25226) 2008-03-20 23:34

Tan
Superbe composition!Ce village est superbement situé et le cadrage de ta photo le met encore plus en valeur. Très beau travail!
Amicalement
JJ

MiguelP (14336) 2008-03-21 1:08

Hi Tan... We went to this part of Italy in 2006 but we cant stop in this village because it was full of cars with tourist like ourself. I love this POV, not very usual to portrait one of the nicest areas of the world (of course by the mediterranean, where else?). Take care.

delic (6735) 2008-03-21 1:09

I'm not sure about the aspect ratio of this one but the composition is very pleasing otherwise. Your timing in capturing the wave was very good. Seems like you cropped the right-hand side, because the upper left corner looks soft, am I right? I would consider cropping the bottom to remove the blurred area (aka the ugly concrete). The use of two-stop neutral grad filter is obvious, the darkening in the sky looks unnatural. I don't think it was needed here anyway. Regards,
Hakan

carper (65646) 2008-03-21 1:09

Wauw, fantastic view Tan,
marvelous depth in the shot, great light andvery good composition, a photo to be proud on, have a very good day.
gr. jaap

Floydian (30970) 2008-03-21 2:11

Hi Tan,
I like your crop, the tight framing which includes the foreground and the mountain in the back gives the picture a good balance. You could put more warm light on the buildings, but have to admit this also does not look bad a t all.
The bottom section does not disturb me because it's easy to fix.
Nice work, very powerful composed and framed.
Regards, Henk

TGULUMSER (12514) 2008-03-21 2:29

Tan Bey merhaba,
Boyle bir guzelligin hakkini fazlasiyla vermissiniz,
Elinize saglik,
Tulay

anes_lc (14776) 2008-03-21 2:34

stunning view ,this place must be one of the most beautiful in the world :)
perfect capture
a postcard
thanks sharing,anes

Tue (25608) 2008-03-21 3:31

Hi Tan,
Great photo from this village, well placed on the left hand side with a nice view along the coastline towards the mountain in the background. You had great weather with a fine light and a nice blue sky. Thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

PixelTerror (86839) 2008-03-21 3:56

Hi Tan,
Here again a lovely image at the right time of the day to egt exceleltn light on the buildings and a vey nice succession of curves along the coast
Have a nice day JY

dkeus31 (26365) 2008-03-21 4:01

hi Tan,
very nice image, I like the line formed by the shore leading the view to the building.
regards
didier

Gerrit (36269) 2008-03-21 4:30

HI Tan,
Man, you realy can choose your POV, This is another fantastic one. Great light and composition. Good broad foreground with the typical vulcanic black sand.
Great work.
Regards, Gerrit

p.s. Is Amafia just a whriting mistake (Amalfia) or referring to the Mafia (that here is called Chomorra)

sleon (9352) 2008-03-21 4:58

Hi Tan
The filter here gives a subtle and natural enhancement and the square format suits well the subject to give a wonderful sense of space. A really magnificent Italian scene.
Regards, Susanna

delkoo (34788) 2008-03-21 5:20

hi tan,
I definitely like your POV in this shot ... it provides such good perspective.
i like this view, nicely spotted and well executed.

regards
didier

macondo (13271) 2008-03-21 5:30

Hello Tan.
Very fine shot from a well chosen viewpoint. You have used the natural curve of the shoreline and the line of the viaduct to create a strong perspective, enhanced by the second headland in the background, giving the shot depth and filling out the right side of the horizon. The white foam along the shore leads the eye, and the town's remarkable buildings emerge into the sunlight to stunning effect. I can see how cropping instead of cloning the intrusive block of concrete would have destroyed the curve of the wave at that point, so it was a good choice.
I am intrigued by the possibility of using a ND filter together with a CP filter. Anyway, the result is marvellous.
Regards,
Andrew

Cormac (26455) 2008-03-21 6:53

Great shot! I like the foreground especially, with the delicate curve of the shore, and the nice reflection off the wet sand. This seems to give the photo a huge feelig of depth or three dimensions. Beautiful!

lestans (15492) 2008-03-21 9:21

Beautiful!!
the curve of the shore captures the eye to look at the wonderful backgroud.
Sea and sky are so nice.
Well used square shape.
Very good work!!

Livia

jonathan_hart (22627) 2008-03-21 11:34

great clarity, fantastic wide view, well composed, excellent light and natural colours, this shot do justice to the beauty of this place
regards
jo

gilou530 (35680) 2008-03-21 15:16

salut tan
une vue de ce village qui je pense tu nous a présente en vue plongeante, belle couleur et le grand angle donne un bon POV
amitiés
gilbert

guillaumejm (30) 2008-03-21 15:23

hello tan
Great place. perfect sky with clouds looking to be in 3 dimensions. the depth is great too.
best regards
JMarc

chpp (4007) 2008-03-21 16:48

Hi Tan
thius is a beautiful shot, grea POV and composition, good depth, natural colours and the balance of light and shadows is very good.
I like the details in the buildings
really nice work
have a nice weekend
chris

toto (18755) 2008-03-22 4:23

Bonjour,
belle photo de cette jolie plage avec ce village accrochés au rochers,
Ces voitures garrées sous cet espèce de pont a arches semblent etre des petittes fourmis, j' espère que la grosse vague, ' la sélérate ' ne va pas arriver sinon aie aie pour ces autos.
Jolies couleurs et bonne netteté de cet endroit.
Belle vue sous un bon POV.

Amitiés Thomas

flory (4804) 2008-03-23 3:33

hi Tan,
it's very clearly for me that you know how to frame an image.nicely divided this one with good light for the buildings..ufff and love this clean water;)
good vacation!
Flori:)

nes7 (709) 2008-03-23 4:43

Bakış noktası çok iyi. Manzara mükemmel görünüyor. Deniz, gökyüzü, kayalıklar, karşıdaki yarımada güzel bir bütünlük sergiliyor... Denizin hemen kenarındaki mimari yapılarda çok hoş. Seyri hoş bir sunum...

leo61 (43734) 2008-03-23 4:48

Hi Tan!
Looks like you were standing on a ladder...
Great POV and wonderful light at this part of the village.
Great depth ,caused by this little foaming wave.
Regards,leo

Greg1949 (8519) 2008-03-23 18:02

Tan, you have a good eye and good skills. I often see shots like this one here but I very seldom am able to capture them this well. Colorful and detailed and a fantastic composition.

Greg

coco (28122) 2008-03-23 23:49

Hi Tan.

What a great view and landscape. THis is a winner and I love it.
This is an almost square format and I love it.
Well done.

giorgimer (21478) 2008-03-25 1:05

Hi Tan,

wow! Great view! Excellent mix of nature and architecture, very good DOF.

Compliments!

Gio

Ninello52 (3461) 2008-04-10 1:56

Ciao Tan
Mi fa piacere che un gran fotografo giramondo come te sappia apprezzare anche i nostri paesaggi. Questa ad esempio offre un buon POV, e una buona profondità, bellissimo il mare e la montagna, ombrata dalle nuvole, sul fondo.
Ciao, Nino.

donluicu (23927) 2009-03-02 13:34

ciao bello
superb capture...
nice square format

congrats

ps: are you coming back to Europe?