Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Exquisite!

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
 I've been back from Italy for over a week and haven't posted any
 photos. Until now. I'm keeping very busy with my Photoshop book but I
 had to make time for at least one image from Italy.

 This is in Milan. I forget what the magnificent building used to be
 used for but now it's a high end shopping area (the store in the
 center is Prada). When I entered the place I thought this is like
 being inside an HDR photo! So I thought WTF, let's do HDR. I
 deliberately *didn't* use the de-ghosting feature of Merge to HDR.

 http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg
 (Big image, in pixel dimensions and file size)


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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
WOW!  That image is quite special.  That is the way HDR should be used.

Dan Matyola
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On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
 I've been back from Italy for over a week and haven't posted any
 photos. Until now. I'm keeping very busy with my Photoshop book but I
 had to make time for at least one image from Italy.

 This is in Milan. I forget what the magnificent building used to be
 used for but now it's a high end shopping area (the store in the
 center is Prada). When I entered the place I thought this is like
 being inside an HDR photo! So I thought WTF, let's do HDR. I
 deliberately *didn't* use the de-ghosting feature of Merge to HDR.

 http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg
 (Big image, in pixel dimensions and file size)


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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Walt

That's a beaut!

One of the most deftly produced HDR images I've ever seen!

-- Walt


On 7/23/2013 12:31 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

I've been back from Italy for over a week and haven't posted any
photos. Until now. I'm keeping very busy with my Photoshop book but I
had to make time for at least one image from Italy.

This is in Milan. I forget what the magnificent building used to be
used for but now it's a high end shopping area (the store in the
center is Prada). When I entered the place I thought this is like
being inside an HDR photo! So I thought WTF, let's do HDR. I
deliberately *didn't* use the de-ghosting feature of Merge to HDR.

http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg
(Big image, in pixel dimensions and file size)

  



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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Darren Addy
That is magnificent. (And an excellent example of photo-realistic HDR
which, IMHO, is the only way it should be ever be used.)

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
 I've been back from Italy for over a week and haven't posted any
 photos. Until now. I'm keeping very busy with my Photoshop book but I
 had to make time for at least one image from Italy.

 This is in Milan. I forget what the magnificent building used to be
 used for but now it's a high end shopping area (the store in the
 center is Prada). When I entered the place I thought this is like
 being inside an HDR photo! So I thought WTF, let's do HDR. I
 deliberately *didn't* use the de-ghosting feature of Merge to HDR.

 http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg
 (Big image, in pixel dimensions and file size)


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RE: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Gerrit Visser
That effect imparts a great feeling of motion and activity. Well done.

Gerrit

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Subject: Photo from Italy

I've been back from Italy for over a week and haven't posted any photos.
Until now. I'm keeping very busy with my Photoshop book but I had to make
time for at least one image from Italy.

This is in Milan. I forget what the magnificent building used to be used for
but now it's a high end shopping area (the store in the center is Prada).
When I entered the place I thought this is like being inside an HDR photo!
So I thought WTF, let's do HDR. I deliberately *didn't* use the
de-ghosting feature of Merge to HDR.

http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg
(Big image, in pixel dimensions and file size)

 
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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Well, that's a wonderful image, Mark. The intentional ghosting was a
master stroke.

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
 I've been back from Italy for over a week and haven't posted any
 photos. Until now. I'm keeping very busy with my Photoshop book but I
 had to make time for at least one image from Italy.

 This is in Milan. I forget what the magnificent building used to be
 used for but now it's a high end shopping area (the store in the
 center is Prada). When I entered the place I thought this is like
 being inside an HDR photo! So I thought WTF, let's do HDR. I
 deliberately *didn't* use the de-ghosting feature of Merge to HDR.

 http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg
 (Big image, in pixel dimensions and file size)


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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Jack Davis
Masterful edit, Mark.

Jack


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Subject: Photo from Italy

I've been back from Italy for over a week and haven't posted any
photos. Until now. I'm keeping very busy with my Photoshop book but I
had to make time for at least one image from Italy.

This is in Milan. I forget what the magnificent building used to be
used for but now it's a high end shopping area (the store in the
center is Prada). When I entered the place I thought this is like
being inside an HDR photo! So I thought WTF, let's do HDR. I
deliberately *didn't* use the de-ghosting feature of Merge to HDR.

http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg
(Big image, in pixel dimensions and file size)


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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote:

Well, that's a wonderful image, Mark. The intentional ghosting was a
master stroke.

Yeah: No model releases needed! grin

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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote:

This is in Milan. I forget what the magnificent building used to be
used for but now it's a high end shopping area...

http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg

News flash: It's always been a shopping mall. Apparently the world's
oldest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_II

 
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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread steve harley

on 2013-07-23 11:31 Mark Roberts wrote

http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg
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visually stunning image of an incredibly bourgeois place


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RE: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Gerrit Visser
I think the shopping mall at the Agora in Athens might have that beat by a
few centuries? Not quite as grandiose but considering its time of build
impressive.

Gerrit

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Mark Roberts wrote:

This is in Milan. I forget what the magnificent building used to be 
used for but now it's a high end shopping area...

http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg

News flash: It's always been a shopping mall. Apparently the world's
oldest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_II

 
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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread kwaller

Exceptional !

Kenneth Waller
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Bruce Walker wrote:


Well, that's a wonderful image, Mark. The intentional ghosting was a
master stroke.


Yeah: No model releases needed! grin


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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele

About time!  VEry handsome and glad to see you didn't overdo the
HDR - therefore, yummy!

ann

On 7/23/2013 13:31, Mark Roberts wrote:

I've been back from Italy for over a week and haven't posted any
photos. Until now. I'm keeping very busy with my Photoshop book but I
had to make time for at least one image from Italy.

This is in Milan. I forget what the magnificent building used to be
used for but now it's a high end shopping area (the store in the
center is Prada). When I entered the place I thought this is like
being inside an HDR photo! So I thought WTF, let's do HDR. I
deliberately *didn't* use the de-ghosting feature of Merge to HDR.

http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg
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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Ann Sanfedele wrote:

About time!  VEry handsome and glad to see you didn't overdo the
HDR - therefore, yummy!

Thanks, Annsan! Most HDR photos that I like are - almost of necessity
- done by people who hate HDR, so that must explain why mine came out
OK ;-)
That and the fact that the place really did look kind of unreal and
HDR-ish in real life.

 http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg

(Details for gearheads: K-5, DA 12-24 at f/8, four exposures from 1/20
to 1/125 second, ISO 80. No tripod - I braced the camera against a
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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Darren Addy
 No tripod - I braced the camera against a wall

OK. Now you are just showing off.
: )
Well done!

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
 Ann Sanfedele wrote:

About time!  VEry handsome and glad to see you didn't overdo the
HDR - therefore, yummy!

 Thanks, Annsan! Most HDR photos that I like are - almost of necessity
 - done by people who hate HDR, so that must explain why mine came out
 OK ;-)
 That and the fact that the place really did look kind of unreal and
 HDR-ish in real life.

 http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg

 (Details for gearheads: K-5, DA 12-24 at f/8, four exposures from 1/20
 to 1/125 second, ISO 80. No tripod - I braced the camera against a
 wall, IIRC.)

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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Outstanding! A gem.

Paul via phone

On Jul 23, 2013, at 9:30 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:

 Ann Sanfedele wrote:
 
 About time!  VEry handsome and glad to see you didn't overdo the
 HDR - therefore, yummy!
 
 Thanks, Annsan! Most HDR photos that I like are - almost of necessity
 - done by people who hate HDR, so that must explain why mine came out
 OK ;-)
 That and the fact that the place really did look kind of unreal and
 HDR-ish in real life.
 
 http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg
 
 (Details for gearheads: K-5, DA 12-24 at f/8, four exposures from 1/20
 to 1/125 second, ISO 80. No tripod - I braced the camera against a
 wall, IIRC.)
 
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RE: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Gerrit Visser
Well it is a K5 after all.

Gerrit

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 No tripod - I braced the camera against a wall

OK. Now you are just showing off.
: )
Well done!

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com
wrote:
 Ann Sanfedele wrote:

About time!  VEry handsome and glad to see you didn't overdo the HDR - 
therefore, yummy!

 Thanks, Annsan! Most HDR photos that I like are - almost of necessity
 - done by people who hate HDR, so that must explain why mine came out 
 OK ;-) That and the fact that the place really did look kind of unreal 
 and HDR-ish in real life.

 http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg

 (Details for gearheads: K-5, DA 12-24 at f/8, four exposures from 1/20 
 to 1/125 second, ISO 80. No tripod - I braced the camera against a 
 wall, IIRC.)

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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Alan C

An amazing image. Hard to believe it is a shopping mall.

Alan C


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I've been back from Italy for over a week and haven't posted any
photos. Until now. I'm keeping very busy with my Photoshop book but I
had to make time for at least one image from Italy.

This is in Milan. I forget what the magnificent building used to be
used for but now it's a high end shopping area (the store in the
center is Prada). When I entered the place I thought this is like
being inside an HDR photo! So I thought WTF, let's do HDR. I
deliberately *didn't* use the de-ghosting feature of Merge to HDR.

http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg
(Big image, in pixel dimensions and file size)


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Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-23 Thread Christine Aguila
Very Pretty!  Fantastic shot!  Cheers, Christine


On Jul 23, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:

 I've been back from Italy for over a week and haven't posted any
 photos. Until now. I'm keeping very busy with my Photoshop book but I
 had to make time for at least one image from Italy.
 
 This is in Milan. I forget what the magnificent building used to be
 used for but now it's a high end shopping area (the store in the
 center is Prada). When I entered the place I thought this is like
 being inside an HDR photo! So I thought WTF, let's do HDR. I
 deliberately *didn't* use the de-ghosting feature of Merge to HDR.
 
 http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06620-23.jpg
 (Big image, in pixel dimensions and file size)
 
 
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