Photographer’s Notes This was taken in Fiesole, a small hill town overlooking Florence, Italy. It is a sculpture dedicated to the Caribinieri. The real background, which I replaced, was of a hazy, washed out, valley which was also over exposed. I wanted to give the sculpture, which was perhaps 10 feet tall, a smaller museum piece look.
This is my first entry with “expert editing.” An experiment.
Post Processing • Removed the background.
• Gen’ed up a new background with 3 gradient layers, each with about 50% opacity.
• Blurred the new background.
• Curves on the subject to get the color the way I wanted and to increase contrast.
• Crop.
• Resize.
• Save for Web.
Camera Data • Nikon D200
• 2007/01/20 12:35:08
• JPEG (8-bit) Fine
• Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592)
• Color
• Lens: VR 24-120mm F/3.5-5.6 G
• Focal Length: 24mm
• Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
• Metering Mode: Spot
• 1/320 sec - F/8
• Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
• Sensitivity: ISO 100
• Optimize Image: Vivid
• White Balance: Auto
• AF Mode: AF-S
• Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
• Color Mode: Mode III (Adobe RGB)
• Tone Comp.: Normal
• Hue Adjustment: 0°
• Saturation: Enhanced
• Sharpening: Medium high
• Image Comment:
• Long Exposure NR: Off
• High ISO NR: Off
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This is just a great shot, I love the colors in the background, its really set up nice. Good clarity and sharpness, composition is right on. Well done.
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