My photo of the week 30

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Escribano

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From: England, living in Italy

My photo of the week 30

Probably less controversial than last week. Another from the little point and shoot Canon S95. Just over the road from me, in Victoria Park.

Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 5 2012 20:30:08

rombsix

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to Escribano)

Did you get that swan to consent you taking a photo of him/her?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 5 2012 20:34:43

Escribano

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to rombsix)

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Did you get that swan to consent you taking a photo of him/her?

I got it in writing

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 5 2012 20:48:41

rombsix

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to Escribano)

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I got it in writing

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 5 2012 21:20:36

Doitsujin

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to Escribano)

Oké....we are now at week 30, a photographer with outstanding skills and excellent equipment....and still no pinup girl? :/ (WHATS WRONG WITH YOU?!!! hehehe) ........ w a i t i n g! ;P

jokes aside: Great shot! Does not look like winter at all. More like autum, except there are no leafs in the water.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 5 2012 21:27:53

at_leo_87

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to Escribano)

wow, it's so vivid. i love the colors and the sharpness.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 6 2012 5:19:01

Arash

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to Escribano)

I think that Swan is Muslim and oppressed

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 6 2012 7:12:34

KMMI77

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to Escribano)

Cool photo! You have wonderful colors within the landscape in the UK.

My only criticism is the brightness of the area directly behind the swan in the middle of the picture. It somehow irritates my eyes. I prefer warmer light i guess.

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at_leo_87

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to Arash)

wow, again. i just read that it's from a point and shoot.

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I think that Swan is Muslim and oppressed

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 6 2012 15:39:19

mezzo

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to Escribano)

I'm disapointed that Giambattista did not came in and said that this is an evocation of J. Monnet impressionism touch

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 6 2012 16:08:19

Escribano

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to mezzo)

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I'm disapointed that Giambattista did not came in and said that this is an evocation of J. Monnet impressionism touch

Oh Monet is just too obvious

but without your support I would have given up by now.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 6 2012 16:25:34

gbv1158

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to Escribano)

....... "bello"...... as a picture of Claude Monet
:-)

ciao,
giambattista

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2012 18:06:08

gbv1158

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to mezzo)

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I'm disapointed that Giambattista did not came in and said that this is an evocation of J. Monnet impressionism touch

you are absolutely right! and even if I made my previous mail without reading your mail ( true! I swear ! ) as punishment to myself I'll play classical tonight instead of flamenco! :-)

ciao
giambattista

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gbv1158

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to mezzo)

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evocation of J. Monnet

.... in particular the serie of the pictures "the Ninfee"!

:-)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2012 18:15:47

gbv1158

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to gbv1158)

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as punishment to myself I'll play classical tonight instead of flamenco! :-)

ok! I have chosen " recuerdos de la Alhambra" :-)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2012 18:19:51

mezzo

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to gbv1158)

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ok! I have chosen " recuerdos de la Alhambra" :-)

at least play it with flamenco tremolo (Piami).

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2012 20:46:46

gbv1158

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to mezzo)

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at least play it with flamenco tremolo (Piami).

well ... I had to be strict with myself ... so I played it three times with classic tremolo (pami)! :-)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 7 2012 21:05:26

Anders Eliasson

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to Escribano)

I like it.
Mostly because I like to be in places like this one. Is that where you walk doggy

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 10 2012 7:42:23

Ruphus

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RE: My photo of the week 30 (in reply to Escribano)

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ORIGINAL: KMMI77

My only criticism is the brightness of the area directly behind the swan in the middle of the picture. It somehow irritates my eyes. I prefer warmer light i guess.

Seems that is what the situation provided ( with the reflected sky at that area being relatively bright ). If it disturbed you, you could edit on it. ( Who would had thought of the fantastic shaping options computing allows for visual and sonical realm. - Though somewhat aware of the potential; enough to wanting to ask my mother to buy some MS share for me in the late 70ies / damn that I didn´t dare to; I didn´t foresee the actual dimension bits and bytes would provide.)
The only thing that delights me of these days is the technological progress. It goes even beyound of what sci-fi authors ever dreamed up.
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Just yesterday I sarted reading up a bit on what actually happens in digital photography.
What the sensor captures is actually only shades of dark and bright. 0=black, 255 = white. And it is up to the manufacturer´s engineers to determine how the shades will be read / translated into colour. ( Which is why the different brands usually have their own colour signature.)

And it appears remarkable to me how well these engineers fulfill this task.

Naturally, you can take your raw file - .NEF (Nikon), .CRW resp. .CR2 (Canon), .MRW (Minolta) or .ORF (Olympus). and decide yourself on how to yield in colours, but to my ( not too developed eye, as I had to realise during dental years, when distinguishing teeth coulours wasn´t my greatest strength ) it appears that you might only need to when not having optimally captured the motive from start.

Again, to my personal taste, especially Canon and Panasonic seem to have figured out colouring literally brilliantly.
With an appreciating eye like Escribano´s you achieve colour dynamics that one would had dreamed of with the analog options of 20 years ago. ( And anything other than kodak celluloid. My Agfa stuff certainly used to come out pale.)
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Monnet was in central America too.

Ruphus