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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 17, 2022, 07:40:50 am
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Phew! What a trip!
2000 miles driven, 15 days in Italy, one in Slovenia, 18 days on the road - 1400 shots!
Two workshops, one in Abruzzo, a mountainous region, the other in Tuscany, both expertly led by LuLa's forum member Hans Kruse (https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?action=profile;u=4258)
This is an ongoing thread. I will be posting day-by-day best pics as I slowly plough through the 1400 shots in Lightroom.
This is day 1, Abruzzo:
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Day 2
What does it take to catch pre-sunrise, twilight colors in the sky? Getting up at 5am, driving 50 to 100 km to an interesting viewpoint, climbing a steep mountain path in total darkness the next 20 minutes, catching your breath and hurriedly unpacking a tripod and other equipment... then waiting for the nature's spectacle of colors...
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Great idea, Slobodan. I'm going to do something similar in eastern Oregon, first half of December.
Looking forward to the rest of the series; I see some interesting differences viz your usual style. I envy you your workshops!
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Thanks for these, Slobodan!
Glorious stuff!
Eagerly waiting for more...
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A few more from Day 2:
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Very nice. Looks like a great trip!
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Enjoying the series. The second set is lovely.
I wish LuLa has a slideshow option where you could cycle through images instead of individually clicking on each. The forums purporting to cater to photographers have some of the worst interfaces.
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Sounds like you had a wonderful time. While I enjoyed all your photos, I really like the third one in the second set, the abstract one.
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Sounds like you had a wonderful time. While I enjoyed all your photos, I really like the third one in the second set, the abstract one.
Thanks. Yes, the area offers a lot of opportunities for abstract details. Two participants had 100-500 zooms, two up to 400mm, and that long end worked very well for them. I was with a 70-200, and did what I could with it.
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Sounds like you had a wonderful time. While I enjoyed all your photos, I really like the third one in the second set, the abstract one.
I agree. But I lean toward no-2 in the third set. Really like how the soft glow of the landscape rises to meet the pink-blue sky.
JR
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Some great photos.
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Thanks Slobodan and I see that you are missing Tuscany in the series :) I only saw this thread now since I do not often look at the forum posts on LuLa any more.
The photo referenced several times, the abstract one, is not from Abruzzo. It is from the Montesibbilini National Parc in Umbria. In the past before the big earth quake in 2017 when the village Castelluccio in the area was destroyed as well as Norcia when we stayed in a hotel during the workshop. So this time I decided to take the group up there to see since even in the middle of the day there were some nice shooting opportunities like e.g. the abstract that Slobodan showed.
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Thanks Slobodan and I see that you are missing Tuscany in the series :)...
Wait, I am only od day three at this point... Tuscany starts on day seven :D
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Day 3:
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Oh wow! The castle--classic. Keep 'em coming!
PS the B/W has great presence. Love the toning.
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Oh wow! The castle--classic. Keep 'em coming!
PS the B/W has great presence. Love the toning.
+1
Really nice.
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Day 4:
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More from day 4:
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Remarkable series. And you're only up to day 4 of 18?
Keep them coming.
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Day 5... still in the Abruzzo region:
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Dear Slobodan, these pictures, wow! Now I can see what you have taken from our trip with Hans.
All the best
Philipp
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Incredible Earth Patterns - Day 6 of a two-week photo shoot in Bella Italia in October/November. This is Abruzzo, a mountainous region in central Italy.
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More from Day 6:
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More from Day 6:
The third in this series is an exceptional composition.
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The third in this series is an exceptional composition.
Agreed. It's my favorite so far.
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I personally like this one and how you have processed it Slobodan :)
(https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=141654.0;attach=228517)
Very few people seem to be creating B/W images these days and I cannot understand why, because it is such a good way to show off the drama and detail in a shot - but then again, what do I know??
Dave
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I personally like this one and how you have processed it Slobodan :)
Very few people seem to be creating B/W images these days and I cannot understand why, because it is such a good way to show off the drama and detail in a shot - but then again, what do I know??
Dave
Yes I agree. I missed that one in my initial perusal.
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I personally like this one and how you have processed it Slobodan :)
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Very few people seem to be creating B/W images these days and I cannot understand why, because it is such a good way to show off the drama and detail in a shot - but then again, what do I know??
Yes, Dave, what do you know ;)
Joking aside, thanks!
I often at least check what a b&w version would look like... so easy these days, just press the letter "v" in Lightroom, for instance. I often resort to fiddle further with a default conversion in cases like this, when the color is not to my liking. There is a particular sunset/sunrise orange shade that annoys me, either because it is too cliche, or turns into a dirty orange, often due to a pollution haze that lingers even at high altitudes.
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There is a particular sunset/sunrise orange shade that annoys me, either because it is too cliche, or turns into a dirty orange, often due to a pollution haze that lingers even at high altitudes.
I know it well Slobodan, it's a sort of a dirty orange grey colour that just doesn't look real somehow like a bad HDR effect. Although it can sometimes be corrected by isolating just that colour onto its own layer and then warming it up slightly and perhaps also adding a little bit of light to it, by using the screen blend mode and then using the opacity slider.
Dave
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Great set, Slobodan!
Keep 'em coming!
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Day 7 - we are in Tuscany now!
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Lovely set, Slobodan.
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Yes, the second one of the last set is particularly nice with that soft light.