Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Paulo Bizarro on November 11, 2013, 04:52:15 am
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I recently had to go to the town of Évora, in Portugal's Alentejo province. Évora is a World Heritage Site, a nice little town full of history, since pre-historic to roman times. I left Lisbon very early, to catch the sunrise in the Cromeleque dos Almendres preserved site. This is one of the largest set of such pre-historic assemblages in the Iberian Peninsula. I did manage to catch the sunrise, and played around with trying to find interesting sunbursts in the rocks (photo #1). I also include a general view of the site, for reference (photo #2).
Later on, in Évora, I also photographed the roman Temple of Diana with a sunburst. This temple is located in an open area, but surrounded by modern buildings, and it is very difficult to make a really interesting photograph. I am happy with this one (photo #3).
Then I went to have breakfast in a small café, where these nice ladies were having their breakfast too. I was maybe two metres away from them, but they did not notice the camera, the silent Fuji XPro1 (photo #4).
If you come to Portugal, this is definitely a region worth spending some time on.
Kind regards.
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Four different photos and I my favorites are #1: with that nice sunburst, #3: you managed to combine two different architecture styles in a difficult light and #4: spirit of the place!
It was definitely a good day!
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Does indeed sound like a great day!
Having never shot a successful sunburst myself, I have a few thoughts for what they are worth. In #1 maybe shooting hyperfocal so both the foreground rocks and the trees are in focus would have given a sharper rendering of the sun in the trees? In #3 IMO the columns need a bit of light to give them life. In the absence of a giant reflector, it might be possible to double process and blend.
Just some thoughts.
Chuck
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Great work, especially one and three.