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Naples
Posted by Giovanni (Milan, Italy) on 20 October 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Thank you for all the comments on the Sun and Rain series.
I was in Naples last week. This was the view from my window.
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MaryP from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Lucky you!. This is a fantastic view. Beautifully captured and well suited to B/W
20 Oct 2008 6:42am
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
just amazing -- and a fantastic view indeed! what kind of camera are you using? there is so much incredible detail in your shots! amazing!!!
20 Oct 2008 6:56am
@dj.tigersprout: Thanks, DJ!
I use a nikon D80.
In this shot I used photomatix to improve contrast and detail. What you see is a single shot HDR.
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
p.s. -- thanks for posting the self portrait theme notice!!! cheers to you!! :D
20 Oct 2008 6:57am
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
Absolutely spectacular view! Gorgeous processing.... :)
20 Oct 2008 7:24am
LeenaM from Joensuu, Finland
Oh, you see behind buildings also a sea and sky!
The wonderful view and the excellent photo of it!
My view is just now a lake and a forest - a big, big forest!
Most western piece of Siberia`s forests. And sun is peeking !
20 Oct 2008 8:17am
Peter Knoop from Antwerp, Belgium
You really captured the city beautifully with this shot. Great B&W conversion.
20 Oct 2008 9:55am
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
I'm stunned! Love this very very much. Fascinating building forms, details, and wonderful tone!!!
20 Oct 2008 1:41pm
Klaus from Germany
I love this town .. one of my best friend comes from Napoli (Barcoli) - you make a very good job on this treatment .. nice toning
20 Oct 2008 2:43pm
@Ted: I use CS3 for postprocessing. In the channel mixer layer:
Output channel: green
green: +104%
JJ from Jersey City, United States
awesome cityscape, love the sea in the background, processing is superb
20 Oct 2008 8:36pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Spectacular BW image, it gives a good view across the city, nice crisp image.
21 Oct 2008 12:52am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
That is quite an impressive view. I love it in black and white.
21 Oct 2008 5:17am
paolo from castelnuovo, Italy
you were in a pretty lucky position, i mean a cool accomodation !
very nice proccess, and terrific view .
21 Oct 2008 10:38am
jeffster from United States
Crisp & dramatic b&w cityscape. Great processing. The sky looks like a brush stroke.
21 Oct 2008 12:34pm
DrAW! from lagos, United States
lovely processing
also a rare color for a monochrome
21 Oct 2008 8:53pm
DrAW! from baltimore, United States
lovely processing
also a rare color for a monochrome :)
21 Oct 2008 8:54pm
Francesc B. from région parisienne, France
Superbe vue (depuis un immeuble très haut??) ! La photo n'est pas signée, alons bon...
Je commence un autre blog en N&B ICI
21 Oct 2008 9:45pm
J from Budapest, Hungary
Very expressing! The city seems to be a bit broken-down, it has a depressive, but attractive atmosphere.
22 Oct 2008 9:37am
Kyrre Lien from Oslo, Norway
I really like the b/w tones in this picture. Nice citylandscape! The sky on the other hand loks a bit overphotoshoped. You can clearly see lines in the scy, and not a smuth gradient. his is because of the HDR-work i guess? But still a nice photo!
24 Oct 2008 10:11pm
sarto - photographie noir et blanc - hol from PARIS, France
good point of view!!
28 Oct 2008 12:09pm
Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States
Ciao... oh... this shot makes me want to go back to Italy... I was in Rome for 3 days, got a train to Naples and then were picked up and taken to Sorrento for 3 days... then taken back to the train station and only Sicily... oh how I could go back to Italy tomorrow... I had a GREAT time...
31 Oct 2008 3:13am
