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**Guest** · 13-06-07, 05:18 PM

Re: Steps to the sky

Lucky b****r.

!! Who is paying.?

**Stephen** · 13-06-07, 05:34 PM

Re: Steps to the sky

Originally posted by Ian View Post

I'm in a very pleasant Alicante, south eastern Spain, today and tomorrow. These are some stone steps near my hotel room.

Comments welcome!

Ian

Luvverly...... amazing what a blue sky and sunshine does for a picture. What strikes me is that for what seems to be a high contrast scene the dynamic range of the camera has coped well with the highlight and shadow area. Not checked the exif so what was the camera?

**Stephen** · 13-06-07, 05:38 PM

Re: Steps to the sky

OK worked it out, its maybe not so much the camera, but the wall bouncing light back into the shadow area.

**Ian** · 13-06-07, 05:43 PM

Re: Steps to the sky

Originally posted by Stephen View Post

Luvverly...... amazing what a blue sky and sunshine does for a picture. What strikes me is that for what seems to be a high contrast scene the dynamic range of the camera has coped well with the highlight and shadow area. Not checked the exif so what was the camera?

Olympus E-510, with the 'premium' kit zoom (Digital Zuiko 14-54, f/2.8-3.5) at 14mm (28mm equivalent). The camera was practically on the floor so the live view mode was definitely a bonus.

I think the right hand side wall was reflecting enough light to partially illuminate the shaded area on the left.

The only processing I did was a black point in levels (which did hardly anything) and smidgen of a crop to remove a the tip of a railing in the left. And this is from a JPEG - still waiting for E-510 RAW support in ACR.

Ian

**paul.r.w** · 13-06-07, 11:09 PM

Re: Steps to the sky

The Spanish never could build anything level! hehe

**pewidane** · 14-06-07, 07:40 AM

Re: Steps to the sky

(vidunderlig komposition) marvellous komposition and detail

**coupekid** · 14-06-07, 08:54 AM

Re: Steps to the sky

Originally posted by Ian View Post

I'm in a very pleasant Alicante, south eastern Spain, today and tomorrow. These are some stone steps near my hotel room.

Comments welcome!

Ian

Gorgeous shot and vivid colours Ian!

I wonder what it would look like though with the steps level though?

**Tinka** · 14-06-07, 11:05 AM

Re: Steps to the sky

Hi Ian,
Once again a superb, punchy and attention grabbing shot, I believe the "apparent" unlevel steps add dynamism to the shot and should remain.

**lumix** · 14-06-07, 11:12 AM

Re: Steps to the sky

Originally posted by coupekid View Post

Gorgeous shot and vivid colours Ian!

I wonder what it would look like though with the steps level though?

After that comment I just had to download and straiten it to see. Lost the impact completely. Ian ether this was intentional, in which case 10/10, or the local wine is stronger than you think.