Wonderful place to live!
Hehe, you're all adicted to the stuff! But the coffe is very good in almost every little cornershop in Italy, as opposed to here in Norway, where you really have to search to get a good cup.
I do the B&W conversion with Lab, as I think that preserves the tonal graduation best. In PS you go to Image> mode> Lab and then in the 'channel' pallette you take the a and b channel and drag them to the trash icon, deleting them. Then there's only the L (lightness) channel left. The resulting image is good, but often a little light - don't worry, as the tritone will darken it (a lot).
Thanks, I was happy with that one myself. I saw the old gentleman walking with the umbrella towards the Brunelleschi's Cathedral in Florence - so I followed him
Thanks, I also liked the old woman walking down the steps on the side of the church here. That was another old person I followed for a couple of 100 meters before getting a shot I liked
Yeah, I found I want them to be a little dark, as I think it fits the mood and the tritone. I did view these on different monitors at work after posting, and on some of them, the images look a little too dark to me too. On the other hand, the prints look perfect to me - dark, but detailed. Thanks for the feedback on the lightness/darkness, though. It's always good to hear how others see the images. BTW,is your monitor calibrated?
Thanks! I know, I like reading about new cameras and rumours about new cameras (Iguess that's why I check these forums) but sometimes it gets a little too enthusiastic around here when new models are released - or even more so when new models are just a rumour!
Well, this was last Fall. We had about 5 days there, and it rained most of the time :-( A bit unlucky, but we made the best out of it, shooting stuff like this when the weather was bad, and getting brighter shots when the sun peaked out. If the weather was too bad, there was always a café or restaurant where we could pass a couple of hours! Oh, and the food stall in the center of Florence provided some great (indoor) shooting opportunities.
I love street photography too - it's just a little scary sometimes, as I know I might be intimidating people, I feel intimidated myself. Then again, sometimes it just starts to flow, and I get to meet new people as well as getting shots I like.
Thanks, I like those a lot too. I love the composition of the last one, but I agrre with you - I would also have wished the rendering to come out slightly different. The 50mm f/1.4 can behave OK, but also draw harsh backgrounds like this one. Fortunatly, in print, the doubled lines don't stand out as clearly, and the shot looks a lot better - it actually made a much better print than I feared!
Thanks! #7 seems to be a shot people like. I also like #4 a lot. It has a good feel to it, and it reminds me of the food market in Florence, as I feel it captured the mood well.
You and your shameless stalking of the elderly, Thomas! You would have had a ball in Siena.Thanks, I also liked the old woman walking down the steps on the
side of the church here. That was another old person I followed for
a couple of 100 meters before getting a shot I liked
Sounds great, I'll go to Siena next time. You never know when you might go back to Italy... Maybe next Summer? What do you think?
