Some of my hol pics from Puglia region of South Italy

Psilonaught · 17 Jul 2006 at 21:12

the entire galleries are here
http://jamesmerrington.fotopic.net/c1024080.html
http://jamesmerrington.fotopic.net/c1023124.html

Here are a couple of my favs - I used a polarizer and only sharpened them apart from the one HDR image which is easily spotted.

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Psilonaught · 17 Jul 2006 at 21:15

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brocksta · 17 Jul 2006 at 21:20

some great shots there, 4 and 5 are fantastic!

JBuk · 17 Jul 2006 at 21:21

lovely shots

fearby · 17 Jul 2006 at 21:40

Nice

I was there last year and went to that same harbour as you.My pics are naff in comparison though!

Mint_Sauce · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:18

Number 4 really stands out for me, my head voice said "Wow" and my eyebrows raised slightly.

ranarama · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:53

Just to add a bit of C&C the horizon is wonky in 4, it is also in the middle of the shot and you have dust on your sensor.

. Sorry

just felt like going against the grain but it is a nice shot. My personal favourite is 2 though I think I'd have cropped a little of the foreground off. Were you using a sigma 10-20 as the top of the shot looks a little soft. Mine does that too if it is. I can't see the full shot on this monitor though so it may look better in full than what I can see. I like your picture of the grapes too.

EDIT - I see from your sig you use the canon 10-22 so I'm really surprised by how that looks. The canon lens has looked great when I've seen shots from it before.

Psilonaught · 18 Jul 2006 at 08:14

ranarama said:
Just to add a bit of C&C the horizon is wonky in 4, it is also in the middle of the shot and you have dust on your sensor. . Sorry just felt like going against the grain but it is a nice shot. My personal favourite is 2 though I think I'd have cropped a little of the foreground off. Were you using a sigma 10-20 as the top of the shot looks a little soft. Mine does that too if it is. I can't see the full shot on this monitor though so it may look better in full than what I can see. I like your picture of the grapes too.

EDIT - I see from your sig you use the canon 10-22 so I'm really surprised by how that looks. The canon lens has looked great when I've seen shots from it before.

Yes I did notice the distortion in the top right image on 2 - it's a Canon 10-20 not Sigma, I originally had the Sigma but PQ was nasty. The Canon equiv is almost as sharp as my 24-105 L before sharpening, and equally after, but obviously from this image at 10mm it's not without some problems.

I just noticed the side of the lens hood on 1, that's because i'm too stingy to buy a a hood for the wide lens and just use the L glass hood

Colin_da_Killer · 18 Jul 2006 at 10:48

3,5 & 7 are good. #7 probably being the best. I think it would make a great painting, try doing a paintbrush effect in photoshop? Would make a good poster too.

iGiDK · 18 Jul 2006 at 13:05

wow, really nice shots

Mohain · 18 Jul 2006 at 13:26

Some really nice shots there. 4, 5, 6 & 7 are excellent

Good job.