Author: Marco
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Signal processing on the mountains
The difficult thing of post-processing this image was enhancing the contrast in the distant mountains. I realised, during shooting, that the mountains were barely visible. Hence I decided to improve the signal / noise ratio by taking, instead of one correctly exposed photo: 4 shots at the nominal exposure 4 shots at -0.7 EV 4…
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Croci
Una nuova galleria fotografica a tema: la forma della croce. Alcune vecchie foto londinesi vi han trovato posto.
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Calci (Pisa)
Photoshop is not the only responsible here. I also had some help from a cat who decided I should scratch its back, and from the Luminance software. Finally, of course, the wall was too large. I like Calci, so I have just started a photo-gallery for it. Enjoy it here. The photos can also be purchased…
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Reading Montalbano: how-to
There is only one right way of reading a new Montalbano mystery story: at the beach, ensuring that the sea splashes some water on the gorgeous Fabriano paper.
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L’acquedotto di Asciano Pisano
An imperfect landscape calls for a Photoshop perfection. I had fun reshaping the light to my taste. Numbered from 1 to 8, I illustrate below the passages from the first unedited capture to my final version. I used a Sony NEX-5 with a Contax/Yashica Carl Zeiss Tessar 45/2.8 mounted on a Manfrotto table tripod that…
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Beautiful Tuscan streets
In Pisa, the old walls of the old town (“centro storico”) often become canvasses where posters, decals, graffiti, street signs and cars paint colorful motifs. Via Santa Cecilia belongs to the Quartiere San Francesco area. …butthis was before Photoshop (local contrast adjustment, straightening, saturation, etc.)
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La luminaria di San Ranieri di Pisa
The celebration of the San Ranieri festivity in Pisa is gorgeous especially if observed from a vantage point.
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A Pisa, se non sai cosa leggere…
A Pisa, se non sai cosa leggere, puoi sempre fare una passeggiata e leggere quel che c’è sui muri!
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Portoni d’ingresso
Il Lungarno Gambacorti a Pisa è coloratissimo, ma un pizzico di Photoshop può migliorare sia i colori sia la geometria della composizione. Sony NEX-5, C/Y Tessar 45/2.8 This photo is also for sale on iStock, where a whole set of photographs of front doors is also available.
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Before and after (Photoshop) in Calci, Italy
Calci (Pisa) è un posto carino
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Rusty metal bits
Rusty (flaky) metal bits offer delight to the photographic eye because of the variety of textures and colour nuances they can offer. Along the years I have photographed some.