Poggio Verdello pinewood #1

The top of Poggio Verdello, one of the many hills of Isola del Giglio,

covered with a beautiful wood of maritime pine trees, and dotted with

huge erratic stones.

This is stitched from seven vertical frames, it's really to be seen

larger ;-)

Your C&C are as always highly appreciated, thanks in advance for your

time.

Techs: Eos 50D, Tokina ATX-Pro 12-24 f4, tripod. Double exposure

blending and stitching.

on first look this photo looked really very ordinary to me.. but the deeper i look, the more i admire.. what a wonderful job.. (the horizon visible between the trees on the right side is tilted?).. congrats..

tarek

It's a beautiful scene, but I find that the thumbnail actually looks better than the full-size image that you stitched together.  I don't see definite blacks in the shadowed foreground--just on the trunks of the trees.  I'd suggest local contrast enhancement in the shadows--just a touch, to keep them consistent with your contrasty highlights.

I couldn't resist--they're very small changes, forgive me . . .

A beautiful rendering Paolo of a fairly ordinary scene.  Well done and obviously a lot of effort.

Charles:  Lately I've gotten the impression that there must never be any black shadows in any landscape photo ever again ;-)  There must be full detail even in what would typically be the darkest shadows through every possible trick of digital manipulation.