Chapel, Paros Island, Greece (1977)

New post of same photo, blue cast almost removed. Your oppinions are

welcome. Do you prefer this one? I'm not sure at all...

Bellisima composicion Juan! La suavidad de los tonos pastel, el angulo de la luz y las sombras, la textura detallada de las superficies, en fin, tal vez porque soy un adicto a las islas griegas, pero me parece una fotografia excelente. Felicitaciones.

Yes Juan - I prefer this one.

 

But in my opinion you have a very good subject here that deserves even more, so I've taken the liberty to make another version the way I feel it should be (and you and others are of course free to disagree).

 

First of all, I've adjusted levels to give a little more contrast. Then I've made the ble even more blue and I've cropped the picture to the square format that in my eyes are much more suited here. And finally I've added a frame...

 

Hope you like it :-) (and that you don't mind that I've played around with your picture).

Feel free to experiment with my images, i enjoy seeing how different a view can be. I agree that your vision is quite strong but i miss two things, the subtle details in lower wall and the high key tones - that's why i didn't raise contrast nor saturation. But i repeat i like your alternative so much, maybe the graphic impact is stronger. By the way, how do you put this frame on?

Hi Juan,

 

...and thanks for your comments on my version. I'm glad that you don't mind me doing this to your picture :-)

 

About the frame: I've added it in Photoshop Elements where there is an easy way to do this: Just one click :-) But the same result could be achieved by working in different layers. And Paintshop Pro has the "one click" function as well...

Esa imagen es un clásico de los referentes griegos, la típica imagen de la mediterránea que aparece en los catálogos turísticos. La simpleza de lineas y el juego de sombras a 45 grados es la base que sustenta su fuerza gráfica. Supongo que, a pesar del uso de PS para los retoques de color y perspectiva, hayas usado un flitro polarizador para no quemar el cielo.

 

Un saludo con acento español, por lo de la eñe...

Pues no hay polarizador, o sea que imagínate cómo era el cielo...Si miras la cámara verás que no hay forma de usar polarizador con esa miniatura...Por cierto, estoy cogiendo el gusto al HTML :D