alberto pastorelli

Yes, the Vixen did a good job and it was unnecesary to guide it during the 151 sec of exposure. The trick is to place it correctly oriented the best you can before to shot.

Thanks for visiting !

Alberto

Strong geometrical perspectives compression of a forest in northern

Italy with a supertele.

On the right, a raptor flying through.

thanks for visiting.

Notoriously, the cormorants eat a lot of fishes..

This poor animal, was trapped by a fish on the hook of a fisherman.

Then it broke the fishing line and flew on a tree, but during the

many attempts to free itself, the rest of the fishing line trapped

him to the tree, where it is hung up now without life.

:-))

No Andrey, because, this is mine ! ...

Hello James !

No telescope at all, only the Nikkor lens...

Dear Francesco, the idea is absolutely funny, and your vivid immagination (as an Italian, but more as a Toscano..) deserve a 7.

The composition, with the roll in the right lower corner and the strip of paper towards the upper left is simply correct, and gives a natural prospective to the scene.

You know, I'm not fan of digital, and I cannot like some corrections (like the orange cast)...

But I was "forced" to vote and comment this brillant idea.

Bello spirito !

Even if not perfectly bubble-levelled (it's hand-helded), the

Distagon shows his appreciated low distortion, despite his 180°

coverage. More, his "natural" fall-off of the corners, can help to

saturate the sky.

thanks for visiting

The ruins (no windows, no floor and no roof...)of the great Abbey of

San Galgano and the Eremo of Montesiepi (where Saint Galgano was

buried), with Its precious Sword in the Cliff, is one of most

evocative places in Tuscany. The construction of the great Abbey

started around 1220 A.C.and it was finished around 1268, when it was

officially consecrated from the Bishop of Volterra Alberto Solari.

Then, followed one hundred years of great splendor until 1364 to

which it followed the slow forfeiture.

behind the hills of Uccellina. - Bronica GS-1 (6x7) - 65mmm - Agfa

Ultra 50

10 min in Kodak Selenium Toner before the final wash.

thanks for visiting.

visiting your portfolio after your kind comment on one of my photo, I've found this wonderful look of your son...

regards

While I can agree regarding a better burning of the sky (maybe "painfully obvious" but necessary), I can't follow your suggestion regarding the buildings, they are just too white.

In Liguria the most of the house are lightly colored with many nuances. The red filter I've used, do the job enhancing the contrast between the houses and trees. More, will be innatural.

Sorry, but I sincerly think the way the scanner works "really flattened out the image" as you said (and as always happens with low-cost low-D scanner) . The original print is effectively more "dimensional.

regards

A correct observation.

Well, I have a shift lens in my 645 equipment and so, I obviously try with that before. The problem is that the photo was possible only from the balcony, and even with 11mm of shift I was not able to correct the prospective. (and I started to have problems of vignetting...)

So, I decided to use the 45mm (non shift)which is indeed, more corrected again distortion.

...but I'm just planning to return there with the Sinar...

kind regards