Italian Church

Andrea Moro · 8 Jul 2009

After many wild landscapes, here some shots from the Town of Finale Ligure (Ligurian city, in the nortwest Italy), in particular of the rich and beautiful Saint Biagio's Church. The first two shots have been slightly corrected in their perspective with photoshop since I couldn't use my tripod and my spirit level there.

icnoble · 8 Jul 2009

Lovely photographs

Volusian · 9 Jul 2009

yes ... lovely photos ... magnificent Church ! Would make for some fantastic Wedding photos ..

ps : Why the spirit level .. ? the D700 has one built in :thinking:

Andrea Moro · 9 Jul 2009

icnoble said:
Lovely photographs

Thank you!

Volusian said:
yes ... lovely photos ... magnificent Church ! Would make for some fantastic Wedding photos ..

ps : Why the spirit level .. ? the D700 has one built in

Thanks! Yeah, it's a perfect church for the weddings

The D700 has its virtual spirit level, but it works in a plane only

Kiwi Jaz · 9 Jul 2009

Fantastic shots..love them. Especially the 3rd one. How did you expose them so perfectly?
Did you use much PP?

Jason Brown · 9 Jul 2009

Beautiful, the Italians certainly have some heritage. Stunning

Harlequin565 · 9 Jul 2009

Amazing location and some great shots...

-H

asm61 · 9 Jul 2009

What sort of settings were you using?

Andrea Moro · 9 Jul 2009

Thanks for your comments

asm61 said:
What sort of settings were you using?

I used neutral settings of my D700 with saturation enhanced only, and a low D-lighting on camera. Then in postproduction I corrected WB, distortion and levels/curves. These shots are all at high iso settings, where my D700 is amazing, not only for the little amount of noise but also for the beautiful colors (photo n° 1 is at 6400iso)

Kiwi Jaz said:
Fantastic shots..love them. Especially the 3rd one. How did you expose them so perfectly?
Did you use much PP?

Hi, see above. For the exposure I used A (Canon's Av) mode with a medium-low f/ setting and auto ISO (limit set at 6400 iso). I think in some situations, completely manual settings are a waste of time only, especially when you are sightseeing in the cities...I usually correct the exposure when needed, indeed. The technique is never put aside

mmcp42 · 9 Jul 2009

those are terrific pictures
composition, subject and exposure all spot on
excellent work! :clap:

Quaker · 9 Jul 2009

That first shot, for me, is the best of an excellent set.

I know we all like different things and we all see things differently but that first shot for me is the best shot posted on here for some weeks. I absolutely love it, well done Andrea.

Andrea Moro · 9 Jul 2009

mmcp42 said:
those are terrific pictures
composition, subject and exposure all spot on
excellent work!

Quaker said:
That first shot, for me, is the best of an excellent set.

I know we all like different things and we all see things differently but that first shot for me is the best shot posted on here for some weeks. I absolutely love it, well done Andrea.

Thank you for your beautiful comments and in general I'm vary happy that you appreciate this beautiful church