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Napoli-Via Santa Lucia
Napoli-Via Santa Lucia
Rino63


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Main Street (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC fish eye
Location: Napoli
Date: Jan 26, 2010
Aperture: F/32
ISO: 100
Shutter: 25 sec
Galleries: Cityscape, Fish Eye
Date Uploaded: Jan 26, 2010

 develop the raw with dpp- In photoshop: crop, levels, selective desat in the blue and cyan channels, usm.

Well, Via Santa Lucia, or simply Santa Lucia, is really one of the most important place of Naples. today is the place where there is the building of the regional government but there are a lot of very old and famous songs on this side of the city. Probably the "soul" of the city is really here, in my portfolio there are a lot of photos captured in the center of naples but only one of Santa Lucia.

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 81
Avg (all users): 6.0418
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 6.1190
Avg (non-participants): 6.0254
Views since voting: 2467
Views during voting: 407
Votes: 239
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 02/03/2010 09:33:19 PM
Hi, Critique Club here...

Congratulations on a nice image. I really like it. I think the exposure is great and I love the low angle you chose. I think the fisheye distortion adds interest to the image as well as the taillight trails. The pattern in the cobblestones is also interesting to look at.

I'm not keen (as others have said) on the distorted pole on the left, it's a very powerful element that some will love, and some will hate. I think the difference in contrast and brightness tends to pull the eye away from looking deeper into the image. The leading lines down the street are great, just can't overcome the pole. My opinion is that the pole is what prevented this from being a 6.6 or better.

If I voted in this challenge I would have scored this a 7. I do not think this deserved the one or two votes it got.

I hope this is helpful.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/30/2010 06:59:04 PM
Interesting shot, nice lighting, 7.
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 01/30/2010 03:06:53 PM
Very nice fish-eye effect and sweetly balanced colors/lights!
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 01/29/2010 05:29:25 PM
I really enjoy the right hand to middle side of this image. I'm not a big fan of the distorted lamp post though.
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 01/28/2010 05:55:22 PM
Beautiful shot. 9
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 01/28/2010 03:19:11 PM
Great fish-eye shot!
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 01/28/2010 12:43:30 PM
The fisheye does not help here, its a distraction.
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 01/27/2010 10:03:50 PM
Interesting perspective, but the fisheye effect seems limited primarily to the light pole.
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 01/27/2010 07:45:42 PM
Cool star shapes in the lights, the distortion doesn't work for me
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 01/27/2010 07:27:03 PM
That curved pole is a bit weird.
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 01/27/2010 09:24:50 AM
Amazing work, I love the fisheye and your exposure is right on. 10
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