This is the Fontana dell’Acqua Paola:
ISO 640 14mm f/9.0 1/1000sec
Like many things in Rome, it is both beautiful and imposing. It was evening time when we were walking past it, so the light was lovely. Here is the original photo:
ISO 640 14mm f/9.0 1/1000sec
Nice, but it needed a bit of a punch. But first things first, this isn’t the only shot I took of the fountain. In fact, when I was shooting I managed to get a few shots that didn’t have any people in them. I thought that one of those images would be the one I like the best. Nope, as I looked through my photos this one became my favorite, in part because there were people in it. They give a good sense of the scale of this fountain. So in my edit, I made sure that the man’s white shirt had a bit of pop.
I used my wide angle lens to get this shot, and in Lightroom, I used the Lens Correction feature to take care of some of the distortion. I also cropped the image a bit using the straighten tool within the crop tool.
I like the tones and light in the original photo, but I did want to boost and clarify them, it was my thought that this should be a bit of an aggressive color image, and it was a bit tame as shot. I put a neutral density filter on the image and then boosted the luminance of the various blue tones to get what I was after. I then sharpened the image a bit, but honestly, the other edits had already made the image appear sharper, so I didn’t go nuts with that.
So do you like the edits? Did this image pop out to you and was that a good thing? Feel free to leave a comment below.
Cheers!
Added to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Columns and Vertical Lines.
Does this make you “an impressionist”, Amy?
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Ha, thanks for the laugh Ken!
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yes, i like this one, and it’s huge
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Not a backyard fountain that’s for sure 🙂
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I like your Lightroom movements, and the shirt is essential. I like subtle changes to enhance a photo.
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Thanks very much, it is usually my habit not to include people in my photos, but in this case, I think it helps.
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I feel the same, but have changed my mind a bit – sometimes people are needed in pictures.
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I like the corrections it shows the details better. Beautiful building 🙂
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Thank you very much. It was a beautiful evening which made this fountain seem that much more lovely.
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Esp like your edits on this one Amy, the lighting is great. It would also be terrific in B&W
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It’s interesting that you mention that Tina, I had been thinking of giving B&W a try on this one.
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I am overdue for another trip to Rome! Great take on this challenge.
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It was my first trip there, and wow, it didn’t disappoint!
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Nice strong vertical lines. Thanks so much for playing this week. 😀
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Thank you Cee 🙂
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perfectly edit! it is more contrast and we can spot the lines and arcs very well
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Thank you, I really liked the lines in this fountain, it was very beautiful.
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Beautiful photo
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Thank you 🙂
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I love the “corrected” version.
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Thank you very much.
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Yes, I do like the editing choices you made – the result is very harmonious! I especially love the sky
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Thank you, and as you know the sky can be quite a challenge.
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harmonious is a word I have too – and I like the couple to the lower right – it adds so much for me
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I hadn’t thought of that, but that works 🙂
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🙂
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Amy, I love your thinking about making the people part of your shot; I would probably have been thinking “no people”preference, too! And what you did with the cloud traces really added interest to this. Fun!
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Thank you, I almost always take people out, so this was a bit of a revelation to me.
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I love that phrase, “I almost always take people out.” Might be something to start a story with! hah! – if I do, I’ll let you know! 🙂
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So, there is a photography t-shirt that says “I shoot people” with a camera on it. I use to think that was really funny, and I still do, but now with as many shootings as there are, I find it less funny, which is, in my opinion, a sad state of affairs.
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I would agree. It’s unfortunate and sad!
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