Plenty of things have happened in my life that I didn’t really see coming. This scene is one of them:
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It’s an evening shot of Valletta, Malta. If you had said a few years ago that I would visit I wouldn’t have argued with you exactly, as I do love to visit new places, it’s just that Malta wasn’t on my list of trips that I was planning. Upon reflection, it’s a little odd that I hadn’t been planning. A warm summer destination just steeped in history? A bit of a no-brainer for someone like me.
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I’ve taken quite a few liberties with my edit here. I love the blue tones of the image, but in the edit, I wanted the warm night to feel a bit more distant and remote, like an older photograph you might find in an attic. I was inspired to think this way by the history of the island itself. People have been coming and going through the area for a long time. Before them, all types of flora and fauna, and the land itself was very different.
For this particular edit, I changed the temperature, boosted the yellows, added grain, and desaturated the image a bit, a slight crop was also in order. The two images really do have a different feel. Do you have a preference? Feel free to leave a comment below.
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Added to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, Shades of Blue and Live Laugh RV, Reflections
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Malta has not really been on my list either. But I know it should, so after this post I will have to reevaluate my ideas about where I want to go. 🙂 I like both versions of the photo, they are both beautiful. But I think my preference goes towards the warmer version.
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If you were ever to go, I would be curious to see if the buildings remind you of Cuba at all. They did remind me of Cuba, but I’ve never been in person, so I’m not sure if I would actually think that if I was standing in Cuba.
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I will report back, whenever I go to Malta. 🙂
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Thanks very much 🙂
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I love your edit – just as you described – the tones conjure that feeling
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Thank you very much.
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Lovely. I hope to go there one day as well.
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So, if you ever go, what I would like to ask you is if the buildings there remind you of Cuba? I’ve not been to Cuba, but the photos you have posted kind of reminded me of what I saw in Malta.
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That sounds interesting. Will do, if I get there.
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Nothing like being given a photography assignment from some random person on the internet right? 🙂
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Wonderful photo and colors for this week’s challenge. 😀
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Thank you very much Cee.
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It’s one of those places I always meant to visit but never enough to actually book, if you know what I mean. In this instance I like the warmer tones 😃
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Yes, I know exactly what you mean 🙂
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Love both photos but the lower one definitely has the look of an old postcard.
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Thank you 🙂
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I really do like the edited version of your evening in Malta..the edits you made really serve to make the image look dreamlike:)
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Thank you very much. I just found the history here to be fascinating and I couldn’t help but think about what it would have looked like at different points in the past.
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Malta has recently been on my mind. So many lovely articles have been popping up.
Your edit is very subtle and I like the sky lighting in particular.
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It’s a fascinating spot if you are a history nerd at all, and we completely are!
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You’re right, the two images really do have a different feel. Do I have a preference?
I prefer the edited version. To me it looks like a very much improved version. Yes, I do like it very much! 🙂
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Thank you very much for your thoughts on this. It was a nice summer trip 🙂
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I’m interested in your story, Amy. We have had lovely neighbours of Maltese origin twice, but it has never made it to my wish list either!
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The history there is just really interesting, it seems like every group of people you can think of has laid a claim there. We are pretty much history nerds, so this was a place that was right up our alley.
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Would be mine too, Amy. Just getting there is the challenge!
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I was really surprised by the number of Australians and New Zealanders that were there when we were. I was assuming they were on various epic holiday trips because it would be a huge haul to get there.
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The warming and cropping make the scene much more inviting to me. I like the context provided by the marina in the middle distance. Keeping a little of the nearby rooftop at the bottom is a price worth paying for the marina.
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It’s interesting that you mention that rooftop because I did try a crop that took that out. I liked that version of the image a lot less.
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The city looks like a romantic getaway. Or a place you meet someone and have the greatest moment.
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It is a beautiful place.
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good luck on journeys
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Have visited Valletta a few times. Love this shot.
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Thank you very much.
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Hi, Amy. I love the warm tones in your edited version. It does give a “nostalgic” feel to the image–just what you wanted to achieve. It also highlights the lights in the image. Malta has been on my list for a while, but we’ve never been there. I imagine it’s like Elba–where Napoleon was exiled. A small, insular place steeped in history.
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Yes, the history was incredible here, everyone seems to have passed through here. The fact that it was warm after a miserable winter didn’t hurt either 🙂
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