tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023902948695113782024-03-14T01:09:00.831+00:00PicSweepShining, happy pixels!Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-1800384645365563102017-01-19T14:20:00.000+00:002017-01-19T14:20:34.633+00:00Don't miss the New Blog adress<h2>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-28865664353314976612013-07-04T14:45:00.000+01:002013-07-04T14:45:19.057+01:00Composite 19 - Global Drought <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQJZZQFs9QzEDpZKqJh5wUOuVAN8laO9Fa6QEgJjpG-FhgLJDO8Q0MSPCIxMssqYdGZpMwEt-03k9gF3KQ6U0jZocd5ojROXAVBLnPQIFdnXtFjwugB4o10VfczlBhsgdY-5bBcTxtiF4/w588-h393-no/composite19.jpg" /><br />
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Imagine a world without water. No rain, no rivers, no oceans, no snow. A global drought leading to the end of all life forms. Relax! That's just fiction... for now.<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"Seca Global". Imagina o mundo sem água. Sem chuva, sem rios, sem oceanos e sem neve. Uma seca global originando o fim de toda a vida no planeta. Calma! Isso é só ficção... por enquanto.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-29772046878809001272012-12-24T19:40:00.001+00:002012-12-26T17:26:05.581+00:00COMPOSITE 18 - Stretch and Catch Your Dreams<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSgoebDpnyDkSyRqprXAQST47J2XpCiHRXiSDmY8ijrCMc3sca1h_z3SFYCX3BH-b5psktb5alO6OoZlVp83dYmpq6x-p8Vx1QDEczrzoj7YmTN0l3wLj5bK0sms-6lPDjuo3Q5Ii1EAm/s588/composite18.jpg" /><br />
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In a foggy summer day last August I took this photo in the beach where some wooden structures, supposed to serve as beach beds in a sunny day, were lying in line in the sand, unattended. The flock of seagulls was shot in that same day a few minutes later and the ocean was shot in October. I decided to play with the images and this was the result. A dreamy mood with the "Stretch and Catch Your Dreams" concept.<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"Estica-te e Alcança os Teus Sonhos". Num dia de verão com nevoeiro, em Agosto passado, tirei esta foto na praia onde umas estruturas de madeira, supostamente para servir como camas de praia num dia solarengo, estavam na areia, dispostos em linha e sem qualquer vigilãncia. O bando de gaivotas foi captado no mesmo dia, algum minutos mais tarde e a foto do mar foi tirada em Outubro. Decidi brincar com estas imagens e este foi o resultado. Um ambiente etéreo encerrando o conceito "Estica-te e Alcança os Teus Sonhos".</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-3344113139826344822012-10-16T17:03:00.000+01:002012-12-24T19:40:45.475+00:00composite 17 - Computing Outdoors<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Undcl2JT2Wr8b8ABGwvnDH2KWVUiMthbqTScLj93N6yQWxwDGkSpk5pELcj6GSa2uEBMx6syObXICTD7SrvRNyi1RjTNJFPWVPXKBbQUJej-tr9RnHXDcch5O6jH54kq5bBgnCd7Wjl8/s588/composite17.jpg" /><br />
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I miss summer already... The gray days are settled and I found myself with my computer outdoors, looking at the horizon and daydreaming about blue skyes, sunshine and a serene, inviting ocean. Fortunately - or unfortunately for other reasons - time flies and summer will be there in a wink.<br /><span style="color: #33ccff;">..........</span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc;">"Computando ao Ar Livre". Já tenho saudades do verão... Os dias cinzentos estão aí para ficar e eu dei por mim com o meu computador, ao ar livre, a olhar para o horizonte e a divagar sobre céus azuis, Sol brilhante e um oceano calmo e convidativo. Felizmente - ou infelizmente por outros motivos - o tempo voa e o verão estará de volta num piscar de olhos.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-22382486477841600572011-09-23T14:47:00.000+01:002012-10-16T16:01:07.105+01:00COMPOSITE 16 - Fallen on Cobblestone<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BKd2nWutWClfOzsKRBokkdWTjqUkZZvCDtwaVPiZ3edcM9F5DSKOtQH8fir6IEeTzBvNBnbXBSDjDSvAbtpYructuQ15KP3X_WqE_MTDO10TpO_2oyPksoopfv1VZgPdlw38RMatkA_9/s588/composite16.jpg" /><br />
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Autumn is here! Arrived today at the northern hemisphere, although the remnants of the warm summer are still around and hopefully will be throughout October. I refuse to leave my shorts and beach slippers so soon! Not that I don't like Autumn!... As long as the Sun shines, that's fine for me... And the sunlight in this season is great to shoot outside all day, because the Sun is lower and the light's not so harsh at noon.<br />
This image is already one year old and as it hasn't been published before in the blog, I'm doing it now, welcoming Autumn and its beautiful colors.<br />
I picked one photo of a deciduous tree leaf and arranged it in Photoshop to look like a paper photo print. Then I duplicated it in several layers over the cobblestone pavement background, distributing them according to the perspective, composing the best I could. For the final touch I did some rotation and curling of the corners using the "Free Transform > Wrap" tool and applied subtle "Drop Shadows" according the low sunlight from the front.<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"Caídas no Pavimento". Aí está o Outono! Chegou hoje ao hemisfério norte apesar de ainda se fazerem notar os resquícios do ameno Verão, que aliás, espero que por aqui fiquem durante o mês de Outubro! É que recuso-me a largar os calções e os chinelos de praia tão cedo! Não quero dizer que não gosto do Outono!... Desde que o Sol brilhe, está tudo bem... E a luz do Sol nesta estação é ótima para fotografar na rua todo o dia, porque o Sol está baixo e a luz não é tão dura ao meio dia.<br />
Esta imagem já tem um ano mas como não tinha ainda sido publicada no blog, faço-o agora, dando as boas vindas ao Outono e às suas belas cores.<br />
Peguei numa foto de uma folha caduca e fi-la parecer como uma fotografia impressa. Depois dupliquei-a em diversas camadas no Photoshop sobre o fundo do pavimento de pedra, distribuindo-as de acordo com a prespectiva e compondo a imagem o melhor possível. Para o toque final, apliquei alguma rotação nas folhas e dobrei as pontas usando a ferramenta "Free Transform > Wrap" e criei sombras subtis com o "Drop Shadows" de acordo com o Sol rasteiro vindo de frente. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-41766176858954998132011-09-10T18:37:00.000+01:002012-08-02T11:20:37.205+01:00HDR 11 - My Cherry-Red Scenic<div align="right"><font color="#999999" size="1" face="Verdana">rollover to see original image</font></div>
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One evening with a beautiful sunset light, I went off road with my trustful Renault Scenic to get closer to a lagoon full of flamingos, in what should be a great photo opportunity. I was carrying my 70-200 f/2.8 zoom but it was not enough to get decent shots of the birds, so I had to get closer. And I really got near, so near that when they noticed the car, they took off flying to a distant place, too far for me to reach. What a disastrous wildlife photographer I am... So much to learn! :/ <br />
Well, I didn't want to get out of there empty-handed so I turned my back to the lagoon and facing the the car I said: "Here's your chance to shine, Cherry-Red!" <br />
I blended the 3 exposures in Photomatix and took some time with Photoshop, dodging and burning and tweaking the tones to optimize the final image.<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"O meu Scenic Vermelho-Cereja". Numa tarde de verão com uma bela luz de pôr-do-sol, saí da estrada para me aproximar de uma lagoa cheia de flamingos, no que me parecia uma excelente oportunidade fotográfica. Tinha o meu zoom 70-200 f/2.8 mas não era suficiente para conseguir fotos decentes das aves, por isso tinha que me aproximar o mais possível. E cheguei perto, tão perto que, ao notarem o carro, desataram a voar para outro lugar mais distante que me seria impossível de alcansar. Que fotógrafo desastrado de vida selvagem... Tenho tanto para aprender! :/<br />
Bom, eu não queria sair dali de mãos vazias, por isso voltei as costas à lagoa e olhei para o carro e disse: "Aqui está a tua oportunidade de brilhares, Vermelho-Cereja!" <br />
Combinei as 3 exposições no Photomatix e demorei-me bastante no Photoshop, aclarando e escurecendo àreas e manipulando os tons, para optimizar a imagem final.<br />
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I'm working on a series of images where I pretend a slight surreal effect caused by the localization of wild animals in habitats that are not quite their own but that would be possible to witness if someone would actually place them in those locations. As I don't have, at the moment, the required logistical, financial and persuasion means to actually make the authorities of some wild life natural park carry an Indian rhinoceros and strategically place it in an European beach for me to take a few photos, I have to be creative and spend as little as possible. With that in mind, I frequently go to the local Zoo to take the best photos possible of the animals, that can be workable with Photoshop later on. In this particular case, I already had the rhino portrait but had not decided which environment to paste it into. So I browsed many of my older photos and pick one from a beach where I went on vacations a few years ago. The light conditions were very similar to the rhino's photo so they would match perfectly.<br />
In Photoshop, I masked the rhino and placed it in the right spot of the beach; then I duplicated the layer and flipped it upside-down to make the reflection. Then I copied a section of the stripped texture in the sand and used it in a new channel to mask the reflection. The shadow under the animal was drawn with a soft brush.<br />
<a href="http://picsweep.blogspot.com/2009/09/composite-11-tiger-by-river-lima.html">You can see here</a> an older post from the same series.<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"Rinoceronte na Praia". Estou a trabalhar numa série de imagens nas quais pretendo causar um ligeiro efeito surreal causado pela colocação de animais selvagens em habitats que não são, à primeira vista, exactamente os deles próprios mas que poderiam ser possíveis de presenciar se alguém os colocasse verdadeiramente nesses lugares. Como não tenho, de momento, os meios logísticos, financeiros e de persuasão necessários para efectivamente fazer com que as autoridades de um qualquer parque natural de vida selvagem carreguem um rinoceronte Indiano e estrategicamente o coloquem numa praia Europeia para que eu lhe possa tirar uns retratos, tenho que ser criativo e gastar o mínimo possível. Com esse propósito, vou frequentemente ao Jardim Zoológico para tirar as melhores fotos possíveis dos animais, que possam ser trabalhadas em Photoshop mais tarde. Neste caso particular, já tinha o retrato do rinoceronte mas não tinha decidido em que ambiente o colocar. Assim, procurei em muitas das minhas fotos mais antigas e escolhi uma da praia da Arrifana, onde passei férias há uns anos atrás. As condições de luz eram muito similares às da foto do rinoceronte, por isso, combinariam na perfeição.<br />
No Photoshop, mascarei o rinoceronte e coloquei-o no sítio certo da praia; depois dupliquei o "layer" e inverti-o de pernas para o ar para servir como reflexo. Depois, copiei uma parte da textura de riscas na areia e usei-a num novo "channel" para mascarar o reflexo. A sombra debaixo do animal foi desenhada com um "brush" suave.<br />
<a href="http://picsweep.blogspot.com/2009/09/composite-11-tiger-by-river-lima.html">Podem ver aqui</a> um post mais antigo da mesma série.<br />
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I confess I saw somewhere this concept and decided to try my own version.<br />
It will explode in your mouth once you first bite it!<br />
I got 5 chili peppers and join them together with a silver tape, just as the idea I have of a bomb made out of dynamite sticks. I added a piece of wrapping string to work as a fuse and stuck a fork in the pack. Separately, I took a photo of a burning match and other to the smoke from a cigarette. I worked them all together in Photoshop to get this final result. <br />
It's meant to fit spicy food concepts or maybe burning relationships between lovers,... or whatever you like ;)<br />
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<span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">"Malaguetas Explosivas". <br />
Confesso que vi algures este conceito e decidi tentar a minha própria versão.<br />
Vai explodir na sua boca mal dê a primeira dentada!<br />
Juntei 5 malaguetas e uni-as com fita adesiva prateada, tal como a ideia que tenho de uma bomba feita com barras de dinamite. Adicionei um pedaço de guita de embrulho para servir de rastilho e espetei um garfo no grupo. Separadamente, tirei uma foto de um fósforo a arder e outra de fumo de um cigarro. Trabalhei-as no Photoshop para chegar a este resultado final.<br />
É suposto ser uma imagem para uso em conceitos de comida picante, ou talvez de relações ardentes entre amantes,... ou qualquer outra coisa que se queira ;)<br />
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February is the month of lovers. For all of you happy souls madly in love, St. Valentine is launching a rain of passion red hearts from the sky, to praise your relationships and make them grow stronger! :-)<br />
For this image I used a photo of a red bow in a box of chocolates that I placed in a red heart that I had previously edited from a photo of a big heart-shape chocolate box. I turned the bow a golden one and then I placed the composite against a nice soft cloudy sky. I duplicated and scaled down the heart a few times and finally I added a slight motion blur to suggest that they are falling. <br />
This image is available for download in <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/results.mhtml#photo_id=44845183">Shutterstock.com</a>.<br />
Happy Valentine's day!<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"De S. Valentim com Amor". Fevereiro é o mês dos amantes. Para todos vocês, almas felizes loucamente apaixonadas, o S. Valentim lança do céu uma chuva de corações vermelho paixão, para enaltecer as vossas relações e fazê-las crescer mais sólidas! :-)<br />
Para esta imagem, usei uma fotografia de um laço vermelho numa caixa de chocolates que coloquei numa foto que tinha préviamente editado a partir de uma grande caixa de chocolates em forma de coração. Tornei o laço dourado e apliquei o composito numa imagem de um céu azul suavemente nublado. Dupliquei e reduzi o coração algumas vezes e, finalmente, apliquei um ligeiro "motion blur" para sugerir movimento ao cair.<br />
Esta imagem está disponível para download em <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/results.mhtml#photo_id=44845183">Shutterstock.com</a>.<br />
Feliz Dia Dos Namorados!<br />
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To celebrate the New Year, I went to the Estrela Mountain Range, in the northeast of Portugal, to search for snow, the countryside landscapes and some breaths of fresh air. In the several attempts to reach the peek of the mountain, where the snow was, I found the roads closed by the local authorities because the asphalt was covered with ice, thus potentially dangerous for car traffic. So I had to stick around the village where I was staying as a guest, and the nearby <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/30909682">beautiful valley of the river Zêzere</a>. It was cold, foggy and raining. The perfect conditions for a landscape photo with a moody feel and an opportunity to make the colors of Nature pop up in a nice HDR image. It took just 3 exposures, because the lack of direct sunlight prevented the existence of deep shadows and bright highlights.<br />
I blended the exposures in Photomatix and took some time with Photoshop to optimize the final image.<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"Vale do Rio Zêzere". Para celebrar a passagem de ano, fui para a Serra da Estrela à procura de neve, das paisagens campestres e de respirar umas golfadas de ar fresco. Nas várias tentativas de chegar ao topo da montanha, onde estava a neve, encontrei as estradas fechadas pelas autoridades locais porque o piso estava coberto de gelo, e por isso, potencialmente perigoso para o tráfego automóvel. Assim, tive que ficar pelas imediações de Manteigas, onde estava hospedado, e o <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/30909682">belo vale do Rio Zêzere</a>, ali bem perto. Estava frio, nevoeiro e a chover. As condições perfeitas para retratar uma paisagem com um toque místico e uma oportunidade de fazer com que as cores da Natureza saltem à vista numa boa imagem HDR. Só precisei de 3 exposições diferentes da cena, porque a ausência de luz do sol directa preveniu o aparecimento de sombras intensas e altas luzes demasiado brilhantes.<br />
Combinei as exposições no Photomatix e demorei-me bastante no Photoshop para optimizar a imagem final.<br />
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Well, not exactly an exhibition... Lets say the bar is decorated with some of my images. And they really look great in there!<br />
So, if you're in the area, consider to make them a visit, relax, have a drink or a light meal and appreciate the images. I'm sure it'll be worth it. <br />
"Bar do Gémeos", in Carcavelos Beach, from January 13th to March 7th 2010.<br />
<span style="color:#33ccff;">..........</span><br />
<span style="color:#cccccc;">"Exposição no Bar dos Gémeos". <br />
Bom, não é exactamente uma exposição... Digamos que o bar está decorado com algumas das minhas imagens. E elas ficam lá mesmo bem!<br />
Considerem passar por lá num destes dias. Acomodem-se confortavelmente, relaxem, bebam um copo ou comam uma refeição ligeira e apreciem as imagens. Estou certo que valerá a pena.<br />
"Bar dos Gémeos", na praia de Carcavelos, de 13 de Janeiro a 7 de Março de 2010.<br />
É o segundo Bar a partir do Forte de S. Julião da Barra.<br />
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This is my Christmas Tree, standing in my living-room. I took this photo after decorating it with the help of my daughters. In post-production, after correcting the colors, I made it centered and framed between the red curtains by selecting and copying the one on the right, then flipping and placing it on the left side. Then, I cloned out the electric wires and managed to correct the white curtains behind them. Final touch: lots of sparkling lights across the tree using the Photoshop Brushes.<br />
Merry Christmas everyone!!<br />
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<span style="color:#cccccc;">"A Minha Àrvore de Natal". <br />
Esta é a minha àrvore de Natal na minha sala de estar. Tirei esta fotografia depois de a decorar com a ajuda das minhas filhas. Na pós-produção, depois de corrigir as cores, centrei-a e emoldurei-a entre as cortinas vermelhas, seleccionando a cortina da direita, copiando-a e virando-a num eixo vertical e colocando-a de seguida no lado esquerdo. A seguir, apaguei os fios eléctricos e corrigi as cortinas brancas por trás deles. Toque final: muitas luzinhas brlhantes por toda a àrvore, com a ajuda dos Brushes do Photoshop.<br />
Feliz Natal a todos!!<br />
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I don't own any studio lighting gear, but I plan to acquire it some day. In the meantime, I have to use the available resources, such as a window in a bright day, some desk lamps, flashlights and improvised reflectors and diffusers.<br />
I have these very old wine bottles, with way over a century, with the caps sealed with sealing wax, no labels, and a layer of petrified dust near the bottleneck. I have them for decoration only, because through them, I can see that the wine was lost a long time ago. It's useless to open them... what a shame... well, anyway, I decided to make a pseudo studio experiment and with the help of an also very old glass, a couple of seasonal dry leaves and some acorns, I set a still-life composition over a rugged red tablecloth. Inside the glass is real red wine, from another bottle. The light source in the left is a desk lamp with a tungsten bulb, in front of which I placed a matte plastic bag to diffuse the light and soften the shadows. In the opposite side, you can see my reflector mirrored in the bottle. There is also a second light source, a little flashlight hidden behind the bottle and aiming the glass from the back to produce this glowing effect in it and reveal the wine color. It is standing in a blue box that can be seen in the original image when you move your mouse pointer over. I set the proper white balance in the camera and took some photos.<br />
Post-processing the images, and after the usual adjustments of "levels", I realized that the red leaf wasn't standing out from the background because this is also red, so i changed the leaf's color to an orangish tone. I also had to clone out the blue box from behind the bottle. The last step was applying some vignette in the top corners and it was it! That's the closest I got to a studio production! :-)<br />
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<span style="color:#cccccc;">"Experiência com um Tinto Vintage". <br />
Eu não tenho material de iluminação de estúdio, mas um dia conto adquirir um kit. Entretanto, vou usando os recursos disponíveis, tais como uma janela num dia luminoso, alguns candeeiros de secretária, lanternas, materiais reflectores e difusores improvisados.<br />
Tenho estas duas garrafas de vinho muito antigas, com mais de um século, com as rolhas seladas com lacre, sem rótulos, e com uma camada de pó petrificado pelo tempo junto ao gargalo. Servem exclusivamente para decoração, uma vez que dá para perceber à transparência que o vinho ficou impróprio para consumo há muito tempo. Não vale a pena abri-las... que pena... bom, de qualquer forma decidi montar um pseudo-estúdio e fazer uma experiência e com a ajuda de um copo igualmente muito antigo, um par de folhas secas outonais e algumas bolotas, compuz uma natureza-morta por cima de uma toalha de mesa vermelha enrugada. No copo está vinho tinto vindo de outra garrafa. A fonte de luz à esquerda é um candeeiro de secretária com uma lampada de tungsténio, à frente da qual coloquei um saco de plástico fosco para difundir a luz e suavizar as sombras. No lado oposto, pode ver-se um reflector espelhado na garrafa. Existe também uma segunda fonte de luz, uma pequena lanterna escondida atrás da garrafa e a apontar para o copo para criar este efeito de brilho e revelar a cor do vinho. Está suportanda em cima de uma caixa azul que pode ser vista na imagem original quando se passa o ponteiro do rato por cima da imagem. Escolhi o balanço de brancos adecuado na máquina e tirei algumas fotografias.<br />
Na edição das imagens, e depois dos ajustes normais de "levels", percebi que a folha vermelha não sobressaía em relação ao fundo porque este é igualmente vermelho. Assim, alterei a cor da folha para este alaranjado para a destacar. Apaguei a caixa azul atrás da garrafa e o último passo foi escurecer os cantos superiores. Está feito! Foi o mais parecido possível a uma produção de estúdio! :-)<br />
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This photo of the Power Plant of Sines was captured in the afternoon of a Summer day, in last September. The weather was hot and the light was harsh, with a blue cast veiling the landscape. Even so, I decided to pull over in the highway and take some photos with my 70-200 zoom supported by the side window of my car. I was passing by the area, with no time to tour around to find a better point-of-view and I didn't know if I was going to have another opportunity to go back there soon after that day. So I took the shot... and it has been sitting in my hard drive for three months. <br />
A couple of days ago I opened it in Photoshop to see if I could make that image a little more pleasant to the sight.<br />
Basically, what I did was controlling each color with <i>"adjustments > selective colors"</i> tool, fine-tune saturation and contrast, clone out the crane (can you see where it was?), and add a nice cloud from a photo of my image collection of skies, to balance the composition.<br />
Although a little surreal, I like this version better. :-)<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"Estação Termoeléctrica de Sines". Esta foto da Estação Termoeléctrica de Sines foi captada na tarde de um dia de verão, em Setembro último. O tempo estava quente e a luz era dura, com uma dominante azulada a velar a paisagem. Mesmo assim, decidi encostar e parar na via-rápida para tirar umas fotos, com o meu zoom 70-200 apoiado na janela do carro. Eu estava de passagem naquela zona, sem tempo para dar umas voltas por ali para procurar um melhor ponto de vista e não sabia se teria uma oportunidade de ali voltar em breve depois daquele dia. Assim, tirei a foto... e assim tem estado, abandonada, no disco-rígido do meu computador há três mêses.<br />
Há uns dias, abri-a no Photoshop para ver se conseguia torná-la um pouco mais agradável à vista.<br />
Basicamente, o que fiz foi controlar cada cor com a ferramenta <i>"adjustments > selective colors"</i>, afinar a saturação e contraste, eliminar o guindaste (conseguem ver onde estava?), e adicionar uma bela nuvem, tirada de uma foto da minha colecção de imagens de céus, para equilibrar a composição. Apesar de um pouco surreal, gosto mais desta versão. :-)<br />
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I was asked by a relative to restore an old portrait of his aunt. She passed away a few years ago and he wanted to have a bigger and renewed version of this photo, a little 2 x 1,3 inches passport type photo, for which he didn't have the negative. It was in pretty bad shape but fortunately the bad areas were not on the eyes or mouth, so I didn't have to guess how they were originally. In the end, we were both happy with the result. <br />
The photo was taken in 1945 and by that time she was 20 years old.<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"De 1945 Para uma Nova Vida". <br />Um parente pediu-me para recuperar um velho retrato da sua tia. Ela faleceu há alguns anos e ele queria uma versão maior e renovada desta pequena foto tipo passe de 4,5 x 3cm, da qual não tinha o negativo. Estava em bastante mau estado mas felizmente as àreas mais afectadas não eram nos olhos ou boca e assim não tive que improvisar quanto ao aspecto que teriam originalmente. No final, ficámos ambos satisfeitos com o resultado. </span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc;">A fotografia data de 1945 e a retratada tinha então 20 anos de idade.</span><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-35202890902891174062009-11-18T13:03:00.003+00:002012-10-15T13:25:45.001+01:00Before-After 17 - Fall Colors in the Woods<div align="right"><font color="#999999" size="1" face="Verdana">rollover to see original image</font></div>
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It started a foggy day in the woods of the mountain range of Sintra and it was nice to be able to capture the mystic, peaceful mood of that scenery where there's no one to be seen for hours. It's just you and the immense Nature all around.</div>
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As the time was passing, the fog got replaced by the sunlight penetrating through the trees. I did some trekking with my photo gear load, looking for the bright colors of Fall but I guess that mid October is too early for that. The vivid yellows were unfortunately absent, so, at home I added some Photoshop magic to the photos and created what I was looking for from the beginning.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"Cores de Outono no Bosque". O dia começou com algum nevoeiro nos bosques da Serra de Sintra e foi bom ter a oportunidade de captar o ambiente místico e tranquilo daquela paisagem, onde não passa ninguém durante horas. Somos só nós e a imensa Natureza à nossa volta.<br />O tempo ía passando e o nevoeiro foi substituído pela luz do Sol penetranto entre as àrvores. Fiz uma caminhada, carregado com o meu material fotográfico, à procura das cores vivas do Outono mas creio que o meio de Outubro é demasiado cedo para isso. Os amarelos vivos estavam, infelizmente, ainda ausentes. Por isso, em casa, adicionei um pouco de magia do Photoshop às fotos e criei o que andava à procura desde o início.<br />Não se equeçam de passar o ponteiro do rato por cima das imagens para ver as originais.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-38104416895442984762009-10-29T00:04:00.003+00:002012-10-15T23:27:25.589+01:00Before-After 16 - Vintage Notebook<div align="right"><font color="#999999" size="1" face="Verdana">rollover to see original image</font></div>
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Here I was playing around with this craft paper background that I brought home the other day. Looking for objects to place over it and photograph, I found this nice notebook with an old-fashioned look and thought it would make a good setup with the help of a pencil from IKEA :-)<br />I lifted the left side and kept it in that position with the help of a eraser placed behind it. I forced the curl on the upper right corner and carefully placed the pencil in its position. As usual, the light is from a window on the left and I placed a reflector on the right to fill the shadows a bit and lit the left page. Then, I took a few shots with my camera on the tripod.<br />It was only when I was editing the selected photo in Photoshop that I noticed that the notebook was upside-down!! As can be seen in the original photo, there's a larger part of the pages without printed lines at the bottom, that were supposed to be on top. Flipping the image wouldn't work visually so, I decided to draw the missing lines, so that one doesn't know which side is the upper :-D<br />I'm happy with the finished image. What do you think?<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">..........</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">"Bloco de Notas Antigo". Aqui estava eu às voltas com um fundo de papel decorativo que trouxe para casa um dia destes. À procura de objectos para colocar sobre ele e fotografar, encontrei este bloco de notas de estilo antigo e pensei que faria um bom conjunto, com a ajuda de um pequeno lápis da IKEA :-)<br />Levantei o lado esquerdo do bloco e mantive-o nessa posição com a ajuda de uma borracha que coloquei por detrás da capa. Dobrei o canto superior direito da folha em caracol e coloquei cuidadosamente o lápis na posição certa. Como de costume, a luz é proveniente de uma janela no lado esquerdo e coloquei um reflector do lado direito para "encher" um pouco as sombras e iluminar a página esquerda. De seguida, tirei umas fotos com a câmera no tripé.<br />Foi só quando já estava a editar a imagem escolhida no Photoshop que reparei que o bloco estava de pernas-para-o-ar!! Como pode ser visto na imagem original, há uma parte grande das folhas sem linhas impressas, em baixo, que era suposto estar no topo. Rodar a imagem não iria resultar visualmente, por isso decidi desenhar as linhas em falta, para que não se perceba qual dos lados é o de cima :-D<br />Gostei do resultado final da imagem. O que acham?<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-87536243357755400582009-10-18T23:15:00.005+01:002012-10-16T15:59:51.311+01:00Composite 13 - Flying Off The Monitor<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75dVcFOmUXUkL534HcdgY5P7rqdLQrG3pg0L5rh7i6j9pWY0b94T-BHkZy5iMJqHyCg8Fgb0EBHzoAKfJVvT7MVDQxkFv-SAedFWO_zhQb-Ca3mV1GqqKnKJ7qHtU5No-sLhsBmJe0sY3/s588/composite13.jpg" /><br />
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This is my new laptop. I went camping last summer and took it with me, so that the detachment from technology in general and Photoshop in particular wouldn't be too abrupt. ;)<br />
One day I was sitting outside, setting up the computer and I decided to take a shot of it, without giving much thought about what to do with the image afterward. The laptop was evenly lit with the natural light and I didn't care about the reflections in the monitor. I placed my camera in the tripod and fired a few shots using the self timer.<br />
One month later, at home, I opened one of the images in Photoshop and started to sweep it: Levels, curves, brightness, contrast, saturation, desaturation, burn, dodge, clone, heal... well, all the usual steps of my post-processing. Then I start choosing some other older photos, previously edited, - some of them have been published here in the past months - to place them in the monitor of the laptop, in the way you see above, to finish the composition. I hope you like it!<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"Voando Para Fora do Monitor". Este é o meu novo portátil. Fui acampar este verão e levei-o comigo, para que o afastamento da tecnologia em geral e do Photoshop em particular não fosse demasiado brusco. ;)<br />Um dia, estava sentado cá fora, a configurar o computador e decidi tirar-lhe um retrato, sem pensar muito sobre o que fazer depois com a imagem. O portátil estava iluminado homogeneamente com a luz natural e eu não me preocupei com os reflexos no monitor. Coloquei a câmara no tripé e fiz alguns disparos utilizando o "self timer".<br />Um mês depois, em casa, abri uma das imagens no Photoshop e comecei a "varrê-la": Levels, curves, brightness, contrast, saturation, desaturation, burn, dodge, clone, heal... Bem, os passos do costume na minha pós-produção de imagens. Comecei então por escolher algumas fotos mais antigas, previamente trabalhadas, - algumas já foram aqui publicadas nos últimos mêses - para as montar no monitor do portátil, da maneira que se se vê, para terminar a composição. Espero que gostem!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-53379936135943231782009-10-06T12:55:00.004+01:002012-12-08T18:13:26.433+00:00Some More from CarrasqueiraAs I said in the previous post, here are some more images from my visit in last September to the palafitte port of Carrasqueira. One "HDR" and two "Before & After".<br />
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This set of 5 exposures was captured in September 11th about 15 minutes after Sunset. <br />The place is the palafitte port of Carrasqueira in the Sado river estuary, near the city of Setúbal, Portugal. It is a very popular spot for photographers. <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27082943">See here it's location in the Google Maps</a>. <br />You must know what happens when you're in a swampy place like this, at this time of the day... I got heavily attacked by mosquitoes and, being in T-shirt and shorts, I collected a substantial amount of stings. Imagine me, dancing and jumping like crazy, in between the long exposures, to swat off those bugs! Standing in those unstable planks, I had to stay still during the exposures because the images wouldn't come out in sharp focus... That's when they attacked... ouch!...<br />I spent a few hours there and took tons of photos! I have quite a bunch of them worth editing so, possibly I'll post here more images from the same shoot.<br />These 5 different exposures (-2, -1, 0, +1, +2) were blended together in Photomatix for the final HDR. More levels, dodge and burn adjustments were applied afterward in Photoshop.<br /><span style="color:#33ccff;">..........</span><br /><span style="color:#cccccc;">"Carrasqueira depois do Pôr-do-Sol". Este grupo de 5 exposições foi captado no dia 11 de Setembro, 15 minutos depois do Pôr-do-Sol. <br />O local é o porto palafítico da Carrasqueira, no estuários do Rio Sado, perto de Setúbal. É um sítio muito popular entre os fotógrafos. <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27082943">Veja aqui a sua localização nos Google Maps</a>.<br />Devem saber o que acontece quando se está num local pantanoso como este, a esta hora do dia... Fui massivamente atacado por melgas e mosquitos e, estando de T-shirt e calções, consegui uma substancial colecção de picadelas. Imaginem-me a dançar e a saltar que nem um louco, entre as longas exposições, para afugentar aqueles bichos danados! Em cima daquelas tábuas instáveis, eu tinha que estar quietinho durante as exposições, ou as imagens não sairiam nítidas... e era aí que eles atacavam...Ui!...<br />Estive ali durante algumas horas e tirei muitas fotos! Tenho bastantes que merecem ser trabalhadas, por isso é possível que ainda venha a publicar aqui mais alguma do mesmo dia.<br />Estas 5 exposições (-2, -1, 0, +1, +2) foram combinadas no Photomatix para criar a imagem HDR final. De seguida ajustei com levels, dodge e burn no Photoshop.<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-65411278674641140122009-09-21T13:47:00.005+01:002012-10-16T15:59:35.200+01:00Composite 12 - Long Limping to Destination<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWCtSw7aZCx1r6aYpHOQpSMtSUwZ8UeL4lomGahDxcUVqUloSO6RXrcgFmHGAitDU6lK3T4gcHrX_zE-JHfUY5XgrVKfxQHH96Z0bUVJpkbi8j37E-XZDed7zMDVAiNK3zvcY1w6Cshk-/s588/composite12.jpg" /><br />
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For this image, I thought about a "focus-in-your-aspirations-and-goals-even-if-the-path-to-get-there-is-a-long-and-painful-one-but-you-know-that-if-you-stick-to-it-you-soon-will-see-the-light-in-the-horizon" concept. :-)<br />
Three different photos combined together in a new image.<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"Um longo Coxear Até Ao Destino".<br />Para esta imagem, pensei no conceito "concentra-te-nas-tuas-aspirações-e-objectivos-mesmo-que-o-caminho-para-lá-chegar-seja-longo-e-penoso-mas-que-tu-sabes-que-se-fores-persistente-em-breve-verás-a-luz-no-horizonte". :-)<br />Três fotos diferentes combinadas numa nova imagem.<br />Qual é a vossa opinião?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-83507408698865077742009-09-03T20:39:00.006+01:002012-10-16T15:58:41.973+01:00Composite 11 - Tiger By The River Lima<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AuYKTuDGI6KMYTMa1jwDboX0LXtdDDk3VXyX4bCgznb7pdN-v6fpbjoP-_WA6R4AQiiTVKATfPdyY8cd5nwCR6qxRI53KLOtp1LXcA7RZRHD_-8qd05RhnVQyE19ZN7jIlGg-6EQZClg/s588/composite11.jpg" /><br />
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I decided to recover an old photo montage that was done with a photo that I took in the River Lima, in the north of Portugal, and one of a tiger that I snapped in the Lisbon Zoo some 2 years ago. <br />
The houses in the horizon and the stone road mark are signs of nearby civilization so, a wild tiger peacefully resting in the river shore and near a road is much unlikely to be seen, at least in this part of the globe. And this surreal touch is exactly what makes this image interesting for me. The tweaked colors and the fake fog that I added in the post-production also helped to the final result.<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">"Tigre no Rio Lima".<br />Decidi recuperar uma foto-montagem antiga que fiz com uma foto que tirei no Rio Lima e uma outra de um tigre, captada no Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa há uns 2 anos atrás.<br />As casas no horizonte e o marco de pedra são sinais de civilização, por isso, um tigre selvagem a descansar pacificamente nas margens do rio e junto a uma estrada é muito improvavel de ser visto, pelo menos nesta parte do globo. E para mim, este toque surreal é precisamente o que faz esta imagem interessante. As cores trabalhadas e a adição de um nevoeiro fictício na pós produção também ajudaram para o resultado final.<br />Qual é a vossa opinião?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-62511124847536993302009-08-25T00:10:00.012+01:002012-10-15T23:25:37.397+01:00Before-After 13 - Only One Will Fit<div align="right"><font color="#999999" size="1" face="Verdana">rollover to see original image</font></div>
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For this photo I used only a regular 60w desk lamp on the left side and a reflector on the opposite side. I took some photos of the set, with slight variations of the light source position. As can be seen when you rollover, most of the left part of the image is from another shot, that I added into this one to acquire an even lighting of the composition.<br />I'm sending this image to the Microstock agencies that I work with, so there can not be any recognizable logo or trade mark. It was some task to remove all of them with Photoshop while trying to retain the textures in the keys and padlock!<br />I pushed the levels and curves to add contrast and increased the color saturation in the padlock. Then, I draw a keyhole shape in Photoshop and used bevel/emboss to blend it in the surface. As a final touch, I darkened the corners to draw attention to the center of the image.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">..........</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">"Só Uma Servirá". Para esta imagem, usei um banal candeeiro de secretária com uma lâmpada de 60w no lado esquerdo e um reflector no lado oposto. Tirei várias fotos da composição, com ligeiras variações da posição da lâmpada. Como se pode ver quando se passa o cursor por cima da imagem, o lado esquerdo é quase todo de outra imagem, que eu apliquei a esta, para adquirir uma iluminação mais uniforme a toda a composição.<br />Vou enviar esta imagem para as agências de Microstock com as quais trabalho, por isso não podem existir quaisquer logotipos ou marcas registadas visíveis. Deu algum trabalho removê-los todos com o Photoshop, tentando manter as texturas das chaves e do cadeado!<br />Ajustei os "levels" e "curves" para dar contraste e aumentei a saturação de cor no cadeado. Depois, desenhei um buraco de fechadura com o photoshop e usei "bevel/emboss" para o adaptar à superfície. Como toque final, escureci os cantos para chamar mais a atenção ao centro da imagem.</span><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-34052391422992121672009-08-09T23:30:00.004+01:002012-10-15T20:12:53.546+01:00HDR 07 - Ventilated Toilet Cabin<div align="left"><font color="#999999" size="1" face="Verdana">rollover to see original image</font></div>
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Hello! It's been over a month since my last post. Thanks for your patience and for returning to PicSweep. <br />I've just returned from a vacation in a rural location where I found this destroyed toilet cabin near a old house in the countryside. I had passed by it some times before and thought it would be a nice subject for an HDR so, one day I couldn't resist any longer and had to run back there!! Fortunately, it was very well ventilated toilet cabin ;-) <br />I set my tripod near the ground to have this lower point of view and took 5 different exposures. At home I blended them in Photomatix and added some more dodge and burn in Photoshop.<br /><span style="color:#33ccff;">..........</span><br /><span style="color:#cccccc;">"Cabine de WC Ventilada". <br />Olá!. Já passou mais de um mês desde a minha última imagem publicada aqui. Agradeço-vos pela vossa paciência e por voltarem ao PicSweep.<br />Acabei de regressar de umas férias no Sudoeste Alentejano onde, numa zona rural, encontrei esta cabine de WC destruida perto de uma velha casa de campo. Já tinha passado por ela várias vezes e pensei que podia ser um bom motivo para fotografar e fazer uma experiência em HDR. Por isso, um dia não pude aguentar mais e tive de correr para lá!! Felizmente era muito bem ventilada ;-)<br />Coloquei o tripé perto do chão para possibilitar este ponto de vista baixo e tirei 5 fotos com tempos de exposição diferentes. Em casa trabalhei-as no Photomatix e apliquei um pouco de "dodge" e "burn" no Photoshop.</span><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502390294869511378.post-36168165676330176372009-07-05T18:29:00.012+01:002012-10-15T20:26:55.839+01:00HDR 06 - A5 in a Rush Hour<div align="right"><font color="#999999" size="1" face="Verdana">rollover to see original image</font></div>
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This set of 5 exposures was captured last Friday, July 3 at about 8:45pm. <br />It shows the office buildings in Miraflores, in the surroundings of Lisbon, and highway A5 that links the capital city to Cascais. There's a recently built bridge over the highway, in a perfect spot overlooking these office buildings that gets all lighten up with colorful neons and the company's logos as the Sun goes down and the twilight settles in. At this time, the rush our is almost over and there isn't as much cars getting back home after a working day as there were a couple of hours earlier, still, enough for me to get some speeding light trails.<br />I had this shots planned for quite some time to upload to Microstock sites and finally I had the opportunity to take them. I used my tripod and a 17-70 zoom in my Pentax K10D. After setting the tilted composition, I chose the WB and aperture and took these five images with different EV stops (-2, -1, 0, +1, +2). After about 30 other shots I went home to see them in the computer and only then I realized that I had forgotten to set the ISO to 100. It stayed in Auto mode and all the images got ISO 400 and to much noise for stock standards. Now I have to go back there again and do things right!! Anyway, I picked this set and played a little with Photomatix and got this final HDR. <br /><a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/24142093" target="blank">Here is it's location in Google Maps.</a> <br /><span style="color:#33ccff;">..........</span><br /><span style="color:#cccccc;">"A5 Em Hora De Ponta". Este grupo de 5 exposições foi captado no dia 3 de Julho, às 20:45H. <br />Vê-se os edifícios de escritórios de Miraflores, nos arredores de Lisboa e a auto-estrada A5 que liga a capital a Cascais. Existe agora ali uma ponte, recentemente construída, que atravessa a auto-estrada num local perfeito, com vista para estes edifícios que se iluminam todos com "neons" coloridos e com os logotipos das empresas, à medida que a luz do Sol desce e o lusco-fusco se instala. Nesta altura a hora de ponta está quase no fim e não existem tantos carros como há duas horas atrás, mas mesmo assim, são os suficientes para conseguir captar uns bons rastos de luz dos seus faróis. <br />Já tinha pensado há algum tempo em criar estas imagens para enviar para os sites de Microstock e finalmente tive essa oportunidade. Usei o meu tripé e um zoom 17-70 na minha Pentax K10D. Depois de definir a composição inclinada, escolhi o balanço de brancos e a abertura e tirei estas 5 imagens com valores EV diferentes (-2, -1, 0, +1, +2). Depois de cerca de outras 30 fotos, fui para casa para as ver no computador e só então me apercebi de que me tinha esquecido de mudar o ISO para 100. O Auto ISO aplicou ISO 400 a todas e, por isso, com ruído a mais para o que é aceitável em sites stock. Agora tenho que lá voltar e fazer as coisa como deve ser!! De qualquer forma, peguei nestas 5 imagens, brinquei com elas no Photomatix e o resultado foi este HDR. <br /><a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/24142093" target="blank">Aqui está a localização nos mapas Google.</a> </span><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit this and previous posts in PicSweep and feel free to comment.</div>Carlos Caetanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808394822977134488noreply@blogger.com1