Jon Allanson
About the Image(s)
Taken on my visit to Venice in January this year, during which the fog stayed like this all the time except for 3 or 4 hours around the middle of each day. To me Venice is a city, where the regular light mists adds great atmosphere to images as it softens the backgrounds whilst still identifying the location. Unfortunately on this trip the fog was so thick most of the time it totally obscured the backgrounds.
Taken on my XPro2 with 23mm F1.4 lens on a tripod, with an exposure of 1/20 sec (fast enough the prevent the people who are an important part of the image becoming blurred) f2 ISO 1600. Basic straightening and corrections were made in Lightroom. In PS very little was done – the figures, the bench and a couple of the lamps were selectively sharpened in High Pass, the image cropped and minor final curves and levels adjustments made.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
6 comments posted
  Posted: 09/10/2020 18:48:52
OK so this is not smoke. It is fog. I suppose you could argue that the sepia tones lend a sense of mystery, but I wonder what a little work with white balance would do with this. I agree the lamppost on the left needs "border patrol" cropping. Great shot considering how disappointed I would be not to see Venice!   Posted: 09/11/2020 21:04:39
Very nice subtle leading line.   Posted: 09/22/2020 17:50:36
The diminishing perspective and lamps curving away in the distance is good composition.
I don't think the lamp on the right or the scaffolding on the left are needed in the story.
  Posted: 09/24/2020 04:40:42