Barbara Dunn
November 2025 - Cristobal Colon Cemetery, Cuba
About the Image(s)
Here is a shot from Havana's Cristobal Colon Cemetery, taken a few years ago on a rainy day.
Canon 7D; 1/2000 sec.; f/7.1; ISO 1000.
Steps taken for image:
1. Cropped.
2. Removed tree in the left side of image, using the lasso and the select tool in Photoshop
3. Used Topaz "DeNoise" to remove noise.
4. Sharpened, with "Unsharp" tool in Photoshop.
5. Resized for PSA website.
6 comments posted
A powerful image of a site for us to remember lost and reminds me that yesterday (8-11-2025) my late father would have been 95 and still miss him etc. Posted: 11/09/2025 15:26:21
I'm sorry for your loss, Tim. Posted: 11/17/2025 21:39:14
Gene Whalen
Well done with the tree removal. I haven't had good luck with that sort of post processing yet. At ISO 1000 you had a shutter speed of 1/2000. Bringing that down to ISO 400 would have allowed for a slower shutter speed and likely alleviated the need for de-noising. Just a thought, happens to me too if I leave the ISO to Auto. Other than that, nice shot. Posted: 11/10/2025 13:11:45
Thank you for your comments, Gene. Yes, I am guilty of "Auto ISO", it's a good reminder to check it and not have to deal with the noise later. Posted: 11/17/2025 21:41:41
I love the bottom half of this image - the rusted fencing shown against the white stone, the tops of the graves showing crosses and figures. I appreciate that you wanted to show the whole of the cross of the main tomb, but I feel that you could have cropped from the base of the that column, just above the writing. Posted: 11/12/2025 14:31:19
Thank you, Steven. I agree, the bottom half of the image is much more interesting than the top. Posted: 11/17/2025 21:43:16