Landscapes - Joao Rechena
Old times
This photo was taken near Seixal it’s near some museum that I can’t remember the name. It was worked on PS to sharpen it and covert to B&W, also to remove some fishing boats near.
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Nowhere pier
Taken also on Seixal, on where it used to be some shipping pier of “Lisbon Fresh Water” wich is some old bottled water company. Worked on PS to change the color tones and make the frame.
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25 Abril
This one is a classic, seen all over postcards, it was taken from a road near the bridge on Almada side of the river. Worked on PS to convert to B&W and sharpen.
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Cristo Rei
This one was taken while driving to Lisbon to pay a visit to Pedro at the hospital, consider it as a “Get well soon” card to him. Nothing special just some PS to convert to B&W and sharpen, also used PS to remove some tourists near the base of the monument.
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This weeks assignment’s was a “you need to practice more” assignment. I had a million of ideas, but they didn’t turn out to be as god has I expected. Well, I will practice to make it better next time. Once again thank you to Katy for you patience. And hope Pedro gets better to keep showing us his wonderful photos.
Another one bites the dust! Congrats on another mission accomplished, here are my comments:
1. Great shot with great contraste and all but… the background is not perfectly horizontal
which distracts a bit.
2. Good shot, good end of the day tones, almost sepia… again, the background line is not horizontal
oh and good use of the rule of thirds.
3. Perfect shot on everything except that I find excessive contrast and sharpness, the houses on the back lost detail and are too ‘hard’ and the sky lost some mood. But great shot!
4. Get perfectly well and as soon as possible Pedro. We are here to support you on everything you need.
MCA said this on June 26th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Great shots! I agree with MCA, the horizon is tilted, distracting the viewer. I’ve the same problem with mine, but in PS i correct this. The easier way to accomplish that is using the Measure Tool, under the Eyedropper Tool (click and hold and you’ll see the ruler), then you “measure” some object that you know it’s 90º vertical or 0º horizontal, then you draw a line with the tool along that object, and now for a little magic, go to Image>Rotate Canvas>Arbritary, et voilá, the number that appear in the degrees box is the number of the degrees that you need to put your photo straight, just click OK and that’s it! Now, go and try
ncorreia said this on June 27th, 2007 at 8:39 pm