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the eye of the night
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the eye of the night

by Mario Pappalardo

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted November 3, 2009180 views6 comments
A lighthouse placed in one of the most spectacular cliff in the south of Sicily(Siracusa).

Canon 5DM2 17-40/4L @ 22mm 13s F13 ISO 100 GND 0.9

Comments welcome.

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by David Schwaegler on November 3, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Beautiful image. The light on the rock reveals its wonderful rough texture.
Registered on December 4, 2003, 232 Posts, 1652 Comments
Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on November 3, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Very nice Mario. I like the composition with that triangle at the bottom pointing towards the lighthouse. Nicely processed as well, very natural looking except for one very, very minor thing I notice on that nicely illuminated rock on the right. The top edge of that rock is darker then the rest, maybe that is how it was, but I suspect it may be your GND filter that caused this. Either way, it just caught my eye and I would have liked to see the color matching the reast of that rock.
Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments
Comment posted by Mario Pappalardo on November 3, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Thanks to all for the comments!
@Vincent Grafhorst: Vincent you are right, the gnd creates the darkened part, I should try to fix it dodging this part.
Registered on October 14, 2009, 18 Posts, 61 Comments
Comment posted by Eva McDermott on November 3, 2009 at 9:23 PM
I like the light here Mario and the textures on the rocks. Nice work.
Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on November 4, 2009 at 6:52 PM
The glow in the lighthouse light combined with the yellow glow on the right fg rock seems to me to be the essence of this image. The sky is lovely, as is the texture in the rocks. It's the extent of rock on the left side that I feel indifferent about whether it was there or not. IMO, the "power shot" is a square image of the right side. I hope that makes sense? In any case, this is well done, too, as is.
Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments
Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on November 5, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Very nicely done, Mario. Wonderfully composed, with excellent detail and texture in the rocks. :toast:
Kathy
Registered on November 1, 2003, 211 Posts, 1471 Comments