château de Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux, 1er novembre 2007

The Battle Painter, on November 6, 2007, said:

Passi il tempo a rovesciare le foto...:-)

Bello così, un castello di favola che si sta materializzando mentre lo guardiamo, tra un attimo diventerà solido e reale.

Ciao, TBP

Armagnac, on November 6, 2007, said:

hai ragione, farei meglio a lavorare...

The Battle Painter, on November 6, 2007, said:

Naah, per lavorare c'è sempre tempo, meglio fare foto e scolarsi del buon vino...

Vincenzo Surace, on November 7, 2007, said:

Mi sembra che il tuo viaggio per l ponte di Ognissanti è stato molto più proficuo di come ti lamentavi: ottime bevute... e pure la torta non sembra cattiva! Scherzi a parte questa foto con un bel sole, lontano dalle albe gelide, ncuriosisce molto e sono sicuro che tutti l'abbiamo ingrandita. Auguri per la/il festeggiata/o. Vincenzo

matkustava_kissa, on November 7, 2007, said:

very very beautiful! but this looks strange anyway - are this mirrorings of 2 pics built into one? crazy! at a first look, it looks so real, and then it turns out to be a masterwork with gimp/photoshop/something else. cool! yellow star!!

Armagnac, on November 7, 2007, said:

hiya matkustava_kissa ! thanks a lot for visiting and commenting. well on that pic, you could have been right if I only knew where to find these progs for free (actually I never looked for them, maybe I should) and then if I knew how to use them ! (I guess it's not that hard. And to prove what I say, look at the original pic, not re-composed

cheers from Angers, France. Armagnac / Pommard

PS : I hope you won't be disappointed enough to take off your yellow star ! ;-)

Vincenzo Surace, on November 7, 2007, said:

Ciao Armagnac, per cominciare prova con Photomatix, nella versione basic lo scarichi freeware, me loha consigliato Bernargg, che però usa la versione Pro. Bernargg mi ha consigliato pure di usare un cavalletto speciale: a tripod with matricial measuring. Io ho provato a chiedere al mio se lui è così ma mi pare che se ne sia risentito, così cercherò di sapere di che si tratta per altre vie. Comunque credo che senza un cavalletto del genere non verranno mai fuori delle foto del genere. Buon lavoro :) Vincenzo

The Battle Painter, on November 7, 2007, said:

Ciao Vincenzo e Armagnac,

per il matricial, vuol dire semplicemente che ha la testa graduata per tutti i movimenti e relative bolle di livello. Ce ne sono di bellissimi (vedi Manfrotto), Una testa può arrivare a costare il doppio o il triplo della mia camera, ma sono professional e fanno tanto cool. :-)

Il mio vecchio e affezionato treppiede funziona altrettanto bene.

Per il SW, il problema di Photomatix free è che ti piazza un bel watermark in un posto qualunque della foto, per cui va bene solo per valutare se acquistarlo o meno. Quando mi serve uso Photomatix pro, ma ormai sia Photo Paint CS3 che Paint Shop Pro ultima versione ce l'hanno embebbed.

Poi, sia questa, che questa e questa sono state realizzate a mano libera o con appoggi di fortuna con forcelle di soli due o tre scatti.

Conclusioni (mie personali): l'HDRI è un bel giocattolo e qualche volta è veramente utile, basta non farsi prendere la mano. In più amplia il ventaglio delle possibilità espressive, ma richiede un sacco di cura e controllo che, personalmente, so di non possedere.

Ciao, TBP

TBP

matkustava_kissa, on November 7, 2007, said:

no, no, I'm not at all disappointed (well, maybe about myself, as I didn't see it at first). about the programs: I always use the gimp. it is a free open source program, you can find it at gimp.org

Armagnac, on November 8, 2007, said:

hi Mrs BnP ! of course France isn't as huge as the USA can be, our speed limits are not as low as yours, and between my place and these the roads are quite horizontal, no big montains around : therefore it doesn't take that much time !

Armagnac, on November 8, 2007, said:

Vincenzo, Stefano and Matkustava_Kissa, thanks a lot for the tips, I will probably try some of them, anche se non ho capito tutto a prima lettura ! cheers, armagnac

PeSchn, on November 11, 2007, said:

:-D, you could never work as a traffic policeman... I personally would anyway prefer the "prohibited" one, or will I get a new fine now...? ;-)) Greetings, Peter

© alfredschaffer, on November 12, 2007, said:

This castle half hidden behind the trees looks anything mysterious! Nice!

Greetings alfred

©junebug, on November 13, 2007, said:

Cette photo me plaît beaucoup, armagnac! Le reflet est très joli, et c'est une bonne idée de tourner la photo! Amitiés, Anne

Armagnac, on November 13, 2007, said:

Alfred, the place is actually a little mysterious ! Anne, merci beaucoup de ton compliment, Küsschen !

mossip, on November 25, 2007, said:

Beautiful Armagnac -mossip

WorldVision, on November 27, 2007, said:

Beautiful reflection, Armagnac!

Great idea to make the picture on this way!!

Cheers,

Worldvision

♫ Swissmay, on December 4, 2007, said:

Very beautiful photo, Armagnac! Great idea! :)

Amitiés, May

Armagnac, on December 4, 2007, said:

mossip, Worldvision, May thank you all, very kind of you. the castle is quite in a bad shape and it would be useful to restore it... but the current owner lacks money, if not good will and energy ; we came out of the visiting season, he saw us prowling around and instead of letting his huge dog (wolf ? tiger ?) eat us, he warmly welcomed us and we even had a short visit, for free, just because he was glad to show his place.

Armagnac, on January 5, 2008, said:

thanks a lot mickado, that's quite a compliment !

Armagnac, on January 5, 2008, said:

Yes it is ! thanks a lot for the star. cheers from France :)

Epi F.Villanueva, on February 10, 2008, said:

Tres jolie. Saludos. Epi

Armagnac, on February 10, 2008, said:

merci Epi !

Herr Sonstiges, on February 15, 2008, said:

A wonderful relfection picture!

Greetings!

H.S.

Armagnac, on February 15, 2008, said:

Herr Sonstiges, merci beaucoup !

Armagnac, on March 13, 2008, said:

Eduardo, merci beaucoup !

yo-rafael, on March 16, 2008, said:

Es de una gran belleza. Felicidades.

Saludos, Rafael

Il(Elle) est d'une grande beauté. Un bonheur.

Des saluts, Raphaël

Armagnac, on March 16, 2008, said:

merci beaucoup Raphaël !

Valeri Fortuna, on April 22, said:

Спасибо! Thanks. I voted!

Armagnac, on April 22, said:

merci Valeri :)

Michael Braxenthaler, on April 25, said:

Reflections don't get any better than this. Fantastic! That's another Y*.

Epi F.Villanueva, on April 25, said:

Belle foto. Saludos depuis l'Espagne. Epi

Luud Riphagen, on May 25, said:

DON’T CLICK but DELETE

Armagnac, on May 25, said:

ok Ludd. thanks :)

Rodríguez Prati, on June 6, said:

Incredible reflections! I first thought it was intentionally pixelated, great work

Armagnac, on June 6, said:

hehe Edmundo :)

MaryKnapp, on June 17, said:

Quelle illusion!

Armagnac, on June 17, said:

n'est-ce pas Mary :)

Merci de ton aimable visite, Armagnac.

Armagnac, on September 7, said:

caro Vincenzo grazie di questa *G nascosta :)

Olga Yakovenko, 8 days ago, said:

Une vieille puissance!

Armagnac, 8 days ago, said:

many thanks Michael D !