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A panorama view of S. Carlo Square, Turin, decorated with the suggestive "The kingdom of flowers" (Il regno dei fiori) light installation by Nicola De Maria. For a closeup of a "flower", please see Turin - 17 ; for more information about the square, see Turin - 16 .

In the middle of the square, the photographs of an open air photo exhibition are visible with some detail.

This panorama image is made up of eight poses (taken in "portrait" orientation). For each pose, five shots were taken, each at a different exposure. Each series of five shots was postprocessed both in HDR (High Dynamic Range) and DRI (Dynamic Range Increment) mode, thus obtaining two distinct images. The HDR and DRI images from each series were then merged: this allowed to get a single picture for each series, holding the maximum light dynamic range without losing the natural feeling of colors and contrast. Finally, the eight resulting images were stitched together in order to obtain the complete view of the square: it covers a visual angle of about 200 degrees.

The original panorama image is about 14,000 x 2,400 px and shows an interesting amount of details . For example, the subjects of the photographs in the square are clearly visible and you can almost count the lamps of a Christmas light that surrounds the door and windows of a store under the portico, behind the rightmost photographs.

Winner of Shutter-Vision 's Night photography contest , dec. '08 - jan '09.

Full view recommended. Thanks for viewing.

Eighteenth image in my "Turin " series. Please see the complete series .

Where did I take the picture from? www.google.it/maps/@45.0676621…

Description
A panorama view of S. Carlo Square, Turin, decorated with the suggestive "The kingdom of flowers" (Il regno dei fiori) light installation by Nicola De Maria. For a closeup of a "flower", please see Turin - 17 ; for more information about the square, see Turin - 16 .

In the middle of the square, the photographs of an open air photo exhibition are visible with some detail.

This panorama image is made up of eight poses (taken in "portrait" orientation). For each pose, five shots were taken, each at a different exposure. Each series of five shots was postprocessed both in HDR (High Dynamic Range) and DRI (Dynamic Range Increment) mode, thus obtaining two distinct images. The HDR and DRI images from each series were then merged: this allowed to get a single picture for each series, holding the maximum light dynamic range without losing the natural feeling of colors and contrast. Finally, the eight resulting images were stitched together in order to obtain the complete view of the square: it covers a visual angle of about 200 degrees.

The original panorama image is about 14,000 x 2,400 px and shows an interesting amount of details . For example, the subjects of the photographs in the square are clearly visible and you can almost count the lamps of a Christmas light that surrounds the door and windows of a store under the portico, behind the rightmost photographs.

Winner of Shutter-Vision 's Night photography contest , dec. '08 - jan '09.

Full view recommended. Thanks for viewing.

Eighteenth image in my "Turin " series. Please see the complete series .

Where did I take the picture from? www.google.it/maps/@45.0676621…