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PhilipMatthews — Missing those days by-nc-nd

Published: 2008-11-15 16:31:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 2544; Favourites: 109; Downloads: 82
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Description This is an old photo I´ve taken in Alentejo - Portugal.

I was looking at some old photos I´ve stored in my external hard drive, and I found this one.. I liked it very much, and cant´t figured out why I didn´t selected this before..

It made me remember one of my first favs here on DA a couple of years ago. A photo from `gilad [link] Indeed a great inspiration.

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Technique:

Not much to say in this field, just point and shoot. I think I´ve used an ND2 filter in this one. Tried out many different angles, and this is one of my favorites. If you remember I´ve uploaded another photo of this tree and location many months before calling it "Portugal Enchantments II"
It was a very beautiful place, and that short moment was indeed one of my bests @ taking photos.

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Post-processing:
Used PSCS4 to: Levels, contrast, saturation, Unsharp mask, and used selective color, to make the sky a bit more blue, because at that hour, it was a bit more pinkish. Finally I´ve resize it, sharpened to web upload and watermark tittle.
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Comments: 63

AndyMumford In reply to ??? [2008-11-19 10:48:11 +0000 UTC]

There's so much of Alentejo I want to explore...I'm hoping to spend a little more time there between February and April next year...I have some places there that I want to shoot in better light when the fields are greener.
Serra da Estrela must be really nice...I've never been. This December I'm going to Granada, and hopefully we'll get up to Sierra Nevada for a day...not sure if there'll be snow that early in the winter though. Also, I'm hoping to see the Pueblos Brancos in the hills of Andalucia...maybe there won't be snow, but I'm hoping for morning frost

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PhilipMatthews In reply to AndyMumford [2008-11-19 15:07:01 +0000 UTC]

My girlfriend went to Granada for about 6 months last year to study. By the photos she brought it seems a great place, and with Sierra Nevada as a neighbor, better take all your gear with you

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Anyry [2008-11-15 18:29:08 +0000 UTC]

Viva o Alentejoooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! weeeeeeeeeee

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PhilipMatthews In reply to Anyry [2008-11-18 21:40:22 +0000 UTC]

Viva mesmo... so lá fui uma vez tirar fotos e trouxe registos que gostei bastante..estou a espera que os 1ºs dias de primavera ou mesmo os ultimos de Inverno cheguem para lá voltar e apanhar tudo verdinho de novo

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Anyry In reply to PhilipMatthews [2008-11-18 21:58:43 +0000 UTC]

Sim... a primavera é linda lá! Mas olha q na altura da ceifa, qd agrupam os farros d palha..., tb tem uma beleza mt peculiar!

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Swt-Team [2008-11-15 17:36:33 +0000 UTC]

LOOVE THE Perspective AnD THE FOCUS!!

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PhilipMatthews In reply to Swt-Team [2008-11-18 21:40:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so so much dear friend

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Swt-Team In reply to PhilipMatthews [2008-11-23 11:09:18 +0000 UTC]

no prob

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Kaminfreunde In reply to ??? [2008-11-15 16:54:49 +0000 UTC]

Prefiro as cores da tua foto.

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PhilipMatthews In reply to Kaminfreunde [2008-11-18 21:41:52 +0000 UTC]

Obrigado amigo.. as cores em si estão menos "tratadas" que as dele sim.. ele optou por uma pós edição mais acentuada.. mas aquela foto está sem dúvida espectacular.. o local é muito fixe.

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Misantropia In reply to ??? [2008-11-15 16:33:17 +0000 UTC]

Nice depth-of-field.
Great colors.
Pretty good perspective.

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PhilipMatthews In reply to Misantropia [2008-11-18 21:42:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so so much dear friend

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