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Erechtheion


Erechtheion
Photo Information
Copyright: Frank De Cock (Dingo) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3252 W: 375 N: 2704] (11620)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-11
Categories: Architecture, Nocturnal
Camera: Canon EOS350D/Digital Rebel XT, Tamron 18-200/3.5-6.3 AF XR DI-II LD IF, @ ISO 200
Exposure: f/10.0, 1 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Mini TL meet in Greece, May 2008, Dingo's night / evening photography, My photos >= 30 and < 40 points [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-06-21 2:46
Viewed: 350
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
On Sunday evening we met up with Vassilis, Tanya, Con, Eleni and Ilianna for a nice dinner and some night photography afterwards.

This is a view on the Erechtheion, on the northside of the Akropolis. From this PoV, the well-known statues of the Karyatides are on the backside of the building.

Another crop from this PoV can be found in the ws section.

I had some trouble finding the tripod coupling plate which I had removed from the camera earlier that morning... I had just put it in a different compartment than usual, which shows that sometimes I can be quite a chaotic person ☺^☺.

Tech talk

Preprocessing

Of course I used a tripod.

Settings: manual. Don't trust your camera's speed/aperture settings in night photography. See what the camera suggests, then use half the speed and/or stop down the aperture.

Postprocessing

Crop close around the Erechtheion to show more detail.

Adjustment layers for slight tweaks in levels and curves.

Downsized for TL, framed and signed.


I'll be on TL irregularly this week-end.
bucanas, vandana2923, josediogo1958, vsinopoulos, wilth, azaf1, Urfaust, Hendrika, sorinabal, mbrito, Hormon_Manyer has marked this note useful
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Great ancient structure. Captured well Frank. I'm tempted to cropped the black sky a little bit, but I'm sure you are happy with it. My respect to your work, co artist.
Dennis

Beautiful composition and very good light Frank.
Ralf

Hello Frank,
Beautiful pov and light.
Excellent details, and I like this crop from the big one :D
Vandana

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  • Romeu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 286 W: 0 N: 155] (1411)
  • [2008-06-21 5:51]

Hi Frank,

love this image! Great light, beautiful work.

Congratulations,
Romeu

Hello Frank
Great nocturnal architectural mood.Great colours and lightning.
Superb details.
Friendly greetings
J.Diogo

Hi Frank,

Wonderful night shot of the Erechthion, very well exposed, excellent detail, nice tight composition and nicely presented.
Each of your pictures are bringing back memories of the great time we had.
TFS,
Greetings to all,
Vassilis

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  • Beger Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3046 W: 568 N: 3412] (15123)
  • [2008-06-22 14:09]

Bonjour Frank,
Quel superbe endroit!
J'aime beaucoup la luminosité et la précision des détails que tu as obtenus! Bravo et merci pour le conseil fort judicieux ŕ propos du réglage de l'appareil pour une photo de nuit.
Bonne semaine! Annie

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  • wilth Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 269 W: 36 N: 372] (1434)
  • [2008-06-22 18:39]

Hi Frank,
Very nice night shot, very well done on the lighting, along with very helpful notes on the experience.
The crop here is very effective and the whole image has a very interesting, almost ghostly, quality to it.
Well done,
TFS,
Wilt

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  • azaf1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 574 W: 50 N: 653] (4074)
  • [2008-06-22 22:10]

Hi Frank
I really like this compo. Mainly the contrast between the illuminated antquities and the dark skay that create two fifferent but complementary units, nicely dividing the frame in two.
I just like it
TFS and have a great week
Argiris

well Frank, my really compliments for the compo!! nice and effective with this classical subject taken at night.. and full of atmosfere!.. It's nice also the WS.. great job.. and really thanks for sharing!!
ciao Marco

Hi Frank,
This is really beautiful,excellent night shot..
I like it,wonderful job Frank...

CM

Thanks for the kind words on "Insect S1".

Aha Frank, nou begrijp ik de crop, want die in de WS is als compositie ook erg aantrekkelijk.

Als het even kan blijft het koppelstuk voor mijn statief altijd aan mijn camera anders loop ik ook zo te rommelen in mijn camera tas die ook nog als handtas moet fungeren - ik dacht dat alleen vrouwen daar last van hadden ^-^.
Heel mooie compositie van Athene-by-night.

TFS
Els

Hello Frank,

Very good night shot with excellent clarity of details of this famous temple. Also very well composed. TFS
Best regards,
Sorina

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  • Fons Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1514 W: 1 N: 131] (11741)
  • [2008-06-24 0:25]

Wie zoekt Dingo in Griekenland!!
wat een prachtige reeks foto's.
Heerlijke belichting bij die oprijzende ruines

Fantastic light and sharpness, and a great composition.
Superb work, Congrats, mb
: ltr

Hi Frank,
I love the striking contrast of the building. It is making the building more prominent with a dark background. Great details and clarity as well.
Regards,
Ramdan
:) later

Hoi Frank,
Missed this one, sorry. It shows a wonderful view of this ancient building. The light is superb an excellent nocturnal image. You handled the contrast perfect. Looking at this picture it's like I'm in ancient Greece.
Hans

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3184 W: 224 N: 6865] (27221)
  • [2008-06-29 20:00]

I see DINGO was here too - more graffiti???? That Dingo seemed to follow you around the Greek Isles.
Good to see these historical places that we hear about. It is nicely lit up Frank, and well done with the tripod.
Cheers
Janice

Sorry Frank ...
( indien ik dit niet verander geraak ik nooit in de hemel ...)
maar dit werk niet voor mij.

Op het eerste gezicht is dit een prachtige plaat.
Maar ik schrijf " Critique " :-)

Deel de foto horizontaal in twee en dan zie ik dat
de bovenkant er nogal eenzijdig zwart uitkomt.
Dat vind ik, op mijn manier, " spijtig " :
het draagt niets bij tot de foto.

De " ingewanden " van het Erection
( een poging om niet-Latinisten het ook te laten onthouden )
zijn voor mij overbelicht.
Daar mag voor mijn part wat meer detail in te zien zijn.
De " uitstraling " gaat hetzelfde wezen : je zit toch met een
pekke-zwarte achtergrond.

Prachtig hoe die oude Grieken al konden voorspellen
dat er ooit een " Dingo " hen zou bezoeken.
Daarom hebben ze alvast die naam in de stenen willen vereeuwigen.
Naar het schijnt zijn daar verschillende slachtoffers gevallen. Door ongeval, maar ook omdat ze de " D " en de " G " niet correct hadden gebeiteld.


Just my " 2 dollar "
( ik ga mee met de inflatie )

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I'll be on TL irregulary the comming years

Hi Frank,
While seeing Your photos I just started to realize how much I lost not being here on TL regularly this year (due to lack of sparetime. Maybe You remember me a bit)... Man, this is one of the most fantastic night shots I've ever seen. Wonderful lights (without OE at all... congratulations!), details on the building (You were right about cropping the original shot) and the sky simply seems like a fine black carpet. Your sign's also like belonging to the building and was placed pretty carefully.
An absolute masterpiece. Bravo bravissimo.
Best regards from Hungary, László

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