No, don’t get me wrong, I’m not referring to the end of the world, just to the end of a summer day at the beach of Camogli on the Italian Riviera.
As a series of thunderstorms passed overhead Nuremberg today, I thought I post this one from the archives.
Camogli is an Italian beach paradise in Liguria, just a few miles east of Genoa, and just over the hill from Portofino, which was subject to yesterday’s post.
The photo was shot with the Olympus OM-D E-M5 with the mZuiko 14-150mm F/4.0-5.6 travel zoom. The RAW was shot at 1/320 sec f/9 and ISO200 at the wide end of the focal range. I converted the RAW (that actually looked quite dull) to B&W in Lightroom. I opened up the shadows, increased clarity, played with graduation curves and increased the reds and oranges in the image, bringing out the detail in the buildings. To finish of I sharpened the image, introduced a bit of grain and added a vignette.
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Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Marcus
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Very nice Marcus!
Thanks, Kirk, very much appreciated! Marcus
I think the title fits the photo well. 🙂 Lightroom is on my list to add and learn over the summer. I think it will add an entirely new dimension to my learning to convey my photographic vision. I hope that you are having a wonderful week. -Amy
Thanks, Amy, much appreciated. Lightroom will bring a complete new dimension to your photography! This is the same fun when taking the picture all over again. I had a great week in Cairo and Budapest, are back home safely and look forward to a four day weekend. I’m having a great week 😉 ! I hope you too! Marcus
The black and white mixed with the old architecture gives it a hauntingly beautiful flair.
Thanks :-)!
very nice photo: captures the mood and both the b&w as well as the architecture give back the feeling of a ‘end of the world’ situation. Curious as why you added grain….: I do it myself sometimes but want to know why you do it!
Thanks, Ruggero, really appreciate your comment! As to adding grain…typically I don’t do it. Sometimes I do it out of a sentiment. I did a lot of analogue photography when I was young so I’m totally used to having grain in photos, depending on the films used. Sometimes I feel a photo needs/deserves some grain. A reminiscent of the old days. Purely emotional. Buon finesettmana! Marcus
I am asking about the grain because I changed my mind through the years: started aiming at very polished look, low iso and de-noise filters then moved to more ‘noisy’ style which , to me, give a better feeling of street photography. Keep up the good job Marcus and have fun!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts 😊🙏!
Beautiful! I’m looking for the end of the rain showers down here in Miami. 😂
Thanks! Hope you have a dry and sunny weekend! Marcus
Lovely landscape!
Thanks 🙂 !
I love the composition in the shot of the clouds against the water…beautiful Marcus!
Thanks, Elizabeth, I wish you a cloudless weekend 🙂 !
We love Camogli. Certainly understand “The End is Near”.
Thanks so much for commenting 🙂 !Marcus
Looking at this picture, I feel colors would have added to this picture. Just my personal thoughts, Marcus 🙂
Highly appreciated, Arv! The great thing about photography is that we are free to express what we see 🙂 ! I have so many beautiful color pictures of Camogli (will do a full post about the town), in this case the colors were so subdued that I didn’t like them at all. I thought the gloomy clouds were impressive, and I saw the photo in black and white when I took it! Marcus
Marcus we all have our own preferences which is OK… I’m sure you are better judge for this picture 😃