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Some pictures from Rocamadour, France...

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Two months ago I was on vacation in Limoges, France. After my visit and taking a lot of pictures in Oradour sur Glane (the place of horror), my next trip was going 150km more to the south of France. I found a nice hotel in Rocamadour. Here are some pictures of the little nice place and the environment.
RAW processing was done with NX2, then color efex pro soft focus and glow. At the end burning and dodging with CS4. Final step a bit of unsharp mask.

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And now I am recording the game between Kim and Steffi for a friend and his lovely wife.

Thanks for looking and greetings,
Rudy.
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Absolutely gorgeous location and some fine picture taking. I have to say I find the post processing makes the shots a little dismal to my eye. I'm not trying to be rude and obviously it's a difference in tastes but they look to me like I think they would look if I had cataracts. I would appreciate seeing the fifth picture presented relatively straight if you see what I mean. It's certainly somewhere I would love to visit.
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Hello Brian,

Thanks for the reply. I must agree for the fifth picture. It´s something new I was trying so I like the comment a lot. I´m a doctor so I know a lot about cataract and I hope you never get it.
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I have a similar reaction about the processing here. In this case, it gives a little bit of a "sad" impression, while in reality, the region is full of colors under the bright sun, and should radiate more joy, colors... but of course this is a matter of taste and I respect your choice...
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Hello Guy,

That´s exactly what I wanted to do here. I don´t like the overbrighting of the colors by the sun, so I wanted to eliminate them. It was a kind of experiment. This is no HDR. RAW processing was done with NX2, then color efex pro soft focus and glow. At the end burning and dodging with CS4. Final step a bit of unsharp mask.

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Rudy
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DrDusslierR wrote:Hello Brian,

Thanks for the reply. I must agree for the fifth picture. It´s something new I was trying so I like the comment a lot. I´m a doctor so I know a lot about cataract and I hope you never get it.
Greetings, Rudy
Thanks for taking it in the spirit. My mother had cataracts and her description was that everything looked dismal and dirty and lacked colour. After she had them done she said that she was amazed at how clean the house was!
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Thanks for these pics giving a very good idea of the spirit staying in Rocamadour
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I like the dreamy effects you somehow achieved here! The exposures are great and nicely done for this style. Keep it up and I look forward to seeing more!
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Wonderful Rudy...

Post by Duplo »

Now it may just be me, but as i have never been on location I have no feel of how it may look in reality and you shots really got to me.

I think the processing fits the subject very well and makes for a dreamy slightly unreal effect.

Thanks for putting these up, they really look excellent to me.
Thomas
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Thanks a lot for the comment. It´s what I wanted to do: to become a dream-like effect because the place is so beautiful. In another topic I posted them with the normal postprocessing. I think it´s a matter of taste...
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