Wings Upon Laputa

Photography \ Nature | 12/14/05 @798 | robertmekis | critiques (33) | views (2702)

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Rock castle Sloup
[: pillar]

The castle was built probably at the end of the 13th century on a lonely inaccessible rock massive. The castle was almost impregnable because on one side it was protected by a row of ponds along the rock massive. However, the castle was conquered in the 15th century and left desolate. From the medieval structures remain only those parts carved into the rock. In 1680 the castle was inhabited by hermits who carried out some adaptations. The mysterious labyrinth of passages and rooms carved into the rock present the greatest attraction of this place.

Location: Castle Sloup near Ceska Lipa, Liberecky kraj, CZ
Date: JUNE 9-th 2005, 19:40
Light conditions: Cloudy

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Panorama: 4 vertical pieces
Camera:Canon EOS 300D (Digital Rebel, Digital Kiss)
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55 / F3.5-5.6 (SET)
Flash: --
Flash mode: --
Shutter speed: 1/6 sec.
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Focal length: 18 mm
35mm equivalent: 29 mm
Tripod: Manfrotto 055 PRO B
Head: Manfrotto 329 RC 4

Filters:
Cokin Circular Polarizer (Gray) A164
Cokin Graduated Gray (neutral) A121

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Almost-Human

12/14/05 @807

Robert.. When it comes to amazing locations and having the eye, expertise and skill to capture them you are truly only surpassed by me ! lol

Great image, one question, you used a two filters the Grad gray was used on the sky and I assume you darkened the water in the forground to balance the top and bottom out? A polarizer on its own would not have done that.

A problem I have had using grads is if items in the picture stick up into the Grad area... as in the trees on top of the main subject, What I wanted to ask is why you use a grad at all instead of controlling the sky in photoshop?

Amazing detail, Well done and I love when you post work...

10+

Slapo

12/14/05 @820

I guess you won't believe me, but I've seen 'Laputa - Castle in the Sky' just today. Yeah, it's a weird coincidence...
those clouds look almost like they were vectorized
great as usual

EDIT: yep, Studio Ghibli's stuff is really nice, usually

Byonder

12/14/05 @830

Fastastic work! Remsan might say the strong horizontal cuts the composition in half, but it doesn't bother me

emarts

12/14/05 @831

Beautiful as usual, Robert. I think though it's just a bit too dark.

Katea

12/14/05 @836

It's so beautiful - the castle the reflection. Great job

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nod423

12/14/05 @848

As always

MY MAX!!!

SudnDeath

12/14/05 @851

great as always +10

Repercutir

12/14/05 @862

oh so very cool... my imagination is spinning!! whoa! it looks so dreamlike, so beautiful!!! awesome awesome... ^^

RobertVovk

12/14/05 @872

Eh, this is great. Great colors, sharpness and taken with kit lens

BigD2000

12/14/05 @901

this is great and everything....but ive seen it before.... the exact same picture... i swear ive seen it ...somethings up either ur posting the same artwork again hopping to get more votes or wateva but ive seen this before...

Tavan

12/14/05 @928

this is great!

i wanna be there!

WhiteShadow

12/14/05 @929

5 estrelas!

patrix77

12/14/05 @930

i haven't seen this before... and if i had it's beautiful enough to watch it again and again and again, you're magician and master of photography, i believe that you can make something incredible beautiful from nothing

robertmekis

12/14/05 @948

Thank you for visit and for comments!

Almost-Human: the polarizer was set in the angle to block out the reflection from the water surface while sky remained unchanged.
That was the reason why the grad filter was so necessary for exposure correction. Without usage of it the sky would be horribly overburned. With dark water underneath.

Yes, trees on the top of the rock are darker, but for me it isn't problem at all. Darker top and the bottom of the photo helped to focus interrest directly to the objects underneath the rock.

Byonder: as I said many times before, composition rules aren't a dogma. Placing horizon to one third doesn't have much sence here, unless there would be some object in the foreground. Like grass, tree or drowned knight in the pond

BigD2000: this is the sequel. The first one is still somewhere in my portfolio. Faux-pas eh ?

Slapo

12/14/05 @952

question, why two gray filters?
and watch that unsharp mask, there's a slight glow around the top of the dominating rock

Almost-Human

12/14/05 @992

One gray filter Slapo.. in the sky..
I get what you are saying, I I see its a stiched multi shot.. so two exposures at different values for the foreground and the sky was not an option..
The darkness at the top tree line reminds me of vignetting. So the only thing that made the bottom area dark was the polariser? ?
I have a box of those filters.... in fact I think I have most of the Cokin A catalogue ! anyone fance a rainbow filter??? lol Good work.... hence 10+

eowyn

12/15/05 @130

the reflection on the water, almost like a dream

beatrizmatar

12/15/05 @201

Just beautiful¡¡¡¡+10

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Notter

12/15/05 @213

Wow!

tetbautista

12/15/05 @367

that's y u're one of my favorite photographer here Robert!

good work!

moserArtist

12/15/05 @476

The magic man - The landscape Master - Wow!!!

Thanks Robert for sharing your artworks and your skills with us.

+10

Angeloonie

12/15/05 @729

Awesome reflection, awesome colours, awesome sharpness.

Very very good!

Chango

12/15/05 @847

Awesome
Big fan of your work!

Absolute-naut

12/16/05 @318

wonderful, I love your photos from Czech r. I like mainly colors and sharpness with great details. Reflection is very good looks like mirror. + qualitty bourder + top mark of course

natnai

12/16/05 @655

Great work! Btw, where's the panorama tutorial we all want to read? Rofl, nice work Robert.

MeJayne

12/17/05 @303

Wow...another beautiful picture from you. I'm beginning to wonder if you do anything badly!

MeJayne

12/17/05 @303

Sorry, double post

It's such a good picture, it's worth double comments though! lol

Dax

12/17/05 @494

Love how you've focused the attention in the center thanks of the light/filter!

ThruMyEyez

12/17/05 @929

Good work as always Robert. Nothing to critique here.

LVdesign

12/18/05 @396

beautiful.

Miroonn

01/08/06 @628

Great

X-plorer

01/24/06 @714

Very nice! I only have one critic and that is that the reflection differs a bit from the sky but who cares if a photo looks this good...

denzmixed

01/31/06 @749

too great to be seen. full score!

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Wings Upon Laputa

Photography \ Nature | 12/14/05 @798 | robertmekis | critiques (33) | views (2702)

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