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Sacrifice Altar - Toti Calò
Ok folks, I guess you've had enough people/street photography from me. All the pictures in this folder have been used for a travel exhibition I did on the last winter (2000/1) throughout Italy with the sponsorship of several Architecture Universities (Venice, Genoa, Turin, Ascoli, Rome, Naples, Palermo); all of them are available in large format prints and up to 100x140 cm (sorry for the commercial plug-in). They all describe sites which do really exist (of course) though the names I use here are not the original ones; they belong to the ancient heritage of the region where I live, Apulia, situated in the farthermost south-eastern appendix of Italy; particularly they are dolmens and menhirs dating back to the stone age, and towers and castles built during the XVI century to protect the land against the pirates' attack. They were all colour slides I post-processed with a digital-darkroom technique which I developed myself and wouldn't reveal not even under torture. Most of them have been already published in some books of mine (particularly in "Stones - Megalithic Achitectures", 1999, ISBN 88-7261-152-0) as colour pictures.
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| Lens: | Carl Zeiss Hologon 16mm f/8 |
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| Posted: | 12-Nov-2001 |
Rating: 8.62 (37 ratings)
Comments
I love it
The mood of this photo gives me a creepy feeling. Nicely done!
Jon Huang 12-Nov-2001 at 21:21Very nice
Like the infra-red effect - encourages me to try and play with the real thing in my G!
Vish Vishvanath 13-Nov-2001 at 04:18Toti
... this whole series of pictures are just excellent.
Knut Skjærven 13-Nov-2001 at 08:21A fave
Love the perspective in this one and the detail.
Charez Golvala 13-Nov-2001 at 11:25as vish
for me its like infra red...occasionnaly why not but not all the time...its boring. i will prefer same shot with ekta or b/w.
B. olli 14-Nov-2001 at 08:59Infra-red?
I, too, see an infrared-like look. Now I want to see the original in color (guess I'll have to buy the book)!
Christopher Chen 14-Nov-2001 at 11:35Just spectular!
ManOMan, what a photo!
George Shadoan 14-Nov-2001 at 15:18Eccezionale!
Spooky shot. Must look at some of your other now too.
James Symington 15-Nov-2001 at 08:12Contrast and perspective
Contrast between smooth and coarse, black and white, and all in good composition and perspective. Excellent! Myrra
Myrra 16-Nov-2001 at 01:30Incredible Mood
great fit between subject and image mood, extremely well realized idea.
Gregg Humphrey 24-Apr-2003 at 19:46oh
I am long time photoshop user. I just hate the photographs postprocessed with photoshop in such a childish manner. It is just kitsch, not a photography.
Klemen Gabrijelcic 07-Jul-2003 at 02:05wonderous image
the scene ozzes with mood and the post processing results are strong.
Ed Ng 08-Jul-2003 at 05:20Too artificial effect
The tree looks like an alien in the scene. The border between the tree and background is very unnatural. Where did you get the tree which has unnatural leaves like those?
Sunnyjun Jo 25-Feb-2004 at 06:03wonderful
Amazing, wonderful shot.
Daniele Esposito 19-May-2004 at 04:30Sacrifice Alter
This is like an IR image. Love to get my hands on your processing details.
Keefo 25-Jun-2005 at 08:26No, not infrared
Hello Keith, no, not infrared (and not a Contax G user anymore, BTW) but, if you're interested in this technique, maybe you'd like to take a look here: http://www.thgpictures.com The site is still a W.I.P. (most "rooms" are still empty) but you'll find more there, particularly in the FAQ. Ciao!
Toti Calò 25-Jun-2005 at 09:05none
Thanks Toti. I have bookmarked the site and will take a closer look. Sorry to hear you no longer use the Contax G, but if I had the money, I would probably use a Leica M7.
Keefo 28-Jun-2005 at 04:47Maybe I'm missing something here? Looks like a poor photoshop job
Ibbi 22-Jul-2008 at 18:35This look more like digital art rather than photography, hence I feel I can not support it here.
[Unknown] 05-Jun-2010 at 14:14