Comments on: Palacio de Cristal, Retiro Park, Madrid http://www.notesfromspain.com/2010/02/08/palacio-de-cristal-retiro-park-madrid/ Podcasts and comment on travel, tapas, learning Spanish and living in Spain, plus beautiful Spain photos. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:00:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Julie http://www.notesfromspain.com/2010/02/08/palacio-de-cristal-retiro-park-madrid/comment-page-1/#comment-135483 Julie Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:30:26 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1556#comment-135483 Pretty. Oh, I miss it. Pretty. Oh, I miss it.

]]> By: Ben Curtis http://www.notesfromspain.com/2010/02/08/palacio-de-cristal-retiro-park-madrid/comment-page-1/#comment-135471 Ben Curtis Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:58:57 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1556#comment-135471 Great pictures Geoff, I love your Malaga one! I might just try that too! Great pictures Geoff, I love your Malaga one! I might just try that too!

]]> By: Geoff Harrison http://www.notesfromspain.com/2010/02/08/palacio-de-cristal-retiro-park-madrid/comment-page-1/#comment-135466 Geoff Harrison Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:03:13 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1556#comment-135466 @Ben While you're experimenting with multi-exposure photography, why not have a bash at creating panoramas with photo stitching software (which also incorprate HDR)? The results can be quite impressive and depending on how many photos you use to capture the scene, large enough to have printed at sizes of over a metre wide without any loss in quality. This is what revived my interest in photography a year or so ago while on holiday in Andalucia. @Ben
While you’re experimenting with multi-exposure photography, why not have a bash at creating panoramas with photo stitching software (which also incorprate HDR)? The results can be quite impressive and depending on how many photos you use to capture the scene, large enough to have printed at sizes of over a metre wide without any loss in quality. This is what revived my interest in photography a year or so ago while on holiday in Andalucia.

]]> By: Jules http://www.notesfromspain.com/2010/02/08/palacio-de-cristal-retiro-park-madrid/comment-page-1/#comment-135327 Jules Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:36:22 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1556#comment-135327 @Ben I agree - it is indeed a good composition: one of my favourite corners of the Retiro. @Ben
I agree – it is indeed a good composition: one of my favourite corners of the Retiro.

]]> By: Parubin http://www.notesfromspain.com/2010/02/08/palacio-de-cristal-retiro-park-madrid/comment-page-1/#comment-135326 Parubin Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:35:49 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1556#comment-135326 I love it. I dig the trippy atmosphere, it looks like you would stumble should you be one of the characters in the picture. The lisergic unreal colours increase that sensation too. Nice to see you posting back again. I love it. I dig the trippy atmosphere, it looks like you would stumble should you be one of the characters in the picture. The lisergic unreal colours increase that sensation too.

Nice to see you posting back again.

]]> By: Ben Curtis http://www.notesfromspain.com/2010/02/08/palacio-de-cristal-retiro-park-madrid/comment-page-1/#comment-135321 Ben Curtis Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:06:57 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1556#comment-135321 - Luke, thanks! I agree that HDR has to be handled carefully, and I expect that I will ignore it again for another 6 months now! I think the finest form of photography is often black and white, something I sometimes feel like sticking to entirely: Here's what I mean, look at what you can do with no colour! http://www.flickr.com/photos/spanishben/2746267174/in/set-72157606622228542 As for CS5 - can't keep up with the pace of their upgrades!! - Jules, it's art man ;) Actually, what Luke said is spot on. I like the effect. - Luke, thanks! I agree that HDR has to be handled carefully, and I expect that I will ignore it again for another 6 months now! I think the finest form of photography is often black and white, something I sometimes feel like sticking to entirely:

Here’s what I mean, look at what you can do with no colour!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spanishben/2746267174/in/set-72157606622228542

As for CS5 – can’t keep up with the pace of their upgrades!!

- Jules, it’s art man ;) Actually, what Luke said is spot on. I like the effect.

]]> By: luke http://www.notesfromspain.com/2010/02/08/palacio-de-cristal-retiro-park-madrid/comment-page-1/#comment-135318 luke Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:54:04 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1556#comment-135318 @Jules if you point the camera up (or down), rather than square on to an image with verticals, they will slant (converge). This is what happens when you look at them in this way without a camera, so it's a realistic viewpoint. But in architectural photography verticals are normally manipulated to be straight (with a large format view camera, shift lens or digitally). So converging verticals are the most 'natural' way to produce an image but not always the most aesthetic. Of course some photographers choose to emphasise converging verticals for dramatic effect (like Ben). @Jules
if you point the camera up (or down), rather than square on to an image with verticals, they will slant (converge). This is what happens when you look at them in this way without a camera, so it’s a realistic viewpoint. But in architectural photography verticals are normally manipulated to be straight (with a large format view camera, shift lens or digitally).

So converging verticals are the most ‘natural’ way to produce an image but not always the most aesthetic. Of course some photographers choose to emphasise converging verticals for dramatic effect (like Ben).

]]> By: Jan http://www.notesfromspain.com/2010/02/08/palacio-de-cristal-retiro-park-madrid/comment-page-1/#comment-135314 Jan Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:29:12 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1556#comment-135314 I went to Madrid, just overnight, in the late 70s and walked through Retiro Park. Beautiful! I went to Madrid, just overnight, in the late 70s and walked through Retiro Park. Beautiful!

]]> By: Frank http://www.notesfromspain.com/2010/02/08/palacio-de-cristal-retiro-park-madrid/comment-page-1/#comment-135312 Frank Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1556#comment-135312 Excuse my ignorance: but why do all the trees slant inwards? Because he hasn't got the knack of correcting for converging verticals. One of the downsides of w/A lenses, but easily corrected in Photoshop. Can't say I'm a big fan of HDR unless it is done really well, HDR images normally scream HDR, totally unreal colours, the best HDR images are the one's you don't know they are HDR. Excuse my ignorance: but why do all the trees slant inwards?

Because he hasn’t got the knack of correcting for converging verticals. One of the downsides of w/A lenses, but easily corrected in Photoshop. Can’t say I’m a big fan of HDR unless it is done really well, HDR images normally scream HDR, totally unreal colours, the best HDR images are the one’s you don’t know they are HDR.

]]> By: Jules http://www.notesfromspain.com/2010/02/08/palacio-de-cristal-retiro-park-madrid/comment-page-1/#comment-135301 Jules Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:43:35 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1556#comment-135301 Excuse my ignorance: but why do all the trees slant inwards? Excuse my ignorance: but why do all the trees slant inwards?

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