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Shiny Days

Madail — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:05:45 +0000

This photo of my wife Catarina express an happy feeling, associated with the return of sunny, shiny bright days. The color, tones and brightness in the face against the somewhat desaturated blue sky in the back creates the bridge between the cold and hotter days.

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Exif Information:

Date Taken: 2004:03:05 22:39:03
Width: 2272 pixels
Height: 1180 pixels
Equipment Make: Konica Minolta
Camera Model: DiMAGE Z3
ISO Speed: 50
Exposure Time: 1/500 sec
Fstop: f/3.2
Lens: 5.859375 mm

Santa Cruz – Formosa Beach

Madail — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:18:29 +0000

Another panorama taken in the same place as many in this photoblog – Santa Cruz. This one was very hard to do, because of the hard changes in exposure, so trying to maintain a balance between dark and bright areas was critical. Hopefully i will have a better camera in time, with higher specifications to allow me to produce better shots.

Exif Information:

Date Taken: 2004:03:01 00:29:47
Width: 1704 pixels
Height: 2272 pixels
Equipment Make: Konica Minolta
Camera Model: DiMAGE Z3
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec
Fstop: f/8
Lens: 5.859375 mm

Santa Cruz – Dusk

Madail — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:32:37 +0000

ther Panorama from Santa Cruz beach, this time at dusk. Lighting in this place is often rather nice, with this kind of contrasty skies. The sea winds blows the clouds into land in the sunset, and its easy to get great looking skies. Some seagulls fly in the rocks in the left, and that’s a warning for bad weather aproaching…

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Color Tests, produced in Photoshop -

Exif Information:

Date Taken: 2004:03:01 01:02:38
Width: 2272 pixels
Height: 1704 pixels
Equipment Make: Konica Minolta
Camera Model: DiMAGE Z3
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec
Fstop: f/8
Lens: 5.9 mm

Abandoned Sofa

Madail — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:18:28 +0000

Taken in an abandoned water mill, the remains of some weird furniture set, a sofa, standing in the middle of nowhere… I wouldn’t put a single finger in it, and i pity whoever used it for what reason. Nevertheless, who knows, maybe this lonely couch was the only company to someone even lonelier…

I’ve taken 3 photos which i merged together as a panorama. Then i used Photoshop to change a lot the colors, lighting, mood and focus points to give it a touch of enlightenment vs darkness feeling, with the sofa acting as a hero in this mix. Below you can see the original stitched panorama before any editing.

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Exif Information:

Date Taken: 2009:10:21 19:32:05
Width: 2272 pixels
Height: 1704 pixels
Equipment Make: Konica Minolta
Camera Model: DiMAGE Z3
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Time: 1/15 sec
Fstop: f/5.6
Lens: 13.89 mm

Sunset Panorama in Fonte da Telha

Madail — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:10:18 +0000

This is a 180º horizontal panorama, taken in Fonte da Telha, an awesome beach near Lisbon. In the far left side of the image is ”Cabo Espichel” and you can see the typical clouds above Sintra in the right side. I’ve placed the tripod in the edge of the cliffs and taken several shots which i then merged and stitched together to create this unique panorama shot. As i don’t own a panorama lens or camera, using this technique is a great way of making panoramas. The trickiest part in this is to get the lighting and exposure correct for all photos – you have to use manual mode and know about photography! – and make sure that alignment is perfect.
Needless to say, you also need a good dose of post-production skills and patience in order to correct imperfections. In this particular case, making sure the shore line is seamless makes all the difference.

This is also great to use in a CGI environment, with it i can have a background for my scene, a reflection layer for shiny objects, and if i had this in HDR format, i would also be able to use it as a ultra realistic light source.. So let’s put some 3D spaceship (cliché! ) and render!…maybe i’ll post a tutorial on that.

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Exif Information:

Date Taken: 2009:09:20 19:06:01
Width: 2272 pixels
Height: 1704 pixels
Equipment Make: Konica Minolta
Camera Model: DiMAGE Z3
ISO Speed: 50
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec
Fstop: f/2.8
Lens: 5.86 mm

Óbidos by night

Madail — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:56:03 +0000

Here’s one of the typical medieval streets in Óbidos. You really get a feeling of going back in time, from the flooring to the light lamps, everything has that antique feeling, yet everything is beautifully preserved.

Exif Information:

Date Taken: 2009:04:05 21:18:31
Width: 1704 pixels
Height: 2272 pixels
Equipment Make: Konica Minolta
Camera Model: DiMAGE Z3
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Time: 4/10 sec
Fstop: f/2.8
Lens: 5.859375 mm

Óbidos by day

Madail — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:56:02 +0000

Óbidos is a very nice small medieval village near Leiria, about 100km from Lisbon. I recommend it to everyone. Catarina took some nice photos depicting the typical architecture and streets. I find this one interesting because of the angle.

Exif Information:

Date Taken: 2009:04:05 02:03:05
Width: 1704 pixels
Height: 2272 pixels
Equipment Make: Konica Minolta
Camera Model: DiMAGE Z3
ISO Speed: 50
Exposure Time: 1/30 sec
Fstop: f/5
Lens: 5.9 mm

Colored Macro Cactus

Madail — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:41:15 +0000

Macro photography once more. And again, with cactus as main subject. I’ve retouched this a bit to enhance some colors, composition and focus. If you happen to know its name i’d be happy to learn it.

Exif Information:

Date Taken: 2008:08:08 15:41:01
Width: 2272 pixels
Height: 1704 pixels
Equipment Make: Konica Minolta
Camera Model: DiMAGE Z3
ISO Speed: 125
Exposure Time: 1/40 sec
Fstop: f/3.2
Lens: 10.28 mm

Macro Furry Plant

Madail — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:20:00 +0000

This is a macro photo of another plant / cactus. It spreads along the ground and makes a beautiful fluffy look, a bit like little marshmallows.

Exif Information:

Date Taken: 2006:08:25 16:42:51
Width: 2272 pixels
Height: 1704 pixels
Equipment Make: Konica Minolta
Camera Model: DiMAGE Z3
ISO Speed: 50
Exposure Time: 1/60 sec
Fstop: f/3.5
Lens: 10.276794433594 mm