Lisbon

[Cem_Usakligil]

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[Mike Shimwell]

Cem

This is interesting. The apparent compression of the scene and our tradematk clean processing and tone mapping.

I'm away to bed now as I'm tired and not up to much comment, but it looks like a model

Mike

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Cem

This is interesting. The apparent compression of the scene and our tradematk clean processing and tone mapping.

I'm away to bed now as I'm tired and not up to much comment, but it looks like a model

Mike

Thanks Mike, I am away to bed too. An hour later here you know

 

[Murray Foote]

A wonderful melange of old buildings and urban decay.

I was in Lisbon for a day when I was ten. I remember the taxi going down streets so narrow that pedestrians had to step into doorways to let it past.

 

[Asher Kelman]

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Yes, as Mike points out this is far more clear, distinct, than anyone could observe.

Asher

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

A wonderful melange of old buildings and urban decay.

I was in Lisbon for a day when I was ten. I remember the taxi going down streets so narrow that pedestrians had to step into doorways to let it past.

Thanks Murray. This may indeed be a sight of old and decay, but the emotion I associate it with most is joy and it emanates positive vibes imo. It is a beautiful city with beautiful people living there, they are also melange of all sorts. I have immensely enjoyed our short stay there earlier this year. Some streets are very narrow and they go up and down the hills, but always ending at or pointing towards the river. The river so wide that it looks more like a sea inlet. I would love to go back some day soon.

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Yes, as Mike points out this is far more clear, distinct, than anyone could observe.

Asher

It is indeed tone mapped to enhance details. The level of tone mapping is more than I usually apply but I was after creating a graphical quality in the image in order to be able to draw the looker into the picture and to make it slightly surrealistic. As Mike said, it looks like a model in a way. The 2D effect of the compression is countered by the many layers of houses and rooftops (and also the clouds); it becomes a contradiction. The cheerful colors of the urban decay is yet another level of contradiction. And also, it is a city alive and full of people but here we see none. These are the aspects which drove me to post processing it as such.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Well, Cem, your SNS HDR skill is superb and your application exemplary. Don't let the Portuguese ever see this picture or they might Canonize the ruins, LOL! Might you post a 500 pixel wide version of the "before" and "after" versions, side by side. Anyone who thinks that HDR has to be other worldly and garish needs to look at this.

Asher

 

[fahim mohammed]

Cem, to much is visible!! But I like what is visible. This is what lends European cities their charm.
Not a city built a week ago!!

Best.

p.s a bit of saturation would make it pop imho.

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Hi Asher,

Well, Cem, your SNS HDR skill is superb and your application exemplary. Don't let the Portuguese ever see this picture or they might Canonize the ruins, LOL! Might you post a 500 pixel wide version of the "before" and "after" versions, side by side. Anyone who thinks that HDR has to be other worldly and garish needs to look at this.

I would not call my SNS-HDR skills superb, compared to other regular users of that program. After all, it is very easy to use and after some practice anybody can become equally proficient in it. Specifically for this particular picture, tone mapping is a bit more extreme (or even garish) than I normally would have applied as explained before. So yes, it could have been more subtle. Perhaps I will revisit this later and create another version. But for now, here is the comparison you have asked for:

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[Cem_Usakligil]

Hi Murray,

...I was in Lisbon for a day when I was ten. I remember the taxi going down streets so narrow that pedestrians had to step into doorways to let it past.

Yes indeed. Like this one, for instance:

 

[Murray Foote]

I really like that image. It speaks with a thousand voices we are unable to hear.

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Hi Murray,

I really like that image. It speaks with a thousand voices we are unable to hear.

Thanks! One can only imagine the history of the place and there are many layers.

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Istanbul!

Now something else. Having been born and raised in Istanbul, during my very first visit to Lisbon I have thought that it had a lot in common with Istanbul. Like Istanbul, it has a wide strait (a river in the case of Lisbon but it is a technicality) dividing the city into two, with a huge suspension bridge joining the sides. One finds a busy harbour and all sorts of water traffic. Both cities are built on many hills. There is the usual mix of urban decay, history versus the modern additions. One can immerse oneself in the history in both. Narrow streets which seem to go in all directions. Similar sea climate, similar latitude. The people are friendly and open. Even their built is quite similar. There is a lot of poverty but also a lot of joy of living. Life goes on out in the public, in the streets and plains; but most importantly in and around the water. I can go on further, but for the time being just look at these two from Istanbul:

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[Cem_Usakligil]

Back to Lisbon

Enough diversion, back to Lisbon again. Here is the entrance of the ultra modern metro station Oriente servicing the Expo Park.

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[Cem_Usakligil]

Cem, to much is visible!! But I like what is visible. This is what lends European cities their charm.
Not a city built a week ago!!

Best.

p.s a bit of saturation would make it pop imho.

Thanks Fahim. These are places of old history, one can literally swim in it.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Hi Asher,


I would not call my SNS-HDR skills superb, compared to other regular users of that program. After all, it is very easy to use and after some practice anybody can become equally proficient in it. Specifically for this particular picture, tone mapping is a bit more extreme (or even garish) than I normally would have applied as explained before. So yes, it could have been more subtle. Perhaps I will revisit this later and create another version. But for now, here is the comparison you have asked for:

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Thanks! This is so helpful to us. It could be great on the SNS website. Not garish at all!

Asher

 

[Casey Herd]

Great shot! Im really looking forward to going there some day.

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Hi Casey,

Great shot! Im really looking forward to going there some day.

It is really worth the visit, recommended. Thanks for chiming in.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Enough diversion, back to Lisbon again. Here is the entrance of the ultra modern metro station Oriente servicing the Expo Park.

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Cem,

This is so remarkable. It looks like an architectural scale model made with modern 3D software as well as the real sight you saw. The design of the walls, getting wider as the walls rise, makes the space less and much more human comfortable. They are not imprisoned in the space, rather they generously accommodated.

It must have been a thrill to just stand there.

Asher