3 in 1, a photo from Lisboa, South

Photographer's Note

More than 850 years separate these three great Lisbon monuments. You can see from left to right: Dona Maria II National Theatre, São Domingos Church and São Jorge Castle. The buildings in front are part of the eastern side of Dom Pedro IV Square (Rossio).

This photo was taken at the corner of Rossio Square just in front of the Rossio Railway Station.

Dona Maria II National Theatre was built in 1843-1846 by order of King D. Fernando II who named the theatre after his wife. This neoclassical building opened in 1846 during the celebrations of Queen Dona Maria II 27th birthday. The highest statue on top of the columns is Gil Vicente, the creator of Portuguese Theatre in the 16th century.

The São Domingos Church was built after the 1755 earthquake on the same site where the São Domingos Convent one day stood, the same place from where the Inquisition read their sentences. The church was almost totally destroyed by a fire in 1950. It is an impressive place where the smell of smoke seems to fill its grey and pink interior and still show signs of great destruction.

São Jorge Castle has its origins in the 6th century, when the place was fortified by the Romans, Visigoths, and eventually the Moors. It served as a Moorish royal residence until Portugal's first king Afonso Henriques captured it in 1147.

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***NOTE ADDED AFTER THE FIRST CRITIQUES***

My friends, you are all right. I did overlook my work and failed to correct the perspective of the main façade. The horizontal line of the roof looked pretty good and I thought the windows were OK for this particular POV. It is now obvious that I was wrong. Please check the corrected version I am posting in WS.
Finally, I could have reposted it but in doing that I would also eliminate your valuable critiques which I really do not want to happen. Many thanks for you understanding.

colibri, Ramy, Cara, bostankorkulugu, papagolf21, JPlumb, stego, syd1946, edal, faraujo, pboehringer, plimrn, euryan, paura ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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colibri (294) 2007-03-01 3:30

Hi Antonio
Nice picture and very informative comment
I think you can improve the picture if you rotate it clock wise 1 degree or a bit more
TFS
Marco

luisafonso (862) 2007-03-01 5:29

OK, boa tentativa para tentares incluir três elementos na mesma foto. Eu tenho sempre dúvidas quando se tenta amalgamar muita coisa na mesma foto mas aqui até resultou mais ou menos. Podias era ter alinhado o horizonte :)

riclopes (35577) 2007-03-01 5:37

Bom dia António (pelo menos aqui em Lisboa), Boa composição dos três e bonito p&b. A diagonal que sai do canto superior esquerdo é o que eu gosto mais aqui. Adoro aquela arcada do teatro e tenho algumas fotos recentes daqui também. Vou procurá-las...
Um abraço,
Ricardo

Cara (2059) 2007-03-01 8:35

Olá António,
A foto parece-me boa, a conversão para P&B bem realizada.
Não gosto muito das "névoas" provocadas pelo sharpen principalmente nas 2 estátuas no ângulo superior esquerdo e também acho que o horizonte não está correcto (aí 1s 0,4º para a esquerda) isto apesar de as janelas parecerem desalinhadas provavelmente devido á distorção provocada pelo ponto de vista.
Abraço, Daniel

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bostankorkulugu (42866) 2007-03-01 17:54

hi antonio... i like the compositon a lot...but the technical quality of the image is not very good compared to your previous ones, esp. in the sky... B&W works really good here though... cheers... korkut(the ignored one) :)

papagolf21 (152605) 2007-03-02 3:53

Cher ami Antonio,
L'intérêt de cette prise de vue est évident et la qualité de la réalisation tout autant.
Je tiens à vous féliciter pour votre correction (atelier), elle est excellente et rends grâce à la beauté des édifices.
Le noir et blanc convient parfaitement à cette réalisation.
Bravo !
Amitiés.
Philippe

JPlumb (3159) 2007-03-02 5:36

Hi Antonio, there's a lot of history wrapped up in these 3 buildings. I had a look at your workshop. The lines there are good, a good composition on your part. The contrast works well in black and white, though judging from the hue of your sky it was a dark blue one. That might have been interesting to see as well (okay, I admit deep down I really am a colour guy).

Thanks, John

jhm (211734) 2007-03-02 6:42

Hi Antonio,

You very well make a WS with new perspective and nice rotation, but the orignal is absolutely not bad, but on TE are different friends those help for make a better image. Very well done!

Have a nice weekend,
John.

stego (24132) 2007-03-02 18:44

Olá António,

Muito bem vista e composta; e original também - num primeiro instante nem consegui perceber de onde tinha sido tirada.

O P&B resulta muito bem aqui e está razoavelmente bem exposta - tem algumas áreas ligeiramente sobre-exp e outras sub-exp, mas nada de importante, principalmente porque provavelmente a alternativa seria ficar muito pálida, sem verdadeiros brancos nem pretos.

Os únicos verdadeiros defeitos, que de resto não são assim tão graves, já foram apontados por outros: o ruído (ou serão artefactos jpg?), mais evidente por cima das estátuas, e a distorção de perspectiva (não está inclinada!). O teu WS corrige completamente o primeiro problema e atenua bastante o outro.

Um abraço, José.

leonorkuhn (16237) 2007-03-02 18:50

Olá Antonio,

Realmente muito boa idéia de capturar os três monumentos em uma só foto, muito bom POV e enquadramento. As lentes grande angulares provocam distorsão da imagem, mas isto já foi corrigido no WS. Gosto da perspectiva dada pelas belas colunas do teatro. Boa escolha do P&B.

Abraço
Leonor

manatee (4668) 2007-03-02 22:33

Hello:
Loks like your photo makes many noise, to the rst of the people in T.E, however, for me just need rotate a little and that it, I like your work, and the note always help to understand why you upload a pcture wich some characteristics, so is a nice note and an exelent picture, the B&W are nice and the intention of the picture is so goo.

Exelent work as usual.

Elias

xavshot (69835) 2007-03-03 3:35

Bonsoir Antonio
bravo pour ce joli n&b et pour ce cadrage qui donne une photo bien équilibré : j'aime beaucoup les corrections que tu as apporté sur ton WS. Beau travail
amicalement
Xavier

Bluejeans (64251) 2007-03-03 5:26

Ola amigo Antonio esta tua foto ta a dar conversa , acho que a foto nao tá torta tiveste azar no angulo de onde a tiraste as ultimas janelas ficaram cortadas , a foto esta otima , gostei do castelo e dos pilares do teatro , fiz um pequeno workshop e tirei as nevoas em volta da estatuas apliquei um pouco de blur a mao !!!!Bom fim de semana
Vi a tua correção ficou otima !!:)
Um abraço Gonçalo

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syd1946 (1167) 2007-03-03 11:49

Hello Antonio,
Wonderful composition indeed taken from a very good point to enjoy the scene.I like the black and white choice,gives a timeless feeling.Interesting and very good architectural shot!

Nice weekend,
Thomas

edal (6804) 2007-03-03 14:59

Ola Antonio!
I like your pic fr4om your ex-homeland - there is nothing to compare elsewhere with the great culture, represented in your capture.
Best regards!
Anton

anducina (8407) 2007-03-04 3:33

Excellent compo, framing and light. Beautiful architecture. Very good.

TFS,

Andreea

faraujo (1707) 2007-03-04 19:36

Olá António
Excelente perspectiva de apresentar um pouco da nossa hitória.
Parabéns pela criatividade.
Filipe

prumod (8300) 2007-03-08 10:57

hi antonio...
very nice beauty of b/w you brought... white thick frame is good experiment... normally i would go for black thick frame for this shot....
take care
pramod

pboehringer (770) 2007-03-09 10:45

Oi Antonio,
finalmente eu encontro alguem que trabalha para integrar as criticas recebidas. Gostei naturalmente da versao original, mas o seu WS deu uma corrigida para o bem dos problemas primarios. Exemplar, o seu cuidado de fazer um WS em vez de repostar e apagar as primeiras criticas.
Excelente, e agora poderia ate mudar o titulo para 2 em 1. :)
Abraco, Peter

tabora (0) 2007-03-09 15:52

Bonsoir Antonio,
Avec les ateliers ont se rend compte des corrections effectuées pour obtenir cette belle composition sur ces 3 oeuvres d'art.
A+Joseph

plimrn (21344) 2007-03-09 22:57

Ola Antonio,
You WS`is excellent; the increased detail gives better separation amoung the three icons. I too prefer to put the repost in the WS rather than dump the effort that others put into critiques. SAA, Pat

ben4321 (9875) 2007-03-10 12:20

Quite an innovative composition here Antonio.
I'm glad you didn't go for the obvious choice of including more of the street below, and I think the tight framing works well.
I like the high contrast of the black and white conversion as well.
Good work.

Cheers,
Ben

Angshu (56760) 2007-03-13 23:49

Hello Antonio
This is an innovative composition & a fine crop. The contrasts are excellent in B&W & the sharpness crystal clear. I've learnt something from this post & your note about Lisbon. The perspective distortion has been very well done in the WS. Good work!
Regards
Angshu

euryan (8442) 2007-05-19 12:53

The workshop version does look better, not only because of the corrected perspective, but the sharpness is a lot better too. I like the juxtaposition of these three Lisbon monuments. Too bad there wasn't a cloud to help fill the dead space in the sky. You have a very nice gallery of Portugal photos and I enjoyed looking through them.
Abraço, Ryan

paura (25802) 2008-02-09 19:34

António,
O ponto de tomada foi muito adequado para propiciar uma boa profundiudade de campo aqui. Uma pequena distorção na linha horizontal da base, quase imperceptível, não atrapalha a beleza da fotografia.

Abraço

Paulo

ekinokswest (2994) 2008-02-10 7:35

I couldnt decide whether the church theater or castle looks more beautiful from this perspective . everything looks perfect I dont know how far the castle appears towards right that just has made me curious while looking