Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss
ISO400, f/2.8, 1/640, jpeg
Vivid, +2 sharpness, +1 contrast
Snapseed on iPad
The ancient Roman theatre on the top of Taormina gives the viewer a perfect powerful hint of the immense resources that the Roman Empire could count on, if building a whole, huge theatre so far from Rome and in such a complicated location (steep and rocky hills) could be a practical option.
The town is fantastic even if crazily crowded by tourists from all around the globe (but especially from Germany and Russia, according to the idioms I overheard). Not a place were I would live, but definitely worth visiting.
I took this shot during our visit of the theatre, and the guy portrayed is my friend Michele. I used again Snapseed for the post production. I still have some issues with the image versions, I can save the image at intermediate states so I can go back to them if needed, but I can’t figure out a way to change how a tool I already used affects the image. It seems like every time I “apply” a tool, the software forgets what I’ve done but knows only how the image now looks.
For this shot I applied tools such as Drama, Tune Image (I especially like the “Atmosphere” tool in it), Selective Adjust, and Black and White. Snapseed is definitely a powerful app which allows for both subtle and drastic changes to the image.
Oh! I always thought the order to apply filters was fixed: I would start from upper left and proceed down, two by two. Never occurred to me to apply Drama before Tune image. Perhaps we could confirm with the designers/ implementors that the Snapseed tool was designed in such a way. I took the order for my work process, and was glad of the support.
Kari, you can apply the filters in the order you like and also how many times you like 🙂