A picture postcard view from the hillsides of a hidden village about 12 kilometres north east of the Paphos. I captured this view witht he Nikon D3 placed ontot he Manfrotto Tripod that I bought for the trip. A new lightweight design was needed as the heavy studio items had to be left behind.
Shot with the Nikon 24mm – 70mm f/2.8 at F22, 1/125 sec at ISO 200, the image was taken from its RAW state in Lightroom 2 and placed into Photogshop CS3 as a smart object. I then converted it to the Lab Channels and made small alterations to the curves and levels adjustment panels and then offered it into Nik Software Plug In’s. In there I tried a few variations of the image, but ended up ramping up the contrast, added a slight filter for the sky and then darkened the edges somewhat to bring attention to the centre.
A final sharpenin for sRGB, framed and then uploaded, gives you the image you see infront of you. A pleasing image to view where I find the compostion natural assisted by the use of lines leading the viewer into the picture.
Filed under: Collections, Landscape
