France & Italy

jvgig · Jul 7, 2008

Here are some of my better shots from my recent trip to France and Italy.

Paris, France

1. Notre Dame

2. Notre Dame

3. Notre Dame

4. Eiffel Tower

5. Eiffel Tower

6. Eiffel Tower

7. Seine

8. Louvre

9. Paris Street

10. Basilica of Sacré Coeur

Eze, France

11

Nice, France

12

13

14

Monaco

15

16

Florence, Italy

17 Dante

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19

20 Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore

Sienna, Italy

21 Cathedral of Siena

Assisi, Italy

22

Rome, Italy/ Vatican City

23 Trevi Fountain

24 St Peters Square

25 Colosseum

26 Whats the best way to get rid of the halo?

27

Naples, Italy

28

29

Capri, Italy

30

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Pompeii, Italy

33

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Thanks

Mitch2742 · Jul 7, 2008

Beautiful pictures.

I'll be living in Florence for nine months (studying abroad) come August

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jvgig · Jul 7, 2008

Thanks, studying abroad is definitely on my list of to-dos for college.

invisible · Jul 7, 2008

Neat set of pictures. Numbers 1 (wow!) and 10 (yes, I know it has overexposed sections) are superb.

Mav · Jul 7, 2008

Gorgeous! I'm quite jealous. Took my wife on our honeymoon to Italy, although Rome and Florence. Never got down south like to Capri. South of France looks gorgeous too. Ahhh, Europe. Thanks for sharing!

jvgig · Jul 7, 2008

Yeah, Capri was amazing. I just don't think I could afford to stay there long. Every clothing store I saw was a high end designer (Armani, Versace, Valentino, D&G, Prada, etc). Then you had houses upwards of $50,000,000USD and 100+ft yachts circling the island. Maybe someday...

Roger · Jul 8, 2008

the halo in 26 is caused by your processing...local contrast adjustment? Try toning it down or try a different process.....I've got a shot of the same alley in Assisi! I was disappointed in Assisi, such commercial exploitation of a man who was exactly the opposite. Your other shots are well composed but show one of the unfortunate things about travelling, dealing with the light.....waiting for late light is not feasable most of the time. The light is much better around October.

jvgig · Jul 8, 2008

Yeah, I was on a tour group so I had to deal with whatever the lighting was during our 5 min photo stops or try to take a picture mid stride as we walked from location to location.

I noticed that in many historical areas throughout both countries that there are many touristy shops that distract from the architecture and history.

I'll have to play with 26 a little more. The only reason I did so much of the harsher processing was to hide the results of my goof. I accidentally resized and bumped up the jpg compression on my originals and copies. So 2/3 of my images are now in the 600x800 range and were taken down to a 5 jpg compression in PS.