I reworked the contrast and the levels (black) a bit, and possibly played with sharpening (although I think that remained almost the same). Here is the reloaded version: http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR09639.jpg
That seems to have made it looking more crisp. Here is the previous version: http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR09639_1.jpg Further comments are still welcome. I also did a similar treatment for the second bridge, "Russky": http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR09674.jpg Igor > Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 12:56:25 -0500 (EST) > From: Igor Roshchin > > > Attila, > > The conference was Euro-Asian Symposium "Trends in MAGnetism" > (EASTMag-2013). It was held on the same campus where APEC was held in > 2012, on Russky Island. Now it is a campus of Far Eastern Federal > University.. > > As for sharpening, - I am not sure, - I've done some substantial > sharpening in LR, but I am afraid to oversharpen. > > Igor > > > Sun Nov 24 10:56:03 EST 2013 > Attila Boros wrote: > > > Interesting architecture and good composition. A little more > > sharpening may help. > > > > What was the conference about? > > > > Bruce, > > I hope it is not the lens, - at least I haven't seen anything wrong > with it in other shots since that. Unless, of course, it is the > night-flare effect. - It is FA-35/2.0. > > I don't remember what was the air condition that day. > Based on all shots from that night, I suspect that it was probably > a combination of the the city-lights polution with some haze in the air, > leading to diffuse light in the shot. > > Here is the other bridge, "Russky" at a distance: > http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR09674.jpg . It has even more of that haze. > > That haze must've spread even into the message, causing the name > confusion. Don't worry about it... :-) > > ("No, I'm not Byrom.. err. Boris, I am, yet, another...") > :-) > [Boris will get this reference] > > > Igor > > > > Sun Nov 24 10:21:12 EST 2013 > Bruce Walker wrote: > > > Fascinating view, Boris. Beautiful architecture there. It looks a > > little indistinct to me though -- lens issues or haze? > > > > On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Igor Roshchin <str at komkon.org> > wrote: > > > > Even though some people call Vladivostok "Russian San Francisco", > > this bridge is not "Golden Gate", but is called "Zolotoy" which means > > "golden" in Russian. > > It is called this way because it is built across "Zolotoj Rog" > > ("Golden > > Horn") bay. > > http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR09639.jpg > > > > > > It was one of the two bridges built for the 2012 APEC (Asia-Pacific > > Economic Cooperation) summit. > > The other one, - "Russky Bridge", built across Eastern Bosphorus > > strait > > is seen in the background. > > That one is the world's longest cable-stayed bridge, with a 1104 m > > (3622 ft.) long central span. > > > > I attended a scientific conference in Vladivostok (on Russky island) > > two months ago, and had a few chances to take photos that I am going > > through now. > > > > All comments (and suggestions) are welcome. > > > > Igor > > > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
