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GALATA GLORY

30/9/2015

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The Galata Tower which dominates the Bosphorus coastline on the European side of Istanbul.

​It's been raining for the past couple of days, so not too many photo-taking opportunities.
But I thought I'd share this one first because it's one of my favourites.
​I think it's going up on my bedroom wall!

1/15 shutter speed, F5.6, ISO 3200(!), 31mm focal length.  
​Maximum respect for Fujifilm XT1's low light capabilities.

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For reference, this is the shot which most people walk away with of the Galata Tower.
Nice, but a little boring no?
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Here's an attempt to liven it up a bit.  Using the wonders of post-processing.

Can you tell what has been done?

1. 25% opacity soft light yellow layer to give everything a golden cast
2. Graduated ND filter simulation on the top fifth of the frame to counterbalance the yellow filter - so the sky doesn't look yellow.
3.  50% opacity graduated red layer on the bottom fifth of the frame to simulate red-ish reflections from the tower.

Ok, usually I don't go to so much trouble to photoshop something.  And I always declare it when I go beyond the usual minor tweaks, coz I want to keep it as "real" as possible.  But it's raining outside, and I'm bored.  Haha.
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