Palais des Papes
The Palace of the Popes in Avignon, France, is now largely a tourist attraction, but it has had many lives since construction was started in the 13th century. Most notably, it was the home of the Catholic popes for much of the 14th century. While everyone else in the tour group was learning about its history, I was taking photos.
Nikon Coolpix P7000, ISO 200, f/4, 6mm (35mm film equivalent is 28mm), eight-exposure HDR in 1 EV increments (three exposures in camera; five in Adobe Camera RAW)
processing highlights
- first layer was a Belle Fleur texture
- The HDR image was processed to completion, and a flattened copy was layered over the texture.
- greenish color in upper right -- color picked from floor, Hard Lighting blend mode, 80% opacity
- brownish color in lower left -- picked from wall, Overlay, 62%
- gradient vignette
- centered a blurred yellow circle on the convergence of the outer lines of the light beams and put a small white circle in its center (needed for Topaz Star Effects, later)
- stamped all the layers and processed the new one with Star Effects, then reduced the opacity to 10% and masked the sun off the photo
- two Flypaper Textures textures -- one at Soft Light, 85%; the other at Soft Light 35%
- The text, also masked off the photo, is the overview of the palace transcribed from the French version of the palace website.
Lovely work.
