Upside Down, a photo from Lisboa, South

Photographer's Note

By chance I rotated the picture and find that the effect was very attractive to me. In the WorkShop you can see it in the right way. Hope you like it.

From Wikipedia
Parque das Na踥es (pron. IPA: [paɾk dɐʃ nɐ's�ĩʃ]; English: Nations' Park) is a leisure, commercial and residential area in Lisbon, Portugal. It covers an extensive area in northeastern Lisbon next to the Tagus estuary, formerly used for mainly industrial purposes.
The area underwent a tremendous transformation in the 1990s when it was chosen as the location for the Expo '98 World Exhibition. After the exhibition, the area got its current name (although it is not uncommon for the Portuguese to still refer to it as "Expo"), and more transformations occurred such as the new Vasco da Gama shopping mall, the Lisbon's International Fair complex, hotels and many new office and residential buildings. Many attractions built for the Expo '98 remained and keep drawing visitors, such as the Oceanarium, one of the world's biggest aquariums.
An estimated 15.000 people currently live in the Nations' Park, which is halved between the Lisbon and Loures municipalities, effectively splitting the local government of the area. There is a movement of citizens requesting the Lisbon's half to annex the one belonging to Loures, thereby integrating the entire area within the Lisbon municipality.

Shooting Data
Nikon D40
2008/11/19 15:42:56.9
Compressed RAW (12-bit)
Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)
Color
Lens: 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 G
Focal Length: 23mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/80 sec - F/9
Exposure Comp.: +0.7 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Optimize Image: Custom
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: AF-A
Color Mode: Mode IIIa (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: More Contrast
Hue Adjustment: 0�
Saturation: Enhanced
Sharpening: High
Long Exposure NR: Off
VR Control: Off
High ISO NR: Off

parbo, lucasgalodoido, josevescovi, Felip, ChrisJ, riclopes, bisok, Docarmo, AiresSantos, paura, adores, sacavem, ManuMay has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

npecanhuk (79329) 2008-12-04 8:48

Ol� Paulo!
Foi uma boa id嶯a de que gostei bastante!
As cores, a luminosidade e a nitidez est緌 muito boas! A invers緌 deu um toque especial � fotografia, mas a meu ver na posi誽o correta tamb幦 ficaria boa! Vou dar uma olhada no WS!
Parab幯s, abra蔞s e at� mais!
Neyvan

parbo (11092) 2008-12-04 9:33

Ol� Paulo,

Good idea turning the photo gives impressed effect as same in your frame. The calm water surface helped a lot for amazing reflections but also the splendid contrasts between blue and pier are noticeable too. Informative additions of complementary posts.

Parab幯s e Abra蔞!

Ertugrul

darek1978 (13361) 2008-12-04 10:27

Hello Paulo,
Great idea and very good shot! Sharpness and light are amazing. I really like this reflections on the water. Well done.
Regards
Darek

Jeppo (17645) 2008-12-04 12:45

Ciao Paulo,

excellent composition with the upside down reflection
I have visited too this place...wonderful architecture.......even in such a modern architecture I could feel here the same mood of Lisboa

ciao
Silvio

PS: I also love Reflections

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2008-12-04 19:26

A rota誽o at� uma ideia bastante engra蓷da e o resultado final at� nem resultou mal. Mas, para ser franco, prefiro ver a imagem direita. Thenho dificuldade em me p皾 de pernas para o ar!!!
Ant鏮io

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2008-12-04 19:35

Ol� Paulo,
ficou bem interessante essa foto mesmo, gostei da op誽o de ter invertido a foto, afinal o reflexo ficou muito bom, assim como as cores bem suaves. Belo trabalho amigo.
Parab幯s e Abra蔞

Bluejeans (64251) 2008-12-05 5:55

Ola Paulo ,
Muito interessante este reflexo gostei da ideia , ficou linda a simetria da foto , bonitos os tons de cor de outono das 嫫vores, boa profundidade de foto , parab幯s!!
Um abra蔞 Gon蓷lo

Bom fim de semana

Felip (3907) 2008-12-05 15:09

Funny idea to rotate the picture showing the reflection upside down. Colors are vivid and brilliant, full of life! TFS.
Best wishes Paulo

Felip

josevescovi (1750) 2008-12-05 15:09

Muito criativa esta foto, com a invers緌, colocando o reflexo acima. Belo enquadramento, cores e perfeita nitidez.

ChrisJ (171888) 2008-12-05 16:13

Ola Paulo

A good decision to invert this symmetrical reflection, with superb color & sharpness. Nice repetition of the vertical elements at left. Tfs!

riclopes (35577) 2008-12-06 0:30

Bom dia Paulo, esta por sinal n緌 parece ter ru獮o nenhum pois n緌 h� tr滱sito � vista :))) Acho que ficou bem, sim senhor. Bem mais interessante do que a original, pelo resultado meio abstracto embora tendo uma leitura compreens癉el de um mundo surreal, planeado por um arquitecto com imagina誽o ;-) Este 'spot' � uma atrac誽o para fot鏬rafos e at� eu tenhos umas quantas que nunca publiquei. O WS vertical tamb幦 � uma foto bem conseguida.
um abra蔞,
ricardo

TopGeo (38220) 2008-12-06 0:37

Hi Paulo!Interesting your idea Good the picture and her choice! The colours impress the reflections give the symmetry that helps also the prospect in the good depth view. Your additional regular pictures of they is my preference
Bravo
Georgios

bisok (948) 2008-12-06 12:41

Hello Paulo

Yes, you are right... This picture is interesting as well as the original protograph. It's very important seeking new ways in Photography. Very fresh POV. Interesting composition. That's done very well Paulo. Thanks for sharing.

Greetings
Mirek

robiuk (10807) 2008-12-08 4:57

Ola, Paulo!
You got me here! I was totally confused for a couple of
seconds! You're right and it really works well this
rotation - especially with that dark blue on top that
looks like a sky captured with a polarising filter - very
convincing!
;-D
Robi

toto (0) 2008-12-08 7:50

Bonjour,
belle photo de ces r嶨lections invers嶪, sans dessus dessous, vraiment de toute beaut�.
Me voila avec un torticolis maintenant.

Amiti廥 Thomas

steliosk (4802) 2008-12-08 12:34

Upside Down indeed!
lovely capture Paulo, I love this colour,
Many Regards
Stelios

Docarmo (9767) 2008-12-09 22:43

Ol� Paulo,
Imagem de qualidade superior, a invers緌 ficou muito interessante. Gosto das cores de outono que, mesmo atr嫳 dos mastros, irradiam muito charme. O WS com a vers緌 no sentido normal est� lind疄sima, quase acho que poderias t�-la colocado como principal. Mas valeu para sair do usual.
Parab幯s!
MCV

AiresSantos (56155) 2008-12-10 6:36

Ola Paulo
Uma inversao com grande sentido de oportunidade. Gosto muito dos tons e dos reflexos.
Belo trabalho
Um abraco Amigo
Aires

paura (25802) 2008-12-10 14:26

Paulo,
O efeito gr塻ico ficou estupendo, resultante, em parte, do excelente ponto de tomada. Lindo seu trabalho.

Abra蔞

Paulo

adores (46979) 2008-12-10 15:50

Ol� Paulo!
A simetria est� perfeita! Gosto muito da composi誽o, da nitidez e at� da ideia da invers緌.

aadilj (18102) 2008-12-12 0:56

Hi Paulo, this is magnificent...and as a strange coincidnce I did something same today...ie rotated the image upside down!!!

sacavem (18620) 2008-12-15 13:41

Boa noite,

Ora aqui esta um bom Upside Down.Imagina誽o qb para uma captura bem pensada e realizada.Uma imagem bem limpinha como deve ser um espelho, gosto tamb幦 das cores. Uma maneira diferente de mostrar o Parque das Na踥es.Bom trabalho.

Filipe

jmdias (115370) 2008-12-19 15:28

paulo

o efeito ficou legal aqui, as linhas dos mastros parecem fazer uma marquise suspensa no ar, bela luz e cores e bom enquadramento

abra蔞s

jorge

xuaxo (6854) 2008-12-24 12:11

N緌 sou grande f� de reflexos, mas olha que este invertido at� ficou engra蓷do.
N緌 sabia que essa torre tinha um nome religioso.
Cumprimentos,
Francisco

ManuMay (36447) 2009-01-19 3:19

Oi Paulo!

Bela imagem, alto conte滛o gr塻ico, muito bem escolhido ponto de vista e uma grande id嶯a para rodar a imagem, d� um monte de sentido e de dinamismo ...
Bem feito.

Atentamente

Manuel

marcdemoulin (1870) 2009-02-02 9:57

Fabulous effect and I love the purple tone here Paulo!!
Marc

brevbrev14 (140) 2009-02-28 13:54