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nobody@flickr.com (Daniele Zedda) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:53:41 -0700

So a couple weeks ago I did something quite interesting that I should have done way before.
I spent a whole (from 1am to 6:30am) weekday (to minimize people) night (tuesday) walking around my city.
Rome was totally different from what I am used to, the TOTAL lack of people and cars made the city look like a theme park.
Maybe I was just lucky but I've encountered like 10 cars the whole night and like 5-6 people, really crazy.

The quietness of everything, being able to walk around in the middle of the street and stopping whenever you want to sit down your tripod and take a picture is truly unique, especially if you are used to all the noise, people and chaos this city offers.

Bottom line?

I suggest visiting Rome by night, just sleep the whole day and walk around the city at night time to enjoy the surreal feeling of being in a deserted city.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLNp2UqdREI&feature=player_em...

Editing:
- There is not much to do to a night photo.
- Cloned out all the dust (need to clean my sensor :S).
- Adjusted local levels of light with curves and masks.
- Boosted colors, especially gradient transition with hue-saturation.

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nobody@flickr.com (Daniele Zedda) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:39:51 -0700

Daniele Zedda posted a photo:

Roquebrune, France.

Last day of a very short easter weekend vacation ;)
We were unlucky at best, had bad weather and it was cold. This is the dawn of the last day... or maybe it's the dawn of a first.

BTW *Finally it's fading*.

Soundtrack

Editing:
- Gradient filter in camera raw to "color" the sky a little.
- RGB curves adjustment for a nice "tecnicolor" look.
- Slight dodge for local contrast.
- Added a wee bit of grain in Silver Efex Pro

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