Ceasiv Iar is a locality in Ukraine, that is about to be conquered by Russians... When Russians will succeed in painting Ceasiv Iar in the renaissance colors of war, then that will be a sad day. But my article is not about war, is about a habit of mine, a custom that kicks in sometimes. Often when I see a photo, no matter the subject, I find myself thinking how will look that photo if I do this or that? And I end up processing it - I do this when I don't use my photo camera... I process photos that I find interesting. So, I was reading this article and found the photo posted above... probably it is supposed to be dramatic and have some introductory feeling in the sad story of that region. It didn't looked that way to me... I thought (as I wrote already) that something like an old oil painting will do better in dressing the story with the drama it deserves. As such, I downloaded some HaldCLUT simulations from here, loaded them in RawTherapee software and start...
The @h5mind373 says:
ReplyDelete"We lived in Panama City for several years, until about five years ago. I met the principal engineer on the project to build the larger locks needed for the VLCs (Very Large Container) ships to pass. According to this man, an Italian, "It was not going well." Leaks, improper design of the lock doors themselves, and a host of other problems could be traced back to a legal requirement to use primarily Panamanian designs and engineers. Compounding this has been the Canal Authority jacking up passage rates to extortionate levels. Sadly, very little of this massive revenue benefits the average Panamanian. Regardless of what the weather does, mismanagement and corruption paint a troubled future for this wonder of the world."