Israel, Haifa + Akko

[Jim Kuo]

A few more pictures from my recent Israeli trip. These pictures were taken during the day, so luckily I didn't have to bring the "tripod" I put together with me

#1, Haifa day time view. The first two were taken when my X100 was exhibiting the dreaded stickly aperture blade problem, so I was pretty much locked at F2 and had to play around with the shutter speed manually.

#2, world famous Bahai Garden

#3, inside of a burger bar that's a very common sight on the streets of Haifa

#4, where we had dinner two consective nights because we didn't know better (however the burgers were actually quite nice).

#5, on a guided tour in the Akko archaeological site near Haifa

#6

#7

#8, bye bye Akko

Thanks for viewing .

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Yet again Jim, a fantastic set!
It's got to be my n# 6 that does it for me! Very nice

 

[Pete Askew]

I agree with Dan, a super set. And I like the way you have topped and tailed it with colour images. I love Bunnys and the stools (although it looks to have a slight lean) and the serene atmosphere captured in the vaulted hall. Excellent.

 

[Jim Kuo]

Thanks Dan and Pete for your kind words .

I quite like #6 as well, especially the trianglar pattern created by body posture of the person and the bars on the wall.

I personally find it a little challenging to get distortion under control with X100's wide angle lens. I had gone though the vertical/horizontal/rotate control in LR for #3 (stools), and it was the best I could do. I think I will give it another go to see if I can do better.

 

[Pete Askew]

I too find correcting all but the smallest distortion difficult in LR and usually do it with transform / distort in PS.

 

[Jim Kuo]

Thanks for the advise, I will have a look at the distortion correction functions of PS.

 

[Brian Moore]

Great set, Jim. What about #7? It's Latin I guess, but I'm assuming not Roman. I'd guess that its 12th or 13th Century Crusader mumbo jumbo. Any idea what it says or is about?

 

[Jim Kuo]

Thanks Brian, I think the guide (Israeli) said that it was Latin, he couldn't tell us much details except that Israel was mentioned somewhere in the text

 

[Brian Moore]

he couldn't tell us much details

Rubbish guide, then! Anyway, I think I like #6 best, too.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Its this one for me

really nicely spotted that is i think!

 

[Jim Kuo]

Thanks Hamish