La Paz, Bolivia
Another view of La Paz from the road that winds down the mountain from El Alto to downtown La Paz. An interesting tidbit about the architecture. I was told that you don't pay property taxes while your house is under construction. Guess what? People do not finish the construction, so you see lots of brichk building that are meant to have the walls stuccoed, and lots of buildings with the iron concrete reinforcement bars sticking out the top to support the new story that may never be built. Nicer large.
ISO 800, 28mm, f5.6, 1/400sec. Used Photomatix first to get detail back. Two rounds of Imagenomic Noiseware reducation with different setting in the buildings and cloud and mountains. Then Nik Tonal Contrast, Pro Contrast and Graduated Filters. Dodge, burn and smart sharpen in Photoshop.
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Toni_V, atsjebosma, Ian@NZFlickr, boydbrooks999, and 54 other people added this photo to their favorites.
szeke (43 months ago | reply)
Toni_V (43 months ago | reply)
wow ! very impressive place !
Sergey Sus (43 months ago | reply)
Fantastic!
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atsjebosma (43 months ago | reply)
A big city..........very nice capture!!
coco_tsukihime (43 months ago | reply)
This Beautiful lmage
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juanlopez´09 (43 months ago | reply)
This Beautiful lmage
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photograph painter (43 months ago | reply)
Very nice pictures.
Bolivia seems to be a very nice country.
have a nice Sunday
Ian@NZFlickr (43 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called **Over the Excellence** (INVITE only - add1/com1), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Wow! Turned a tourist snapshot into an Ansell Adams! (He did do a little colour work)
El Peregrino (43 months ago | reply)
This Beautiful lmage
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rosta.peter (43 months ago | reply)
Ez nagyon jo.Gratulalok,hogy ott jartal.
magro_kr (43 months ago | reply)
Impressive photo! :-)
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ChrisK4u (43 months ago | reply)
amazing work from the original!
well done my friend!
boydbrooks999 (43 months ago | reply)
NICE work!!!! Really interesting how the colors add to the mode of this photo. Good explanation too. Thanks for sharing it!
MV-WW (43 months ago | reply)
this is so great!!!!!
Mahisha (43 months ago | reply)
Oh goodness - high density !! The same tax rule applies in many countries and means that there are many unfinished building making a very untidy looking landscape. The red glow on the mountains is stunning.
Panuwud (OFF for a While) (43 months ago | reply)
This is epic my friend!! Great job. A big FAV.
Andreas Kleinschmidt (43 months ago | reply)
gosh! an awful lot of post-processing, but it was worth it.
this really looks like a toy world. stunning picture!
Moussah Atue (43 months ago | reply)
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. SantiMB . (43 months ago | reply)
Impresionante vista, y el procesado le sienta de maravilla.
Jaimito Cartero (43 months ago | reply)
I hear La Paz has a massive new Building and Safety Division
annexed to it's Department of City Planning.
If you can find it....
rajahdajah (43 months ago | reply)
That is world-class special, my friend. Memorably powerful. Would make a magnificent poster (maybe it already is?). The transition from original capture to final format is artfully spectacular!
This next comment is not meant as any manner of criticism, just a suggestive question. Would you ever consider another version, simply without the commercial travel-poster-style label at the bottom. Your photo imagery effort is so artfully accomplished that it could more than hold its own in a wall-size gallery presentation. Applause!
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Lee Sie (43 months ago | reply)
Looks like a painting! Nice use of processing
Silly tax laws.
Svedek (43 months ago | reply)
Fantastic view and treatment, almost like an abstract in the lower part. Similar law is applied in Greece, I guess, where a lot of houses remain unfinished with "roofs" full of iron wires.
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denisetaylor☼ (43 months ago | reply)
Wonderful image, thanks for the processing info. I've always wanted to go to Bolivia, ever since doing a report on the country in grade school, many years ago.
Rick & Bart (43 months ago | reply)
Fantastic shot and excellent treatment ! Looks like an amazing place, beautiful !
Laurent T (aka thery_lg) (43 months ago | reply)
Impressive amount of work for a wonderful result. I'm impressed ! Well done.
tozofoto (43 months ago | reply)
Magical!!:-))
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Peintre d'une violette [deleted] (43 months ago | reply)
Excellent photo !
ramonfrombcn (43 months ago | reply)
It sounds like a long and not easy processing work. Worthy Result !
ali.zigeli (43 months ago | reply)
brilliant
Fmkmkm (43 months ago | reply)
woooow....stunning... you have got to share your amazing processing with the world
André Ramírez (43 months ago | reply)
You are invited to AGREE and post this GREAT SHOOT¡¡ to the SOLO PAISAJES Y ATARDECERES--ONLY LANDSCAPES AND SUNSET GROUP.
SOPHIE.CORBETT (43 months ago | reply)
Que espectaculooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
Tulay Emekli (42 months ago | reply)
My fav !!! Terrific panoroma as well as post processing!
Peggy Collins (42 months ago | reply)
Just fantastic! Wow wow wow!
Jim_Higham (42 months ago | reply)
Stunning
ŞeymaT (41 months ago | reply)
Woww, amazing capture!!
Brixhood-Images (40 months ago | reply)
Excellent processing and very good capturing!
tinchowww (31 months ago | reply)
What an incredible view of MY city! congrats!
bfurbush (28 months ago | reply)
Wow, that is badass. Great work.
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TLMELO (7 months ago | reply)
I took a little inspiration in your photos to process my pics from La Paz. Thanks for the idea and congratulations, you have great images.