Oh cavallina, cavallina storna...
Featured as cover for the Apps Uncovered 30 Oct 2016 feature at iphoneographycentral
The title of the photo (Oh foal, dappled foal) is a rather famous verse from a poem composed by Giovanni Pascoli in memory of his father, murdered in 1867, when the poet was almost 12. After the killing, the dead father was brought home by his female dappled foal and the authors of the crime were never identified. The sad event influenced the whole life and poetic production of Pascoli - as well as the lives of each and every Italian young student since.
Despite his stature in Italy as a poet, Giovanni Pascoli remains obscure in English due to untranslability issues (you might want to read this article for further informations).
The original shot consisted of two different photographs I took using the Bluristic app.
I then superimposed and composited the final image using Image Blender - I needed to do so because the head of the horse was better on the second shot, while the rest of the scene was just how I wanted it in the first shot.
I also used Photoshop Fix to smooth some details of the compositing.
Once I had the final image ready, I opened it in Snapseed adding some crispiness to the colours, increasing contrasts, refined Details, applyed the Retrolux effect to add some analog-like textures and effects.
One last edit in Mextures followed, to add analog dirt, scratches and more tone tweaking.
Oh cavallina, cavallina storna...
Featured as cover for the Apps Uncovered 30 Oct 2016 feature at iphoneographycentral
The title of the photo (Oh foal, dappled foal) is a rather famous verse from a poem composed by Giovanni Pascoli in memory of his father, murdered in 1867, when the poet was almost 12. After the killing, the dead father was brought home by his female dappled foal and the authors of the crime were never identified. The sad event influenced the whole life and poetic production of Pascoli - as well as the lives of each and every Italian young student since.
Despite his stature in Italy as a poet, Giovanni Pascoli remains obscure in English due to untranslability issues (you might want to read this article for further informations).
The original shot consisted of two different photographs I took using the Bluristic app.
I then superimposed and composited the final image using Image Blender - I needed to do so because the head of the horse was better on the second shot, while the rest of the scene was just how I wanted it in the first shot.
I also used Photoshop Fix to smooth some details of the compositing.
Once I had the final image ready, I opened it in Snapseed adding some crispiness to the colours, increasing contrasts, refined Details, applyed the Retrolux effect to add some analog-like textures and effects.
One last edit in Mextures followed, to add analog dirt, scratches and more tone tweaking.