"My name is Ivan Pedretti, I'm a photographer living in Sardinia, Italy. The most part of my photographs are panoramic landscapes from the south of Sardinia. One of my images, "Starry lighthouse', won the 2014 Sony world photography Awards, panoramic category. The same picture won the 2014 Panobook contest as the best panoramic photographer 2014. My main passion is the night photography."
Here is something we can learn from wildlifemoments about the techniques and story behind this awarded photo. Follow Pedretti on ViewBug to see more of his amazing photos!
Any advice for others trying to capture something similar?
Find dark places and and make a lot of shots, and if the first time in that place is not good do not give up, back until you find the right conditions, the ones you wanted.
Where did you take this photo?
Near a little town called Siliqua, in Sardinia. It's the Acquafredda Castle. In the valley of Cixerri, Sardinia(Italy) suddenly appears the inaccesible rock of the Acquafredda medieval fortess, built in the 13th Century by the count Ugolino Della Gherardesca, quoted in the 'Divina Commedia' of Dante Alighieri.
When and what time of day?
13 July 2013 at midnight.
Anything worth sharing about lighting?
I needed the darkest possible, but the light pollutions of towns but the lights of the city near disturbed, only in the foreground I udes a bit my headlamp to lighten the field.
What equipment did you use?
Canon 500D and samyang 14 2.8, exposure: 30" f2.8 iso 3200, tripod and panoramic head.
What inspired you to take this photo?
I was fascinated by the location of this castle so I had to make a composition in this nocturnal landscape. I spent a few hours taking the scenic and occasionally appeared the clouds moving in the sky, the moment I thought it was a noise, and I was annoyed by this, I wanted a clean sky, but then once you have created an overview with all the shots, clouds created a second arc almost like the smoke that comes from the mouth of a volcano and all this enriched composition rather than being a nuisance.
Did you do any post-processing? If yes, tell us about it!
I used panoramic software to stitch 16 shots, vertical shots. And all the post production in lightroom.
What equipment do you normally have in your bag?
I have sony a7 with samyang 14, tamron 17.35 and a panoramic head selfmade. Headlamps, and sometimes my old canon 500D.
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