Down the Hill Canvas Print

The hired bus took us up the hill from our residence and through a set of twisting roads to exit somewhere that eventually ended down on a city boulevard that eventually resulted in a toll road / expressway to the Monte Cassino. However, most days we just walked down the cobblestone road to the All Brothers Cafe to await the prime directive from the Hat. On the way down the hill there were residences behind walls and gates. The walls and gates were loaded with vines, bushes and flowers streaming down their sides.

My subjects are both natural and architectural. I am interested in textures and shapes and how light and shadow play on those objects often creating new ones. I use a Nikon D-800, and an iPhone 10s Max. I make every effort to compose in the camera and thus I crop infrequently. I use Lightroom, Photoshop & NIK to work with highlights & shadows which often brings out the elements in a photograph for which I have primary interest. I have no hesitation using any other tool if the results make the photograph work. My preference is to do nothing to a photograph presenting it as it was taken. My web site is named light & shadows because both light and shadows are the visual elements that hold the most fascination for me. If time and space...