After looking at it I decided I hated the lighting (fluorescents) and so used the Modern 07 preset which I think suits it more. Ran it through Topaz DeNoise for good measure.
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Bottles line the halls at Caves Sao Joao in Portugal. Dusty, but the corks look brand new. One of many, many such nooks in this cellar. We had a terrific paired lunch upstairs while the wine just did its thing below. Tax laws are such that wineries do not label their wines until they are sold. I hope no one switches the signs over the nooks and bins they’re store in prior to that! If I remember rightly, this bin is from 1986, but I can’t remember the varietal.
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Is this a composite? No
Handheld
Luminar processed for a crop and exposure, clarity, texture, sharpening & nr.
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I really like the repeating patterns and the ancient look. My only suggestion would be to crop out that little bit of wall or something showing on the far left, lower side, keeping the part up above. I just think it would make the room with the bottles look like they went on forever or at least give it more vastness. Just a thought. Nicely composed!
Thanks @Vanessa_Hill - I thought about cropping the wall out, but then didn’t because I was afraid it would look too cramped. I’ll give it a go and repost.
Thanks everyone- I don’t know what I was thinking with the first version. It was during my Luminar phase and I had a crap ton of Portugal photos to process and I think I lost my mind.
