Castello di Amorosa is a little winery in the Napa Valley. Apparently the proprietor not only loves his wine, he loves his castles. So much so that he used the materials and artisans from Italy to build a full sized castle in his vineyard to host guests, banquets, wine tastings and jousting tournaments. I’m not totally sure about that last thing, but I’m pretty sure I saw a dragon while we were there.
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Processing Notes:
Capture – 7 images @ 1ev
White Balanced in Lightroom export .jpgs
Photomatix HDR/Tonemapping
Blended in the anchor image to combat some of the ghosting
Global curves/saturation adjustments
Nik CEP 4 – Bleach Bypass to give the bricks some life
Luminosity masking the shadows
Sharpened
Sized for web
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Cool shot Justin. I rather like the idea of jousts but I think they would need to pass a sobriety test before getting on the horse ;-o
Len, that laugh made my day. Thanks!
I so need to go to this place…
You should, it is very cool.
Very cool place – dig the brick walls
That’s a great shot of our tasting room at the Castello, Justin. Thank you for sharing it on your blog. Castello di Amorosa is very photogenic and we love it when photographers come to shoot the Castello. Please contact me if you’d like to get access to some special places. Thanks again, Justin!!
Jim Sullivan
Great shot Justin. Love how you’ve brought out the detail in this “castle.” :)