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Fleeting is Beautiful [explored on 2024/07/13]
This shot was taken during my most recent session in the Adda river, along with Those unspoken words between us and Yes, yes... Look up!.
It was an unusual morning, full of surprises. The feast of colours occurred almost an hour before the official time for sunrise; I assume that it was due to the clouds being at a very high altitude. It was lucky that I was ready for that surprise time, albeit still walking towards the chattering banks of the river.
When I took this exposure bracketing, the early colourful moment was at its climaxing point; I had just captured an interesting dialogue between the sky and the humble gold of the buttercups in a nearby field, practically on the other side of the towpath (Those unspoken words between us). There was no time to move to another spot; all I could do was walk to the other side of the towpath, position my tripod, and shoot two or three exposure bracketings, one of which badly blurred (hurry, hurry up!). And alas, the heavenly fires were gone. After that fleeting, glorious explosion of rosy and purple light, the mood of the day progressed rather linearly towards a quiet morning bathed in a soft, veiled light that, combined with the mists from the river, lent the place a somehow ethereal mood. More photos about this evolution are to come in due time - which means in a long time, given my current state of physical and mental exhaustion.
It is always extremely satisfying to capture a sunrise, even when it is unsatisfying from a photographic standpoint. At the bare minimum, it means that I have had a little peaceful time in a nice location. You cannot really foresee what a new sunrise is going to offer. I remember slow, lazy, almost endless sunrises, and some gray, dull ones. I have also experienced some fleeting sunrises, lasting the time one needs to think, "oh, wow...". This one was of this kind, and ahead of schedule on top of that. I doubt anyone notified the sun about the proper time of sunrise that morning, lol. It might have easily been missed. I was lucky, and this is the best shot I have taken at that sunrise proper. I am not entirely satisfied with it, but I suppose I should be happy with what I got since I risked getting nothing at all...
I wish you all a good weekend!
Explored on 2024/07/13 nr. 31.
I have obtained this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-2.0/-1.0/0/+1.0/+2.0 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal exposure" shot). Along the journey - post-processing always is a journey of discovery to me - I tried the inverted RGB blue channel technique described by Boris Hajdukovic. It revealed many fine details in the clouds that previously had looked like a rather amorphous glow. I desaturated this layer a lot since colours didn't need any boost - indeed, I was struggling to keep that colourful sky at bay.
As usual, I gave the finishing touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4 and played a bit with dodging and burning.
Raw files processed with Darktable.
Fleeting is Beautiful [explored on 2024/07/13]
This shot was taken during my most recent session in the Adda river, along with Those unspoken words between us and Yes, yes... Look up!.
It was an unusual morning, full of surprises. The feast of colours occurred almost an hour before the official time for sunrise; I assume that it was due to the clouds being at a very high altitude. It was lucky that I was ready for that surprise time, albeit still walking towards the chattering banks of the river.
When I took this exposure bracketing, the early colourful moment was at its climaxing point; I had just captured an interesting dialogue between the sky and the humble gold of the buttercups in a nearby field, practically on the other side of the towpath (Those unspoken words between us). There was no time to move to another spot; all I could do was walk to the other side of the towpath, position my tripod, and shoot two or three exposure bracketings, one of which badly blurred (hurry, hurry up!). And alas, the heavenly fires were gone. After that fleeting, glorious explosion of rosy and purple light, the mood of the day progressed rather linearly towards a quiet morning bathed in a soft, veiled light that, combined with the mists from the river, lent the place a somehow ethereal mood. More photos about this evolution are to come in due time - which means in a long time, given my current state of physical and mental exhaustion.
It is always extremely satisfying to capture a sunrise, even when it is unsatisfying from a photographic standpoint. At the bare minimum, it means that I have had a little peaceful time in a nice location. You cannot really foresee what a new sunrise is going to offer. I remember slow, lazy, almost endless sunrises, and some gray, dull ones. I have also experienced some fleeting sunrises, lasting the time one needs to think, "oh, wow...". This one was of this kind, and ahead of schedule on top of that. I doubt anyone notified the sun about the proper time of sunrise that morning, lol. It might have easily been missed. I was lucky, and this is the best shot I have taken at that sunrise proper. I am not entirely satisfied with it, but I suppose I should be happy with what I got since I risked getting nothing at all...
I wish you all a good weekend!
Explored on 2024/07/13 nr. 31.
I have obtained this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-2.0/-1.0/0/+1.0/+2.0 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal exposure" shot). Along the journey - post-processing always is a journey of discovery to me - I tried the inverted RGB blue channel technique described by Boris Hajdukovic. It revealed many fine details in the clouds that previously had looked like a rather amorphous glow. I desaturated this layer a lot since colours didn't need any boost - indeed, I was struggling to keep that colourful sky at bay.
As usual, I gave the finishing touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4 and played a bit with dodging and burning.
Raw files processed with Darktable.