Washing the shores of the soul - a photo on Flickriver

Washing the shores of the soul

This image is from the same morning as my video, A new sunrise. It was a windy, glorious morning; the air was crystal clear, the world still quiet and asleep... just me and the sea, under a rapidly changing sky. It has been a though editing, due to the clouds shifting their position across my exposure bracketing. I have overcome the issue by a rather simple, inelegant, yet effective trick - not a general solution to the problem though, since I have been able to apply it uniquely due to the simple, plain horizon provided by the sea. Well, however the journey has been rather fruitful and I hope that it can radiate positive feelings through the grayness of the weather - here in the Padan Plain we call it "il tempo dei morti" (i.e. "the weather of the dead", relying on the fact that the word "tempo" means both "a period in time" and "the weather").

I have processed this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-1.3/-0.67/0/+0.67/+1.3 EV] by luminosity masks with the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal" exposure shot), then I added some final touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Along the journey I tried the inverted RGB blue channel technique described by Boris Hajdukovic, which has contributed a lot, although rather subtly, to the final result. Raw files processed with Darktable.

Taken in: Italy / Emilia-Romagna / Ravenna / Lido DI Savio (show map)

Taken on: July 28, 2021

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/14.0, 1/20 sec, 14mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Aperture:	f/14.0
Exposure Time:	0.05 sec (1/20)
Focal Length:	14mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	GIMP 2.10.24
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