Those unspoken words between us - a photo on Flickriver

I have managed to get a decent photographic session, at last... I went back to my favorite location, the meanders of the river Adda, yet a bit downstream the magical spot you have come to know (if you don't, you might have a look at my Silent banks album). A new location, under many respects, although the water of the river I was capturing were the same, only a few minutes down the endless stream of time. I aimed to capture the multifaceted beauty of the new, blossoming leaves. And a fresh sunrise, of course. It was a strange 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 on that surprise time, albeit still walking towards the chattering banks of the river. Then, after a brief, glorious explosion of rosy and purple, 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.
When I took this exposure bracketing, the advance colourful moment was at its climaxing point, so I decided to capture the dialogue between the sky and the humble gold of the buttercups in a field. I hope you like it... [in this day of attacks I wish to dedicate this shot to my friend, Sh*]

Explored on 2024/04/15, two days after posting, a little beyond nr. 200

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 to give a slight tonal boost to the scene, desaturating a lot and retaining mostly the boost to the tones.
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.

Taken in: Italy / Lombardy / Airuno / Airuno (show map)

Taken on: April 7, 2024

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/10.0, 0.5 sec, 24mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.5
Focal Length:	24mm
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 2.10.34
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