On the wings of the night [explored on 2024/08/31]

On the wings of the night

The world was shapeless
My world was lifeless
Everything was hopeless
As that deep, dark shroud
Was laid on my soul. No stars
Were shining out loud,
No songs were heard from afar.

The world was cold trashes
My world was dead ashes
Everything was... No, wait...! A flame
I saw - a star, a sparkling light
And lo, there she came
Riding on the wings of the night.

DMB (Didacus67)

Laura and I were on one of those little, precious vacations of ours. We were at the seaside, at Milano Marittima (i.e., Milan-on-the-seaside, but the name of the place should not fool you: it is more than 300 km from Milan). We had a wonderful, intimate time - and I went chasing sunrises, earning three sunrise sessions in four days. I am normally careful not to photograph too much and too seriously on such occasions, even when the place is luring me, since my main focus is on us being together. Yet I am somehow lucky to have a thing for sunrises, since this allows me to dedicate some time to photography that does not weigh on our precious together-time - indeed, when I am back, she is usually still asleep. So here I am with a shot from my first session, and the best one (we'll see if I can squeeze something worth your attention from the other two).

Explored on 2024/08/31 nr. 71

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, refers to the "normal exposure" shot).
As usual, I gave the finishing touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4 and played a bit with dodging and burning.
Raw files were processed with Darktable.

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

Taken on: April 27, 2024

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/13.0, 4 sec, 14mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	4
Focal Length:	14mm
ISO:	125
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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