A wordless dialogue - a photo on Flickriver

            Dear friends, I had not been able to set a photographic session - i.e. "a sunrise session" - for a long time. Ironically, when the opportunity came, I was not prepared - nonetheless I made my best efforts to seize it. Having no time to scout for a new location, I resorted to my favourite enchanted garden - a small, peaceful corner of land along the valley of the river Adda: just downstream Lake Como, just before the river enters the Padan Plain - a handful of meanders and a plot of wetlands where secret, ancient words spiral in the air along with the breaths of the river and the earth.
As the sky was slowly brightening a dense, shapeless mist rose from the river - a precious feature of the location, but... well, it looked too dense that morning. Every hint of detail was engulfed and nullified by that milky, glowing nothingness. However I shot a lot of bracketings, faintly hoping that in post-processing (thanks to the raw magic of RAW files) I would be able to make something emerge from that apparent nothingness. But, believe me, it was a bit frustrating - quite a poor day to seize, as an impudent voice kept repeating in the back of my mind.
The sun was already climbing above the horizon, largely ignoring both the frustrating blanket of fog hovering over the river and my little feelings about it - and lo!, suddenly the world was emerging all around me, like the restored backup of a long-forgotten dream. Golden rays started playing all around, piercing the ever changing veils of mist, feeling and unraveling the intricate textures of the trees. Then a glorious crown of light spread out just in front of me and for a while I was just the awed witness of an unfathomable dialogue between the river and the sun.

I have obtained this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-1.3/0/+1.3 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal" exposure shot), then I added some final touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4. Denoise with Nik Dfine 2.
   

Taken in: Italia / Lombardia / Airuno (show map)

Taken on: November 19, 2017

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Camera: Nikon D5100, f/10.0, 1/100 sec, 46mm (=69mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5100
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	46mm (35mm equivalent: 69mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+1/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	ViewNX 2.10 W
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