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Till the End

This scene is from my first sunrise session in Milano Marittima - the rainy one. It has been a tough beast to process, not least due to some raindrops on my lens - they were barely noticeable before I began the journey of post-processing, but they came out rather prominenty as the scene was taking its shape and mood. To say it in civil words, those raindrops did not contribute to the scene, since they resulted in regions of altered hues in the sky and at the water's edge. I have somehow managed to clone the most intruding ones out, but I would be glad to hear from you if you can make out where they were, as a way to measure how good my healing work has been.
I loved this simple breakwater, since it made for a nice interesting element from many point of views. Here I have chosen the classic central perspective, with obvious yet always fascinating implications. This morning has been the most lonely one, due to the bad weather, and there a deep silence hovered about the place - at least until the bulldozer came to level the sand and haul away driftwood and other little mementos the receding high tide had laid off on the water's edge, readying the beach for another tourists' day.

COMING SOON - I have exciting news (I hope so, at least)... It might be that I am going to upload something really new for me, most probably next week. ;-) See you soon!

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 improved a bit the glowing patch of sea near the horizon. Raw files processed with Darktable.

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

Taken on: July 27, 2021

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/10.0, 1/4 sec, 14mm (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.25 sec (1/4)
Focal Length:	14mm
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:	Uncalibrated
Software:	GIMP 2.10.24
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