A storm is coming — lighthouse - a photo on Flickriver

            The lighthouse of "la pointe des monts", on the North bay of the Saint Laurent, Eastern Quebec.

I took this shot on a very grey day. The original shot had actually little contrast, and I had to enhance the contrast in the parts that I was interested in, making sure that the lighthouse was the most contrasted part of the picture, but preserving the streak of light that goes to it. Indeed, these streak of light in the clouds are probably what holds the composition together by focusing the attention on the light house.

For this post-processing, I used the darktable software. I had to rely on a vary of contrast-enhancing filtered (many instances of contrast equalizer, with the clarity preset). The danger of such post-processing is that it enhances noise. Hence, I was careful to also use noise-reduction settings on the contrast equalizers. I enhanced the contrast most on the light house, making its lighter part even lighter. I also enhanced some contrast in the clouds using tone curves, to emphasize the overall shape. To avoid blowing up noise in the clouds, I cut-off the low frequencies (not much is happening anyhow), and added grain after to restore the texture. For the colors, I used a bit of split toning, pushing the highlight to orange and the shadows to blue.

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Taken in: Canada / Quebec / Baie-Trinité / Pointe-des-Monts (show map)

Taken on: August 16, 2019

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ100, f/3.5, 1/1000 sec, 9.1mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-TZ100
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	9.1mm
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	darktable 2.6.0
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