Sun’s Dying Rays On The Mantle - a photo on Flickriver

            As the sun set and its dying rays cut between some low trees on the horizon, some of those rays lit up the mantle and the small vase with dead flowers as well as a red box beside it. Realizing I had only a scant few moments to capture this I scrambled to get and then set up my tripod and camera. The inevitable fumbling with knobs and locks ensued. However I managed to capture the look I wanted but just in time. A few seconds later and the show was all over. - JW

Date Taken: 2021-07-10

Tech Details:

Taken using a tripod-mounted Nikon D800 fitted with a Tamron 90mm1:2.8 Macro lense, ISO100, Daylight WB, spot metering off the red box, Aperture priority mode, f/10.0, 3 sec with an EV+0.33 exposure bias. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image size to be 9000px wide, crop to trim off some distracting detail along the top and bottom edges, boost contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, boost black level to get a more accurate tonality contrast, use Shadows/Highlights to significantly recover highlight detail and then recover a bit of shadow detail, boost vibrance slightly, sharpen (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: load the image as 2 layers, use the top layer to adjust the overall look of the background and the bottom layer to adjust the red box, add a white/opaque layer mask to the top/background layer, on the top layer use a large soft-edged brush and black/transparent paint to paint in the red box so it shows through from the bottom layer, then on the top/overall layer adjust the contrast and brightness, then on the top layer shift the colour balance to reduce the yellow cast from the dying sunset and get the bricks looking a bit more normal, then on the bottom layer use the Hue-Saturation-Brightness tool to darken the red channel to make the box look more normal (could not get both box and background to look realistic with the same adjustments), create new working layer from visible results, sharpen, save, scale to 7000px wide, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3300 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.

Taken on: July 10, 2021

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Camera: Nikon D800, f/10.0, 3 sec, 90mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	3
Focal Length:	90mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	GIMP 2.10.24
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