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Dear Flickr friends,
I really can't believe it's more than two months since my last upload.
Things have been evolving so quickly in these last weeks, that it's pretty hard for me to realize how time flies.
This is the second image coming from the project I've been working on, 'The Heliades'.
Here is the description of the series, the reason which stands/stood behind these works.
" While reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses, I came across an episode that changed my vision of my surroundings forever: the ‘Heliades’, daughters of the Sun, after the death of their brother Phaeton are transformed into Poplar trees on the banks of the Po river.
I have always loved to walk on those banks, but now, every time I stop and listen, it almost feels like I can hear their laments and whispers in the wind."
I'm also pleased to say that this series received four honorable mentions at the 2012 International Photography Awards.
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Details
- CANON 5d Mark II ir, TS-E 24mm, f/9, 77 s, ISO 50
- Live View, Remote Shutter
- Lee Big Stopper (10 stops ND filter)
- Tripod
The shot
Shot on the banks of the Po river, not far from where I live.
The Processing
Photoshop:
- Added many soft light layers to adjust the light;
- Added some custom gradients to equalize the light;
- Added a few curves to improve contrasts;
- Smoothened the cloud motion in the sky;
- Applied Noise Reduction
- Resized for the Web (1200px);
- Applied an Unsharp Mask to slightly improve contrast;
- Smart Sharpen + More accurate (On luminosity 'blending mode', with the sky masked off);
- Framing and Signature.
@ You all
Comments and faves are always welcome!
