It is mandatory to see it ON BLACK!
The Heliades - III, on Black
2013 looks like a really turning point in my life.
So far things have been extremely good, and I'm utterly excited about what will be happening in these next months.
Anyway, time has come for me to continue this series here; my long-time followers might have seen this on my other social sharing website, but I really want to have the 'full' series uploaded here on Flickr, too.
This is the third 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."
This series received four honorable mentions at the 2012 International Photography Awards.
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Details
- CANON 5d Mark II ir, EF 17-40@23, f/8, 21 s, ISO 50
- Mirror Lockup, Remote Shutter
- Lee Big Stopper (10 stops ND filter)
- Tripod
The shot
Italy
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;
- Applied some local adjustments on trees;
- 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.
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