Marseille
Sep, 2020Views
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Location
The photo was taken in the 'Calanques of Marseilles', from a grotto, in the mountains over the Mediterranean sea.Time
It was a very sunny day, in May 2020. It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon. There were white clouds passing fast as it was a little bit windy.Lighting
The sun was high in the sky, in the left side of the camera but hidden by the wall of the grotto so that the light was not direct in the lensEquipment
I shot with my beloved Nikon D750 and a Tamron SP 24-70 f2,8 at 1/100 sec, 24mm, ISO 100, f18Inspiration
I liked the diagonal line which divided the picture in two parts with two different colors and well defined light and shadow. The rock is very imposing and seems to fall on me. I like to think that this picture manifests the power of nature over mankind. How small we are in front of it.Editing
I worked the raw file with automatic processing of tones and whites. I made it more sature, more vivid and clearer. I also cut in a square format to put in evidence the diagonal which separates the image in two partsIn my camera bag
I have now a Nikon D850 as well as my older Nikon D750. Tamron SP 24-70 f2,8 and Nikon 14-24 f2,8. A Manfrotto befree for outdoors.Feedback
It is a very simple image. At the same time, when I shot this one, I took many more traditional pictures of the landscape: everything was there: the mountains, the sea, the sky, the sun, the islands and the white clouds. I was in a great position as well, just in front of the horizon. But this picture does not show all that. This picture disorientates the spectator as it catches only a little part of what was in front of the camera. There are no spacial references and it only suggests that something more could be there. So it invites the spectator to imagine and to find an interior landscape more than capturing and showing what already exists. It creates mystery about the environment and a sense of littleness in front of nature. This could maybe be an advice for looking at things differently.
