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Submitted: May 4, 2009
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Make:NIKON CORPORATION
Model:NIKON D3
Shutter Speed:555555/100000000 second
Aperture:F/5.6
Focal Length:80 mm
ISO Speed:200
Date Taken:Apr 4, 2009, 5:11:58 AM

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Vitaleta Re-editby ~AndyMumford

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Landscapes

Still going back over old images and reprocessing them in Capture NX2. I always felt this shot was a little lacking in contrast in the foreground, and didn't really "pop", so I've tried to remedy that. Also re-edited "Sanctuary", "Piano Grande" and "In The Shadow of Mountains"

The Photo

Another iconic scene in Tuscany, Capella di Vitaleta is usually a sunset location with the days last light illuminating the front of the building. I took this on my first morning there, the same morning that I shot "Two" which is a little to the right of this scene, a wonderful dawn when the weather conspired to fill Val d’Orcia with low lying mist.
The farmhouse of Belvedere is a much more common dawn location, but I wanted to see if I could get something different, and so found a place to shoot in a different part of the valley on my first morning there.
I was faced with a constantly changing sea of mist between the hills, and although I hadn’t originally intended to shoot the chapel, as I didn’t think it would work as a backlit shot, it was too good an opportunity to miss as the first light of dawn coloured the sky above it.

I metered from the green of the field and used a 3 stop nd grad filter to control the highlights of the sky.

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Taken in Val d’Orcia, Tuscany, Italy
Nikon D3 | Nikkor 80-400 ED VR
Gitzo GT2541 tripod w/ Gitzo GH1780QR ballhead
Lee 0.9 (3 stop) neutral density graduated filter (soft)
1/180 | f5.6 | 80mm

Workflow in Apple Aperture 2. Title in PS

Thanks to !Star-buck !edgueinart and *KirlianCamera who all picked this shot out from the images I took in Tuscany that are on my website. If you don’t like it, blame them. OK?

More shots from Italy:

Cypress
Two
Sibillini
My website

Thanks in advance for any comments or faves. Sadly, I no longer have time to reply to individual comments, but I do appreciate people taking the time to look.
Any questions, please note me.

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Given 2012-07-20

Many of us miss the incredible beauty of the world lit by the rising sun at dawn... but not ~AndyMumford in his fantastic photo: Vitaleta Re-edit. ( Featured by `IsacGoulart )

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~annamariaaias Apr 5, 2013

Colours like these makes you wanna close yours eyes and just dream!!!

*PreetikaSharma Feb 27, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Beautiful.

`dragonfly-oli Feb 27, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

Hello.
You have been featured in my Best of January-feature.
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Please give a favourite if you enjoyed it.

Have a nice week!

~Watersmoke Feb 26, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

Looks like a painting...

*lilmickey787 Feb 26, 2013

Spectacular capture, beautiful soft feel and subtle colors...well done

`dragonfly-oli Feb 26, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

Hello! You are one of the finalists of the "Nature" folder in #Breathtaking-photos!
If you win this poll, you will be featured the whole next week!
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Have a nice day.