Here something a bit different from Mar Menor in south-eastern Spanish coast. Taken during the past Christmas in balmy 20 degrees. Not much post-processing, slight saturation bump in the sky, histogram stretched a bit at both ends to utilize most of the dynamic range, and a bit of fill light added to the water to make it lighter.
The low contrast resonates strongly with me, and love the subtlety of the print.
The original is significantly larger, cropped from a 42MP 2x3 frame stitched shot - the cropping was the main challenge and I pained over it for days. I originally wanted to make this square with a centered horizon and hills, but the choppy water became too dominant and changed the mood to be much gloomier. I feel this gives the best balance, with the "tear" in the bright sky balancing out the heavy tones of the sliver of water - and this photo demands balance.
Would like to know if this works for anyone else!
Canon 450D, 85mm f/1.8 @ f/5.6 and 1/800.
