The light's failing rapidly as Liz and I make our way back along the promenade at the lovely seaside resort of sa Calobra on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, having spent the last two hours exploring this unique place.
But there's still enough twilight to take photographs, and this lone tree on a sheer rocky outcrop, silhouetted against the glowing horizon, is just too beautiful to pass by.
So Liz settles down patiently to wait for me as I unpack my recently stowed gear and frame up this shot, fussing over all the usual stuff - composition, exposure and the like.
The gloom requires a 30 second exposure at ISO100, so taking a picture is a slow process, especially as I'm refusing to raise the ISO as I want the shadow areas as noise free as possible for future post-processing latitude.
It's funny what goes through a photographer's mind at times like these!
So, I take three or four exposures as Liz reads her kindle by the light of a streetlight, and then we make our way in almost complete darkness by up to the car park and home to our apartment.
Anyhow, my fussiness pays off later, as I'm able to extract details from the rocks below the tree that I couldn't even see at the time, thanks to good old Adobe Lightroom and the patience of my wife.
Filename - mallorca sa calobra 03.jpg
Camera - Canon EOS 5D
Lens - 17-40mm zoom @ 40mm
Exposure - 30 secs @ f8, ISO100
Location - sa Calobra, Mallorca, Spain
This image - 640x800px JPEG
Conversion - Lightroom
Comments - Tripod, remote release and mirror lockup used to prevent camera movement.
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