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I've already posted three images from this shoot (1, 2 and 3) but held off posting this one because I couldn't work out how to process it. It was taken just as the sun had breached the horizon, and the light was quite flat, but there was something about it that kept drawing me back. I tried black and white, which didn't work, and a whole variety of other styles, but none of them suited the image: they either looked too brash, or too forced, or both.

In the end though I think this slightly cross-processed look works a lot better, mostly because it splits the dawn light from the colder light that preceded it. It probably won't be to everyone's taste, but I'm pleased with how it turned out.

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6.35am on 1/11/12
Sony SLT-A99
Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss T*
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2x1
N25°13.633'
E55°15.220'
 
2x1 + travel [Dubai, UAE] + camera [Sony A99] + show the original