Photo by Daniel Kiechle

L’Ile D’Or

This is a tiny island with an iconic castle-like structure in the south of France near Saint-Raphaël. I took this photo in early March 2017 with a Nikon D750 and the AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens at 55mm. I shot in aperture-priority mode at ISO 100 with an aperture of f/7.1 and a shutter speed of 1/640s. I also used a flash to brighten up the water droplets of the waves.

Editing notesIt was very windy, so the waves were exactly what I wanted, but the sky was a boring uniform light blue. I used several filters, including Dynamic Contrast, to bring out some details in the foreground and the building and Sky Swap AI to make the photo more sinister-looking and dramatic. The program did an excellent job relighting the foreground based on the sky I had chosen. Finally, I added a vignette to lead the viewer's eye to the building. All processing was done in ON1 Photo RAW 2026 Max in June 2026.

NIKON D750
ƒ/7.1
55mm
ISO 100
1/640 sec

L’Ile D’Or

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