Sensor noise on higher gains I'd guess. Normally I take images like this in manual and fiddle around with the settings until I get it right. In this case I had to be quick because the light was changing by the minute so I shot in auto. But I agree with you, I also liked the effect here that's why I kept it.
Didn't do any editing, came out of the camera like that. But dji already does quite heavy editing. The problem is that the raw format in which they save the file is AFAIK only fully implemented by Photoshop, so working with jpegs it is...
The limestone above is not high enough to really filter out whatever the farmer on top throws on their field, so it's contaminated with pestizides and not recommended for drinking. It smells like fresh water.
As whitewater paddler on the alps you get used to relying on the weather report (and develop a healthy judgement for what's the kind of rain that will get you in trouble). The kind of rain it takes to make trouble doesn't come out of the blue :)
Still, the cave has rescue spots that are fully equipped with food and thermal blankets and have several meters height as buffer. And still after all of that you are right, it always is a risk
The oldest traces of mankind in the cave go back to the Celtics, so quite some time ago. It is well explored. The cave is only accessible with licensed guides. We went in the first kilometer, where everything is still pretty tame, no protracted crawling etc + it was a dry day with low water levels.
But yeah, 2h in and you know you will take 2h again to get out. That's the point where you start wondering what happens if someone breaks their ankle...
The guide explained to us that there is a cave rescue team that comes and gets you out of anything happens, but it takes roughly 14 h to get someone injured back out again o.O
The cave's interior is out of a story book, with stalactites, stalacmites and gigantic round dripstones, cathedral like openings, waterfalls and tight spots to dive and press through. Was a real adventure
Was the chillest dude - sitting under a waterfall in the spray, having a good time. Waited patiently until I had taken 2-3 photos, then went about his day :)
took this image 2 years ago when being there on holiday. We went back last year, to enjoy the absolutely beautiful nature scene in which we found the salamander, only to see it having become a construction site for a new road...
Oh wow, didn't expect that :)
Thanks!