To things happened yesterday.
I got a chance to go out and shoot and an interesting sky at the same time. It is the little things in life that make you happy!
Yesterday after lunch with my son and a quick appointment I headed out to Dana Point for some sunset shots. Driving and looking into the sky to see how the clouds were going to set up is always an interesting endeavor. I am not sure why I do it because I am going to shoot anyway it really doesn't matter what the sky is doing once I am on my way. But I do it anyway. So there I am driving down the I5 and looking into the sky at 65mph. Everything was looking good and for once in the past few months when I have had a chance to shoot the sky was going to cooperate. Eventually the sky wasn't as dramatic as I hoped but there was texture there and that made all the difference.
The nice thing is getting down to this area to shoot is simple. The parking is close so it is a short walk. I decided to set up right by the stairs that lead down to the beach area. As I was setting up facing into the sun I noticed this area where the waves were hitting the break wall and causing a rushing of water through this inlet. I decided to turn my attention about 90 degrees to my left and take a few comps of this area as well. Once I set up, little did I know that what seemed like a small amount of water rushing through this area could turn into a rushing of water about 18 inches deep. But after the first wave of water hit and my boots and pants being soaked up to my shin's. I decided to stick with it and proceed with my comps.
This is a black card technique to keep detail in the sky as well as the foreground without any multi exposure techniques or HDR.
Lessons learned on this outing:
-Never leave your camera equipment where the waves can catch it. I usually put my camera bag on an area high enough where the water can't get to it or in this case strapped to my back. Man was I glad I did that!!
-No matter if you have the most water tight shoes on...if the water gets over the top your feet will get wet and you will squish the rest of the night.
-No matter the water, the cold, the wet feet. The shot is worth it all.
The Shot:
Single Exposure, ND 400 filter, F/22, 29 seconds, ISO 400, Sigma 10-20 lens @10mm
Post Processing:
>ACR-noise reduction entire image
Photoshop:
All post processing is done in color and then converted to Black and white
I have used this website for Post Processing information http://farbspiel.wordpress.com
>Topaz Adjust-Add color and detail to entire image
>Adjustment Layer-Curves for contrast
>Adjustment Layer-Levels to sharpen tones of black and white points
>Silver Efex Pro-Red filter for sky only (Darken clouds)
>Silver Efex Pro-Rest of entire image for Black and white
>Noise Ninja-Sky area only
>High Pass Sharpening
>Framed and sized for posting
http://en.flickeflu.com/photos/tony_d
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