Dana Point, California. This is a pretty awesome place to shoot. The sunset is pretty far north at this time of year and if you get caught in the wrong spot the cliffs will hide all the light shining from the sunset on to the rocks and you will end up with way to much black cliffs and not enough light. In order to get a decent comp I had to jump out onto a few boulders to get around the cliffs. This turned out fine because:
A. The rocks weren't slippery
B. I didn't fall into the ocean with all of my camera gear.
C. The tide was coming in but I managed a few shots and got back to shore without getting wet
D. I didn't break any legs or ankles hopping around ocean rocks like a teenager.
No HDR
No GND
Black Card Technique
The Shot:
Single Exposure, F/8.0, 47 Seconds, ISO 250, 24-105L @24mm
Post Processing:
Processed in Color
>Adobe Raw-WB-Warmed up
>Saved image as Tiff and opened in CS-5
>Color Efex Pro 3.0-Pro Contrast-Sky cooled (Blue) for contrast in Black and white
>Silver Efex 2.0-Black and White conversion
>Adjustment Layers-Curves-Water areas brightened
>Adjustment Layers-Curves-Edges of Water darkened
>Adjustment Layer-Curves-Clouds darkened
>Topaz Denoise-Noise removal in sky and softer look for water
>High Pass Sharpening
>Cropped, Framed and sized for posting
http://en.flickeflu.com/photos/tony_d
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