Thor's Well

Thor's Well, a photo by Tony DeSantis Photography on Flickr.

2nd day of the trip. After sleeping up at Mt. Hood and shooting sunrise I couldn't wait to get down here and shoot this area. I thought it was called "Devils Punchbowl" but after talking with Dustin Gent he let me know that this was actually "Thor's Well".
I got to the site and was very excited, packed up my gear humped down to the ocean floor with camera, tripod and shutter release in hand. Seemed like perfect conditions with not to much in the way of tides so I could get out to a good spot. There was a slight rain but still doable. I started setting up my shot and realized I forgot my ND filter...CRAP!!. Ok, back up to the car, grab the ND filter and back to finishing the shot.
I am happy with the turn out. It took some work in Photoshop because as great of a scene that it was with the stormy weather the colors were less than spectacular. Eventually got to Bandon, Or. but it was to late. Rain and darkness killed the scene. So after sunrise I Drove 7 hours, ran past Cannon Beach, it was totally rained out, stopped here at Thor's Well, good times, got to Bandon late...Crap!
Dustin and Brian were going waterfall hopping. Should have tried to tag along, oh well...maybe another time.

The Shot:

Single Exposure-F/7.1, ISO 400,  0.2 seconds,  Tripod Mounted with cable release, 1ds Mark II, 24-105L @28mm

Post Processing:

>Raw-Fill light, Recovery Slider, Exposure, Blacks, opened in CS5 as 16bit tiff

CS-5:

>Mode-Lab Color

>Curves-Adjust for Lightness, A & B Channels

>Mode-RGB

>Topaz Adjust-Increase Color and brightness in Rocks

>Topaz InFocus-Increase sharpness in Rocks and water around hole

>Nik Color Efex Pro

  >Tonal Contrast-increase definition in water

>Cropped photo for better composition

>High pass sharpening

>Framed and Sized for posting