Last Saturday evening a lone photographer at Hole in the Wall Beach, near Santa Cruz, California braved high tide on this ledge of rock waiting for the moonrise as the sun set behind and to the right of the frame. He was also patient enough to stay put for this 2-minute exposure! It is probably someone on flickr. Any ideas? No HDR.
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Late update:
MYSTERY SOLVED! This is David Shield.
See his shot here. I hear that he likes moonlight swims in the sea!
www.flickr.com/photos/davidshield/
See the photographer battling the elements in this 1800 pixel
version!!
www.flickr.com/photos/patrick-smith-photography/564441705...
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Canon 5D mark II
Canon 24-105L @ 45 with some cropped of the edges
Live preview
2-minute exposure @F11
ISO 100
1 Lee soft grad filter (4x6 inch, 100x150mm, 0.9, 3-stop)
No polarizer.
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop cs4
Small Slik Sprint mini II tripod
Manfrotto 322RC2 pistol-grip ball head
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The Story
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So, there I was doing a small group workshop on the top of a cliff. The sunset was red, but I kept watching the moonlight on the ocean as the almost full-moon rose opposite to the sun. As it got darker, the moonlight got relatively brighter. Eventually the light between the moon and the sun became even. These short moments near the full-moon can produce unusual lighting effects. I have another one from near Carmel that I'll show later with huge waves lit by a rising sun while the setting moon lit up the foreground water. You should try this sometime!
Sometimes people get upset when photographers get in 'their shot.' But I say, "okay, hold still now!"
The map shows the exact location.
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A great weather mashup map of the world with local temperatures,
weather and nice popups. See where it is hot and not!
www.wunderground.com/wundermap/
Google Earth
earth.google.com/
Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.
Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your
fave website)
www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=mtr
Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries
have similar websites)
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.shtml?gid=235
Wave Heights (I choose 'North Pacific from Global')
polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/main_int.html
Or Here:
www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/RP1bw.gif
Photos of every inch of the California coastline from a small plane. Excellent for close in detailed views.
JGo9, 冰牛奶, Olly Plumstead, prmelat, and 410 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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Justin Smith - Photography 25 months ago | reply
Wonderful warm light on the rocks here. Great job!
RoryMM 25 months ago | reply
What an amazing shot!
[nosamk] KMason photography 25 months ago | reply
amazing shot!
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Le Kim 25 months ago | reply
Great shot
madarchie0 25 months ago | reply
Amazing image Patrick - master of light and composition!!
Ibraheem Alnassar 25 months ago | reply
wonderful
Qba from Poland 24 months ago | reply
wow ! this shot is so cool ! awesome composition and exposure !
skawalker 24 months ago | reply
Another fantastic shot. Really great with the link to the photo being taken by David Shield.
afer92 (on and off) 24 months ago | reply
Awesome composition and light.
Moniza* 24 months ago | reply
What a beautiful shot !!!
zPRIME 24 months ago | reply
Wow. The colors are just insane! I have to say .. I'm impressed to like the nth degree! Thanks for sharing!
Qais Alamar 22 months ago | reply
Dr
amazing
jmb_germany 21 months ago | reply
I saw this in the 200+ Faves group and Faved it.
AnneliesW 21 months ago | reply
awesome!!!
dmuphotography 21 months ago | reply
Great shot Patrick, I am headed out for moon rise tonight.
Joanna1076 20 months ago | reply
beautiful shot! lovely colours!
Nikos Niotis 19 months ago | reply
Wonderful!
Tootsiekat / kathy 16 months ago | reply
Somehow I missed this first time around. What a shot...lighting is awesome...a jewel of a shot (as it is very pearlescent which might not be a word).
joeguernaccini 15 months ago | reply
amazing shot
mahdi5544 12 months ago | reply
what a coloration.
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