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Explore #1 - Highest Position, October 3rd. Thanks everyone!
Earlier this week, the central California coast was blessed with its first real sunset since the summer marine layer began way back in May. That light caused a furor around the Bay Area, with lots of photogs hoping that the winter sunset season had begun.
So it came as no surprise when this past week I received a flurry of text messages asking how the evening clouds looked here at the coast in Santa Cruz. But sadly, the entire week was crystal-clear and cloudless. Until Friday night that is. A few clouds started to build, but nothing to get too exited about. Nevertheless, I knew there were some keen shooters out there, so I got in touch with Jave and David, and talked about the clouds a bit.
Both guys decided to roll on out to the coast to shoot Natural Bridges even if it meant shooting in less than spectacular conditions. As we got to the beach however, it became apparent that the sky was going to BLOW UP (to use the appropriately Jave vernacular). When the color did arrive, it was so full and beautiful that it caused us to lose all rationality and run around like chickens, scratching in the sand and shooting shooting shooting.
Afterward we kept talking about how it was the best light we've ever seen at NB (either in person or in photos). Simply amazing.
~Josh
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Tech Notes
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Nikon D300s
ISO100
F/8
0.62 sec
12 mm
Lee 3-stop soft GND Filter, handheld at a slight angle to darken the
hot horizon on the right
Post-Processing
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In Raw Converter:
- Dropped my exposure by about 0.4 stops to make the colors richer
- Global contrast for added pop
- Local contrast adjustments to water streaks to add definition
In Photoshop:
- Noise reduction via Neat Image
- Selective Sharpening of arch
- Slight brightness and contrast boost to foreground
- Slight brightness and contrast boost to bridge to enhance the light
there
- Luminosity mask on bright brights with darkening curves layers to
improve color near the horizon on the right hand side
Thought Process: done with notes on the Image, a la Patrick Smith
D Breezy - davidthompsonphotography.com, ~ Aaron Reed ~, Kevin Y Zhang, ken.hubbell, and 533 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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TARIQ-M 23 months ago | reply
Congratulations!
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shilp1971 20 months ago | reply
nise all
Nguyen Huu Thanh Hai 20 months ago | reply
Congrats and well deserved! this is beautifully composed and processed. Love the warm tones, the wave action and definitely the epic light.
Cap'n J's Photography 19 months ago | reply
Wicked shot! Love the light and color and the movement in the foreground is great too!
arjuna_zbycho 18 months ago | reply
Gorgeous!
GeeQueue 17 months ago | reply
Just incredible - the motion draws you right in!
E.Mill 15 months ago | reply
Wonderful capture!
Congrtas for explored!
Mo7amed AlSibani 15 months ago | reply
nice pic
artland 15 months ago | reply
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megs_foley 14 months ago | reply
stunning!
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megs_foley 14 months ago | reply
super!
Yannick Lefevre 14 months ago | reply
back on this one
i remember well it, the rocks is well framed & the long exposure timing give a nice dynamic action with the waves rushing
Beauty Eye 14 months ago | reply
nicely captured..
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Jon-Die 13 months ago | reply
Nice
It's Just C, also at http://500px.com/ItsJustC 13 months ago | reply
Thank you for sharing with us!
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Ryam Anthony 10 months ago | reply
love it
Blue Celt 8 months ago | reply
J'aime !
Francisco Aragão 8 months ago | reply
excellent job !
rbn petralanda 6 months ago | reply
Simplemente espectacular !!!