- Awesome!! - Jim | jld3 photography
- Not a straight line to be found!
- No 90 degree angles in sight!
- I inverted a strong ND grad filter (dark half on the bottom) to even out the light, which was bright on the water.
- Low tide is the best time to visit. You get more room and the high tide line shows up well.
- The longer the exposure, the smoother and better it looks. 30 seconds is the minimum if the water is calm, and I waited for a calm moment before shooting.
- To infinity and beyond! - Sunshine Girl AZ
- In many of your pictures you have mentioned the importance of tides in timing. I tried going thru some online sites to understand the tide calender. But didn't find a simple one.
Could you suggest a site that helps you know which place has high/low tides... and when?? - I'm on a learning curve!!
Under the Berkeley Pier
Sometimes when the light is not exactly right for wide-angle landscapes, it is fun to crawl into slimy dark places at low tide. You just never know what you will find! No HDR. Have a look at this month's American Photography Magazine. I have a bunch of pictures in there in different places!
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Settings etc.:
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Canon 5D
Canon 24-105L @ 85
30-second exposure @F18
LEE soft ND grad (100x150mm) 0.9 inverted (dark side down)
Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring
ISO 50
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop
Keen water shoes
This view underneath the rather asymmetrical Berkeley pier was taken at low tide so that the mussels and dark seaweed can be seen. And only at low tide is there room to squeeze into this spot. Waves kept splashing salt spray onto the filters because I had to get right up to the edge of the water to exclude distracting elements. So it took about 20 minutes of trying before I got a good image. And I had to wait about 1 month for overall light and tidal conditions to be right. This was a soft, foggy day with light coming from the left. Sunny days are too harshly lit this sort of image to work very well.
People were giving me strange looks as I squeezed between some pipes and other undefineable items, but this is the price you must pay!
This pier points right towards Alkatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay.
The map shows exactly where this is.
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Comments and faves
Jim Patterson Photography, Wiffsmiff23, garylwk2005, goodbyebyesunday, and 904 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Jim Patterson Photography (50 months ago | reply)
Nice stillness Patrick, and of course use of a vanishing point. And of course, the zonation of the intertidal algae and critters helps, too in drawing the eye down the middle.
cole97 :-) (50 months ago | reply)
Great!!!!!!!!!
mau_tweety (50 months ago | reply)
Nice! Have a happy weekend;-)))))
Monkeyhang (50 months ago | reply)
That's what I call 'depth'!!! :)
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Blue Hour (50 months ago | reply)
This is really awesome! The smoothness of the water is fantastic... The green is beautiful!
13thWitness (50 months ago | reply)
love the vanishing point.
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Fionn Luk (50 months ago | reply)
Awesome perspective! It seems like it will never end. Very cool details
Stephen Oachs (ApertureAcademy.com) (50 months ago | reply)
Nicely done, Patrick. Who knew the underbelly of a pier could be so cool! HAHA
When I look at this it feels like I'm being sucked in...and maybe leaning a tad to the left.
Luis_Carrasco (50 months ago | reply)
Es realmente espectacular. Los cortes del agua marcados en los pilares y la profundidad, son increibles...Felicidades!!!
Saludos.
DJKphotography (50 months ago | reply)
wow! nicely shown water level!
Wild Northwest Images [deleted] (50 months ago | reply)
Way cool perspective, and perfectly done!
IceNineJon (50 months ago | reply)
It's like another world under there! Nicely captured.
PatrickSmithPhotography (50 months ago | reply)
Thanks for looking!
Yes Stephen, the pier is sinking irregularly, but I made sure the the very first line at the top is parallel with the top of the frame!
Patrick
goodbyebyesunday (50 months ago | reply)
Never end!
Love the colours;)
garylwk2005 (50 months ago | reply)
Stunning captured !!! Wonderful point of view and compo
Anne Strickland (50 months ago | reply)
Stunning shot.
JLMphoto (50 months ago | reply)
wow, definitely worth the effort -- this just stretches to infinite. Incredible capture!
CVDias (50 months ago | reply)
just amazing... ;)
se7enmad (50 months ago | reply)
Thank you for sharing your technique....
Excellent capture!!!!
maccanti (50 months ago | reply)
my god ,that pier is so long! fantastic work
mountainSeb (50 months ago | reply)
Amazing vanashing point! :) Congrads on the magazine.
the-father (50 months ago | reply)
superb.
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sahara13 (50 months ago | reply)
This is good..it seems to go on forever .!!
Through Bri`s Lens (50 months ago | reply)
Beautiful Patrick ,a superb vanishing point which so drawes you in , this is stunning work.
Brian
Elissa2009 (50 months ago | reply)
Beautiful !
rpunzelr ~ {Michelle} (50 months ago | reply)
Wow! This is amazing! :)
danrsnyder (50 months ago | reply)
Excellent shot. Nicely set up and composed and that is a great vanishing point. The end result was well worth the effort.
Paul O' Connell (50 months ago | reply)
Deadly shot, love the vanishing point!
andreas.zachmann (50 months ago | reply)
great perspective -- very beautiful
stefanito 01 (50 months ago | reply)
the central perspective has a great effect here.
you're almost magically drawn into the picture.
tom.durkin. (50 months ago | reply)
erm, there isnt a word to describe this! thats really fantastic, vanishing point is so precise!
pe_ha45 (50 months ago | reply)
Fantastic!
Y~L .... [deleted] (50 months ago | reply)
the symmetry is perfect under this pier, incredible scene !!!!
deanspic (50 months ago | reply)
This would be a neat place to paddle!
PhotoguyPhotography (50 months ago | reply)
WOW! Does that ever do a job on your eyes!!! Ths is an awesome photo Patrick. Plus it's somehting unusual and different. Excellent job.
CADiver (50 months ago | reply)
Brilliant ! Turn ordinary subject into an captivating image.
Sheree Altobelle (50 months ago | reply)
It seems infinite.....great composition
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Lis Marie Photography (50 months ago | reply)
What a great work. Creepy and beautiful place. Smooth water.. very nicely done.
17-sparks (50 months ago | reply)
very cool
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DAJanzen (50 months ago | reply)
Spectacular perspective, tone and detail! And all on a day most would be disappointed with! Yes... 'the looks' one gets when you do what it takes to get the shot... priceless!
Stuart Stevenson (50 months ago | reply)
amazing perspective - fab shot!
CaRmEn C (50 months ago | reply)
Bonita foto . Extraordinaria perspectiva. Muy buen color.
kypt@nuy ~ very busy!!! (50 months ago | reply)
Great view, perfect capture!
shimmer2 (50 months ago | reply)
Another winner - well worth the effort!
AGrinberg (50 months ago | reply)
Great shot and story. Colors at the high tide line are pretty amazing.
hari_kr (50 months ago | reply)
magnificent shot ......... amazing perspective
nice work ...... my friend
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jcpgarzon (50 months ago | reply)
Quando as paralelas se encontram. Really fantastic ...
Congratulations ...
Duane Matsen (50 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot!. I can't think of a single way this photo could be improved upon.
Fernando X. Sanchez (50 months ago | reply)
very cool perspective, and great colors.
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