Cyclone of Light - Trinidad, Californiagreat! I waited until the center of the vortex was over this little island to enhance the focal point. Thanks, I timed it for those few seconds when the refection is at its strongest. There was a hole in the upper cloud layer, which shone light on to the lower clouds that was reflected back to the upper layer. I rarely see this. No thunderstorms on this evening. We only have about 1 thunderstorm per year and even then we usually just hear thunder, not actually see lightning. The sand was just starting to dry out here. It is good to have a little dry texture in addition to the reflection. Just position the dry part where reflections are unimportant. the textures!! woooo you were so lucky to have this perfect clouds:) I made sure to split the frame 50/50 since there is an equal amount of interest above and below the horizon! 
The spacecraft hovered over the... erm... I mean..A swirling vortex of clouds moved in and was off the right side of the frame in about 5 minutes! When I saw this in my RAW editor, it just didn't seem possible. So in order to process it accurately, I had to look at it in the back of my camera. No HDR!
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Go to my Flickr profile to sign up for my free bi-weekly newsletter. I will answer questions and talk about locations and techniques. No spam will be sent! Also, I just started on Twitter. See the 1200 pixel version! www.flickr.com/photos/patrick-smith-photography/355691064... Also, 2009/06/03: The photo below is a winner in the 2009 Nature's Best Ocean Views competition. A print will hang in the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC for a year! www.flickr.com/photos/patrick-smith-photography/2925429309/ Canon 5D Mark II Canon 17-40L @ 17 1.4-second exposure @F11 LEE soft ND grads 0.9 + 0.6 Cokin z-pro filter holder ISO 50 RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One TIFF file processed with Photoshop Bare feet (soft sand) See my first upload of the series for the trials and tribulations of getting to this spot at this time. www.flickr.com/photos/patrick-smith-photography/3497030979 Just before my last upload, I could not believe my eyes as the light reflected off the bottom layer of clouds and up into underside of the top layer. And then light came through the 'eye' of this cyclonic thing. I felt like I was wintessing an historical event rather than just a nice sunset. The colors remained rather subdued but the drama was incredible. I made sure to get the sand at it's most reflective moment. It was high tide so it dried up in just a few seconds. Timing was everything. So I had to keep running around and planting the tripod in the wettest sand just after a wave would hit a particular spot. I'm glad nobody was watching because they would probably think; "This guy just can't seem to make up his mind!" The map shows exactly where this is. See my profile for a link to my website where I have limited edition prints and less expensive open edition prints. . Comments
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tropicaLiving
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beautiful colors in the sky with thunder clouds is amazing, excellent light and reflections, beautiful wide angle view..just perfect~!
Happy Weekend Patrick~!
ps: i hope someday i could watching you running around on the beach..:D
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )