The fog settled on the bridge deck just before sunrise! No HDR. See my Flickr profile profile page (link below) for my blog entry on the events of the morning and how I did this. I have more Hawaii photos but I'll show them later.
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Settings etc.:
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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 17-40L @19
2-minute exposure @F8
LEE soft ND grad (100x150mm - 4x6in) 0.9
Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring
No polarizer.
ISO 50
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop
Small Slik Sprint mini II tripod
Manfrotto 322RC2 pistol-grip ball head
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The Story
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September and October are great months for capturing low fog at the Golden Gate. The inversion is weaker but still there and the fog is often not as deep. So I got up at 2 hours before sunrise, checked the weather and headed out. You need to get here before sunrise to capture the best light. As I left the hillside after sunrise, a bunch of other photographer were setting up their tripods but the light was already harsh and bright because the high clouds were thin. Too bad I was alone to see this!
I have lots more information about this sunrise on my blog including some extra pictures, so stop on by and have a look! See the link above to go to my Flickr profile and then my Blog.
The map shows the exact location.
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Google Earth
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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
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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.
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rqerita 24 months ago | reply
awesome shot!!!!!!!!!!
Rudy Sempur 24 months ago | reply
Amazingly beautiful!!
thetimekilr 23 months ago | reply
nice.
samster1977 22 months ago | reply
stunning
MHammon 21 months ago | reply
Excellent light and composition!
JD_Earle 21 months ago | reply
Beautiful, love the lights showing through the mist.
AleCially84 19 months ago | reply
maravillosa!!!!!!!!
jonnyamerica 19 months ago | reply
A quality photos like this should take part in a comparison.
That's why it was selected, among many others on Flickr, to receive an invitation:
participating in a race / contest a limited number (up to 30 photos!).
here's the direct link
www.flickr.com/groups/supercontest/discuss/72157628355911...
´Brìllu 18 months ago | reply
beautiful
Greg Adams Photography 17 months ago | reply
Wow!
wkhc 14 months ago | reply
Hi Patrick, I was there that morning also and I remember you startled me as I got there in the dark and didn't expect anyone to be there. I still remember you disappearing down the cliff to make your shot while I stay behind the chains being a newbie. We never spoke except saying hello that morning but by coincident year and a half later I saw this picture of yours and checked the date and realized that was you!
Here is my set and sorry that they are not even close to what you did here : www.flickr.com/photos/wkhc/sets/72157625076388054/with/50...
mary_pl 14 months ago | reply
wonderful !
We would be proud to have your excellent picture in our step-up group Supreme Pictures
The group members will love your work!
n1l3p 13 months ago | reply
great capture, like a dream!
SLDdigital 13 months ago | reply
Max Hendel 13 months ago | reply
Brilliantly captured portrait !!!
careth@2012 12 months ago | reply
Fantastic !
jamal ludin 9 months ago | reply
good pic
Gustav-Schoenmuth 7 months ago | reply
So great !!!
stephgum32807 7 months ago | reply
Nous aimerions avoir votre photo dans notre pool de groupe.
Merci de l'ajouter dans: Brume et brouillard
Kia & Zeno 6 months ago | reply
Lovely!