Atlantic Force

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 22, 2010295 views17 comments

Cabo da Roca. Portugal

Powerful winter tides reaching Cape Roca´s shoreline. An amazing nature show, I was somewhat unquiet about being in this wild bay near the strong exploding waves nearby... but the extreme conditions ware rising the adrenaline, and kept shooting.

Note, photo taken few moments before latest post "Purple Light"
http://is.gd/6vasO
(still have to work a bit on FG)

Comments/critiques appreciated. Thanks.

D300, speed grip, tripod, cable release
1 shot made at 260mm f/19 1.2s ISO100

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Kevin Trinkner on January 22, 2010 at 10:48 PM

Nice capture. I really enjoy the mystery of this shot. Nice bw conversion.

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Comment posted by István Pénzes on January 22, 2010 at 11:23 PM

It's abreath-taking capture all round, Hélio.
Congrats.

István Pénzes
Győr, Hungary

Registered on January 12, 2010, 35 Posts, 192 Comments

Comment posted by Stuart Williams on January 22, 2010 at 11:26 PM

works well in b&w. the spray/mist certainly adds here and the composition works for me. well done.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 23, 2010 at 12:01 AM

Wonderful sense of power here. When I first saw the image I thought it was a waterfall. I could see pushing the whites a little higher, especially where the water is running through the rocks.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Kent Mearig on January 23, 2010 at 12:38 AM

It's not as balanced as it might be after a crop in from both sides (more from the left) but as it is, I like it a lot. The tones after the conversion are excellent.

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Comment posted by Kenn Leonhardt on January 23, 2010 at 1:15 AM

Interesting, I would have said it was a waterfall rather than a coastline. I like surprises like that.

Registered on March 29, 2008, 27 Posts, 1710 Comments

Comment posted by Paulo A.Lopes on January 23, 2010 at 4:03 AM

Yeah! Great evening with the big waves crashing on this beautiful shore! Very challenging it was, i even have to scream your name once when you were cleaning the lens facing back to the shore and a huge wave almost swept you away

Ocean Powa! Great rendition.

Registered on October 14, 2008, 122 Posts, 836 Comments

Comment posted by Verena & Georg Pop on January 23, 2010 at 6:43 AM

super.
maybe the left side could be cropped a bit (not too much goin on there) so the viewer gets focused more on these sweet cascades.
georg

Registered on July 5, 2006, 272 Posts, 2823 Comments

Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on January 23, 2010 at 7:34 AM

Lovely image really. fantastic.

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Comment posted by Greg Cope on January 23, 2010 at 12:11 PM

I really like the mystery all the mist and motion creates, and especially the slightly discernible vertical lines near the top.

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Comment posted by Stephen Cunliffe on January 23, 2010 at 1:03 PM

I agree that the rock to the left is just a little too dominant, but overall this capture creates a wonderful threatening mood. Glad you survived!

Registered on May 25, 2009, 62 Posts, 202 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 23, 2010 at 4:28 PM

Very powerful indeed Helio. B&W works very well here.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 23, 2010 at 7:05 PM

Cool shot

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Sieren on January 24, 2010 at 12:54 PM

Helio, love the atmosphere you have captured here.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 24, 2010 at 2:57 PM

Wonderful image. I love the spray and the soft falls against the rocks.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Ian Plant on January 24, 2010 at 11:24 PM

a very powerful image

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Comment posted by Helio Cristovao on January 27, 2010 at 5:42 AM

Thanks for feedback.

Note: I preferred to keep that portion of the rock on the left side, due to the wild shape and the proportion it causes on the frame

Paulo: Ocean Powa!

Thanks a lot bro! As far as I remember... I grabbed tripod and gear and started running!

Just curiosity about B/W conversion: I had a nice orange toned sunset sky in the original version. I opted for b/w due to contrast recovery, I realized that I could bring much more detail on the image - example - I´m talking about the upper portion, the wave crashing on the rock, bright water wasn´t popping out against sunset tones, and after processing, there is a lot more detail throughout.

Registered on September 15, 2009, 83 Posts, 434 Comments