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Wastin Away Again WC 431

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted May 9, 201056 views5 comments

I guess this one is fitting to both this week's theme, as well as last weeks.
The wind is basically what made me decide to go ahead and throw the good 'ol 10 stop filter on my lens for this image. Rather than make it look accidentally blurred without the filter, I decided to make the palms in the breeze one of the key features in this shot.
Vignetting was likely caused by the combination of the filter and the ffading light higher in the sky, but I kinda liked it.

Comments and critiques appreciated

Canon 40D
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6
Hoya NDX 400 filter
tripod and remote switch
ISO 100
20 sec. @ f/16

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Larry Fischer on May 10, 2010 at 9:38 AM

The contrast between the winds in the leaves (tilt lens?) and the sea behind is a great contrast. Compostition and color are very nice.
the fisch

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Comment posted by Rick Gomez on May 10, 2010 at 9:50 AM

Thanks Larry! No, not a tilt lens... I'm a poor man. I work with animals

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 10, 2010 at 2:39 PM

Cool! The wind blur definitely adds to the shot--very nice.

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on May 10, 2010 at 5:11 PM

I like this quite a bit Rick. The colors, vignetting and tree blurr all create a great effect. The sunstar is an added bonus.

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on May 15, 2010 at 2:46 PM

Nice effect very good colour

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