Distant rain

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 26, 2010158 views10 comments

Taken on the heritage Coast in South Wales, UK one evening.

A rather simple composition, I set up my tripod low down in the sea to capture the water swirling around this large rock.
I had my wellies on of course

There was some rain falling out to sea which looked nice against the glow of the setting sun.

Sony A100
Sigma 10-20 EX
1/2 second
f16
ISO 100
10mm
2 stop Cokin X-Pro ND grad
Tripod
Cable release
I chose a panoramic type crop for this one.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 26, 2010 at 8:35 PM

Effective comp and light and good job with the NDF. "Wellies." Wonder if that's the first instance of that word on this forum?

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 26, 2010 at 10:40 PM

Very interesting perspective. It works for me.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on September 27, 2010 at 12:21 AM

The two large bowed lines give the comp some strenght. Of course so does the drama of that rain cloud in the background. I think you could neutralize the whites a little more though it is fine just the way it is.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on September 27, 2010 at 12:34 AM

I love the contrast between the sharp rock and the blurred water. The storm is good too!

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Comment posted by Yan Zhang on September 27, 2010 at 3:23 AM

Very nice lighting and water movement, this is a type of photos I like : a simple composition but has some interesting features.

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Comment posted by Neale Dyster on September 27, 2010 at 7:38 AM

Lovely shot Geoffrey. Pano works well and love that cloud and the shutter speed. (some people here call them wellies, some gumboots!)

Registered on February 19, 2008, 94 Posts, 738 Comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 27, 2010 at 10:15 AM

I had another play with this one in Photoshop to try to clean up the whites as suggested, I'm no Photoshop expert though and this is the best I could get, it looks a bit better to me.

If I try to take any more Cyan out of the waves I end up introducing Red which is the opposite of Cyan, anyway, there would have been a slight Cyan cast from the sky so probably best to leave it like this.

Geoff.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on September 27, 2010 at 1:43 PM

This ROCKS!!!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 28, 2010 at 10:43 PM

Geoffrey,

I really like the pano composition and the golden light and color makes for a very pleasing image. The little swirl in the foreground surf makes for a great focal point.

Lon

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on September 29, 2010 at 12:47 AM

Wonderful composition and flow to this image. I like the storm combined with the sunset, and the rock. The larger image looks great, well seen and well done.

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