Steely Sunrise

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 13, 2014218 views10 comments

This past week I was on vacation - while I was literally only 5 miles from home it was another world away as we stayed at a relatives beach house on Fire Island... just a short walk to the ocean or the bay, no cars and living amongst nature in a national seashore. One morning a deer woke us up before sunrise as it clambered around on the deck outside (there is a severe over-abundance of deer as there are no cars/hunters to kill them, and plenty of people who think it's cute to hand-feed them). My wife and I seized the opportunity and took off to the ocean to see the sunrise which was basically a bust. I chose to make the best of it by doing some long exposures of the surf.

Nikon D7100 12-24mm f4 @ 12mm on Gitzo Tripod
.5 seconds
f/20
ISO 200
Full Frame

Adjustments in LR5 and CS5

- Luke

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Bruce King on July 13, 2014 at 10:40 PM

Nice shot Luke, the cool tones really make this one work for me

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 14, 2014 at 2:49 AM

I think the image is very cool and works well. Personally I would turn down the color saturation in Photoshop color mode by about 10-15 pts. But that is just my taste.

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

Comment posted by Gary McGhee on July 14, 2014 at 11:22 AM

You definitely caught the motion of the ocean here Luke, the receding wave in the foreground really pulls you in. I'm liking the layers created by the crashing waves.

Gary.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on July 14, 2014 at 1:41 PM

Love the blue layers in this, Luke. Could make a pretty cool b/w also. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Mark Zelinka on July 14, 2014 at 3:44 PM

I think this works fairly well. The only issue I see is the noise in the sky.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 14, 2014 at 4:29 PM

Gary - thank you regarding B&W. I thought that initially and had processed it in B&W then switched to color just to see what it would look like and this was the result so I stuck with it. I have a few more similar shots so I may do a B&W one next.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 14, 2014 at 4:43 PM

I like the action in the foreground surf, the long view, and the overall blue tones.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on July 15, 2014 at 11:45 AM

Cool image, Luke. I like the dynamic. I agree with Mark about pulling back on the blue saturation some. Very moody image, sir.

--P

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on July 15, 2014 at 2:26 PM

Great wave action. The blues feel quite strong, a little too much so IMO. Glad your vacation went well; sounds like an interesting place!

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Comment posted by John Williams on July 15, 2014 at 8:46 PM

Love the surreal effect. The blue looks unnatural, but I think that actually adds to the mood here.

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