Canon Beach Sunset

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 8, 2015556 views10 comments

After about a year away from this great community because of "life stuff" I'm enjoying photograhy and nature once again so here we go.
This is an image made at my class reunion a few weeks ago. In hindsight I wish I would have got one at a faster SS to accentuate the waves more clearly. Also would like to bring the whites up in the waves for a little more pop but in reality they just weren't white...in the fading light they were gray. Any thoughts? Thanks for looking.
Here's the basic tech info:

Nikon D7000
Sigma 24-70 @ 70mm
F11 @ 0.60 sec.
ISO 100

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Jim Gavin on November 8, 2015 at 6:42 PM

I prefer a slower SS in sunset scenes like this. Maybe even 1 second. This is an excellent image of sunsets we somewhat commonly see on the Washington and Oregon coasts. The slower SS removes it from the ordinary. Nice shot.

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Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on November 8, 2015 at 8:31 PM

I agree with Jim on the slower shutter, Bruce. If the waves were crisp, it would just be another (nice) sunset shot, but the soft curl of those waves is very nice. I might be tempted to play with the color cast of the waves a bit, maybe bump up the greens in the grays just to see what that does.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on November 8, 2015 at 9:39 PM

This is beautiful, Bruce. I like the symmetry from the layers of color and think because of that the centered horizon works well in this comp.

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on November 8, 2015 at 10:10 PM

Love the multiple layers of sand, waves, and sunset sky. Beautiful image.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 9, 2015 at 9:44 AM

Bruce, this does a fine job of putting me there on the beach watching the sunset and listening to the waves. You've got some fine, yet subtle, crepuscular rays coming from the sun and a warm glow in the wet sand. The wave action and water darkness looks good to me, with the slight blur and the darker tones letting the ocean play an important, but secondary role. If you want to selectively bring up the whites in the waves (and my personal opinion is that they don't need it), if you're using an Adobe product, you can selectively dodge them using a layer mask (see Tony Kuyper's web site) that targets the brightest tones.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on November 9, 2015 at 12:30 PM

Beautiful sunset, Bruce. It looks very good to me just as it is here. I think the shutter speed worked out wonderfully and I really like the glowing reflection in the foreground. Very nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on November 9, 2015 at 9:24 PM

This is superb Bruce. I like the SS as is. Print this large and hang it proudly!

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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on November 9, 2015 at 10:31 PM

A truly beautiful capture of an ocean sunset with some wonderful layers from front to back.

No nits from me, and beautiful work!!!!

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Comment posted by gary phillips on November 10, 2015 at 1:30 AM

This looks like a super sunset, Bruce. Love the wave action and SS. Must be nice to have this view close to home.

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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on November 11, 2015 at 3:35 PM

Very nice sunset image, Bruce, and you've handled the sun's DR perfectly. Hard to do sometimes without it looking artificial. The image might need a 1/4 degree CC rotation.

Registered on October 8, 2014, 226 Posts, 1187 Comments