Twilight Sea

Another one from my recent North Coast project. I know this is a pretty darn iconic view, but I had to have it for myself! I particularly liked the compliment of clouds and mist in the background and how the soft water accentuated the large sea stacks of Cannon beach.

5D, 70-200 at 160mm, 2-stop GND, polarizer, 4xND, 20 sec. at F16, ISO 100.

Nice work Marc. I especially like the detail you were able to coax out of the dark sea stacks in the foreground, and in the layered foothills. I can see four on my monitor!

I have this shot (almost) from my last weekend trip there. How do you get down lower on the beach? I shot it from the ridge Ecola State park, but the trail was closed due to a washout.

I like the flow of the water and how the stacks just rise up. Really calmed the area down with the timed exposure

Marc,
This has to be the best take from this area that I've seen. I think it's very creative the way you used the shutter speed to bring out the rocks with the ocean water being soft. I really like this!

I really dig this - others have shot it but your version feels very new. Huge congrats on pulling that one off.

The mist and the slow shutter speed totally add to the scene. Awesome !!!

- pradeep

Dont care if it's an icon...it's a nice shot.

That's quite a stack of filters! But to good effect. My first thought was to crop this off the bottom to about a 2:1 ratio, but then I realized the blur of the tide in the foreground imitates the linear form of the clouds in the sky. I like it!