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Olympic Water Power

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Posted by Marc Adamus on June 20, 2007 at 9:27 PM
Olympic Water Power
Another from a night with great skies on Ruby Beach.


5D, 17-40 at 17mm, polarizer, 4-stops ND, ND grad, blend, the works. 1 second at F14.
Posted by Zack Schnepf on June 20, 2007 at 10:23 PM
Wonderful, and dramatic as usual Marc! Both the water and sky really compliment each other, I particularly like the wave getting sucked back to sea in the LLC. You have an amazing ability to capture the movement and rhythm of the ocean. It's inspiring! :toast:
Posted by Jerry Roseburrough on June 21, 2007 at 12:23 AM
Got your name all over it Marc. Really like the dark tones.
Posted by Jerry Roseburrough on June 21, 2007 at 12:24 AM
Got your name all over it Marc. Really like the dark tones.
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on June 21, 2007 at 1:38 AM
This is really sweet. The motion of the water all around you and those stinking clouds !! They totally rock this shot - that little hole in the sky, how did you arrange that with the cloud Gods ??

I see a little bit too light of a blend on the big Right rock. There is a light line around it as well. Blending these things is a bitch but I learned a cool secret I'll share... after you have feathered the selection, use the arrow keys to move the mask down 1 or 2 for a perfect blend...

:smile:
Posted by Erik Lundh on June 21, 2007 at 1:49 AM
I really like the lower left quarter of this. The rest of the shot aint bad either. No nits from me.
Posted by Simon Allenby on June 21, 2007 at 9:55 AM
Marc,

Excellent.

Regards, Simon
Posted by Marc Adamus on June 21, 2007 at 11:14 AM
John, thanks for the info. I think any halo there in this image is sharpening related. I agree it might be just a little bright, but may have lost some contrast in web presentation as well.
Posted by Tom Kloster on June 21, 2007 at 9:20 PM
Really nice, Marc - and as Jerry said, this is unmistakably one of yours! The B/W is very dramatic, as is the motion and sense of drama. I'm curious what made you depart from a color format for this?

Tom
Posted by Catherine Reilly on June 22, 2007 at 5:22 AM
Wow, there's a whole world's worth of ocean and sky coming right at me. Very cool. I like how the sky and water almost merge into one element without a distinct horizon. Wonderful effect.
Posted by Eric Hahl on June 22, 2007 at 11:40 AM
Excellent as usual Marc :toast:
Posted by Mike Stovall on June 22, 2007 at 1:17 PM
Marc, I'm out of superlatives. If a picture is worth a thousand words... What a thrill to put the last click on this puppy, size it to fit the monitor, take a step back and just look at it. What a blessing to stand there and witness the scene in real life.

Great results from what must have been a difficult to handle blend.