Posted by Tom Hyde on February 18, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Just took this a few days ago at Ecola State Park. Comments and critiques appreciated :))
Posted by David Schoen on February 18, 2008 at 12:37 PM
nice balance between sky and sea. great color contrast. did you use GND?
Posted by Zack Schnepf on February 18, 2008 at 1:03 PM
Yowzer! Very dramatic, and absolutely beautiful!
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on February 18, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Wicked cool !! A little too much black in the shadows, but WOW - what awesome light !! Schweeeeet !!!!
Posted by Tom Hyde on February 18, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Hey thanks :)) Been focusing on more photojournalism/street kind of work lately so it's nice to see a landscape well received.
Image taken about 20 + minutes after sunset with 5d, 16-35 @ 16mm, 20 seconds, f16, polarizer and 3-stop hard GND. Single image RAW blend to bring out some of the shadow detail in the rocks (thanks for comment John, wouldn't be hard to bring out a little more shadow detail, this is a great file, I'll work on that and see what I get)
Just entered this in a contest at dgrin.com with an open public vote ... although I don't think a landscape shot will win, people seem to go for the contrived over the real.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on February 18, 2008 at 8:37 PM
I think Zack's "Yowzer!" sums it up...
Posted by Derek Sedillo on February 18, 2008 at 11:14 PM
Tom, beautiful shot!
I love the color in the sky and the ethereal feel of the water around the rocks. I'll be headed out that way on our first trip to the PNW this May. If I can get one shot even close to this level of beauty I'll be very happy.
Since you named it Ecola tide I am wondering it is 'low tide.' I have heard different things about best times to capture the water and the rocks like this at sunset or any time for that matter.
Posted by Erik Lundh on February 19, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Tom,
I will join in say what a cool shot this is. I think maybe the purple in the warter could be toned down just a bit.
Posted by Tom Hyde on February 19, 2008 at 9:10 AM
Really appreciate the input on how to make this a little better :))
I named this forum post the way I did because many people know Ecola State Park. I think a better title for the image would be "Twilight Flow," perhaps. This was taken about an hour and a half after low tide. I was on top of a big rock 'cause an incoming tide and sneaker waves make me nervous ... a little nervous is good, the surge through here was going from 0 to 3 feet in seconds. Others could probably speak better than me as to some of the best times to capture the water and rocks like this, I was just looking around for this type of situation on this beach at sunset and after.
Haven't posted here much ... is it okay to post a newly tweaked version?
thanks again !
Posted by Geoff Shapiro on February 19, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Stunning shot, Tom! The only thing I might suggest is a little decrease in the color saturation.
Posted by Marc Dilley on February 19, 2008 at 1:11 PM
My eyes almost popped out of their sockets when your image came up, Tom. Yowza is right! Should the water be as bright as it is? Seems a tad too bright considering where the sun is sitting.
Posted by Tom Hyde on February 19, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Geoff, thanks I will try that. After increasing contrast with curves, I did tone saturation down a touch. Will touch it a little more.
Marc, well the foreground water is that bright in the RAW file, actually a little brighter I think (I remember toning down a hair while slightly increasing contrast for definition) because there was a lot of foam as the waves came rushing in and around the rocks and it's a long exposure giving it that fog effect. Doesn't mean though I couldn't tone it down just a hair more ... but I already lost a touch of the fog effect by increasing contrast. Hmmm, balancing act.
Salt to taste :)
I think I also need to recover a little more shadow detail from the top of the rock upper left, even that rock out a bit ... byproduct of GND.
Posted by Darren White on February 19, 2008 at 9:20 PM
I opened this up and my wife yelled, "WOW" is that your's. I sadly said no.........
Great shot!
Posted by John Williams on February 19, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Excellent Tom! (I love the color here, and vote for not toning it down.)
Posted by Adrian Klein on February 20, 2008 at 9:51 AM
Great work Tom, as others have already mentioned some very minor modifications to this image will make it beyond excellent I feel and defefinitley a wall hanger. Great capture!
Discussion
16 repliesImage taken about 20 + minutes after sunset with 5d, 16-35 @ 16mm, 20 seconds, f16, polarizer and 3-stop hard GND. Single image RAW blend to bring out some of the shadow detail in the rocks (thanks for comment John, wouldn't be hard to bring out a little more shadow detail, this is a great file, I'll work on that and see what I get)
Just entered this in a contest at dgrin.com with an open public vote ... although I don't think a landscape shot will win, people seem to go for the contrived over the real.
I love the color in the sky and the ethereal feel of the water around the rocks. I'll be headed out that way on our first trip to the PNW this May. If I can get one shot even close to this level of beauty I'll be very happy.
Since you named it Ecola tide I am wondering it is 'low tide.' I have heard different things about best times to capture the water and the rocks like this at sunset or any time for that matter.
I will join in say what a cool shot this is. I think maybe the purple in the warter could be toned down just a bit.
I named this forum post the way I did because many people know Ecola State Park. I think a better title for the image would be "Twilight Flow," perhaps. This was taken about an hour and a half after low tide. I was on top of a big rock 'cause an incoming tide and sneaker waves make me nervous ... a little nervous is good, the surge through here was going from 0 to 3 feet in seconds. Others could probably speak better than me as to some of the best times to capture the water and rocks like this, I was just looking around for this type of situation on this beach at sunset and after.
Haven't posted here much ... is it okay to post a newly tweaked version?
thanks again !
Marc, well the foreground water is that bright in the RAW file, actually a little brighter I think (I remember toning down a hair while slightly increasing contrast for definition) because there was a lot of foam as the waves came rushing in and around the rocks and it's a long exposure giving it that fog effect. Doesn't mean though I couldn't tone it down just a hair more ... but I already lost a touch of the fog effect by increasing contrast. Hmmm, balancing act.
Salt to taste :)
I think I also need to recover a little more shadow detail from the top of the rock upper left, even that rock out a bit ... byproduct of GND.
Great shot!