Pea Soup

Have not been very active around here lately. Although I lurk as I have time. Been fairly busy with non-landscape photo work so far this summer so just posting and getting out as I can. Here is one from a little over a week ago when the coast was misty, foggy and chilly. Where we left Portland it was over 90 degrees! Anyway, that is the coast for you so I tried to make the best of it.

Thanks in advance for all comments!

5D / 24-70L @ 48 / f/22 and .4 sec
ISO 50
Polarizer and 2 Stop ND
And tripod that is feeling the effects of too much seascape photography!

Love the wave action. Perfect PNW summer day @ the coast.

Adrian, I love the rocks and water motion. You captured these quite well. For me there is a bit of a disconnect between the low contrast/passive background and the high contrast/dynamic foreground. I think a more intimate composition of just the rocks and sea with the same exposure settings would be the way to go in this situation.

Thanks Sean. I do have the same scene with just the FG. I might process that too. For me I wanted to show the dreary sky with the action in the FG. Maybe it's only working for me though!

I agree about the lack of contrast and / or texture in the fog over the background. The FG and MG are much more interesting here and a nice image could be processed after a crop.

Ditto with Sean. I cropped the top out on the screen and liked it better.

I don't really do B&W, so I always feel awkward commenting on it, but I agree with the above. Somehow the background robs from the power of the foreground.