Hug Point, Oregon

Hey there Everyone!

Thought I would stop in and see how everyone is doing......I know I have not been around much. I have been having troubles getting my files down to a 200kb size and having them look good.....I am not sure how you guys with the 21mp camera do it.....

I am hoping for those of you who have been here or seen pictures of this place that you will find this comp refreshing and new......maybe even original or creative......

this is a single exposure with a 3 stop soft grad as you can see the upper portion is a little on the dark side....this I am aware of....

Basically what I did here was set up the comp and wait for the wave to come in.....then hoping the wave went far enough past me to get the shot after my tripod had settled in the sand.....It took me about 10 shots to finally get it right.....

Hope you all have a great weekend and I will be around to do some commenting later this evening!!!

Darren

Hey Darren,

I can't ever recall seeing a shot from standing in the surf shooting strait back to shore before. Very sweet idea. I'm gonna have to stick that idea in the back of my noggin if the chance to use it ever presents itself.

I think overall this is a really good shot, but could use some more work on the dodging around the trees. Easier said than done, i know. Looks like a nasty one to deal with.

Everything about this has great dynamics. The tide, waterfall, and even the tilted sandstone make for a very original take on Hug Point.

Love it.

I really like this alot.The slight darkness from the grad does not bother me. The light and colors are very pleasing. I like the shutter spead choice also.

Very original shot of the Hug Point falls Darren. This is your best shot from that trip IMO. I hate shooting from the watery sand, it's like quicksand for tripods!

Creative approach. There's some haloing to clean up, but other than that this is stellar.

Oh, yeah, this is great, Darren! Way to go! Some halo-ing going on, as mentioned… But what a great viewpoint.

I hope you had a spotter to watch out for you… Please everyone, be careful about turning your back on the surf!

One of your best, Darren! Given the bland sky, I might consider a B&W rendition as well. Year's back, I thought about doing something similar here one day, if I could find the right tide and water flow. Anyone thinking about rushing out to do something similar here would quickly realize just how high the tide has to be to get this perspective. You totally nailed those aspects here for sure.

Very nice. I was married in front of those falls, so I have good memories of Hug Point.

Nicely done. It's evident there was plenty of skill and creativity involved in taking this photo. I like the angle you chose. The darkness and haloing are noticeable, but not that bothersome to me,at this small size anyway. If you figure out how to seamlessly eliminate them, though, let me know! I'm guessing the camera was pointed downward, and thus the verticals are converging slightly. I would fix that with the distortion or skew tools in PS. Maybe we should start a thread about how to deal with the grad in PS in shots such as these (for those who don't have the new PS version)?

Very creative and very nice. My only issue with this shot is the areas where the sky meets with the treeline seeing bland detail and even some halos around the trees.

I am betting some detail work would go a long way on this. It looks like that part of the editing will be quite a chore (having had to work with similar problems in some of my own work) but this shot is definitly worth the extra effort.

Roman

Now you're using your noggin! Really good idea, different and creative for sure. This type of thing will be all the rage after you post it on ESS.
The grad thing doesn't bother me a bit, nor does the sky.
I can't see what you're worried about as far as quality goes, this looks fine to me.

Thanks for all the comments.....

the halos around the tress are not there on the master file......this is a result of the sharpening for the web version.........

very creative and potentially sellable to magazines etc... 200kb
file size limit stinks big time....