Posted by Daniel Sherman on September 15, 2010 at 3:05 AM
Hello All,
It has been quite some time since my last post. I have been doing quite a bit of shooting this summer and trying to refine my blending technique. I think that one requirement that will be soon needed to progress will be a new tripod! Mine is irritating me...Any recommendations on a quality, affordable, light-weight tripod?
This shot was taken one July evening on the Olympic Coast at Second Beach. The sky was overcast most of the evening until just has the sun was dipping below the horizon the clouds cleared enough to allow for this color. I was already knee-deep in the surf and was able to pull of a few shots at different exposure times allowing for the blending...despite my numb feet. The only trouble I had was trying to keep the tripod stable during an exposure as a wave rushed over the legs. Some of the images were pretty blurry. What do you think? As always, your suggestions and recommendations are greatly appreciated and utilized.
Posted by David Bostock on September 16, 2010 at 2:56 AM
Ah, now that is nice. Great colors, wonderful water flow...and nice comp. It looks like the merge technique looks great.
By the way...no tripod is going to stay steady with waves rushing in around it...the sand is always going to move around and cause it to sink some...I'd look at the Slik tripods for an affordable replacement...others may have better suggestions...
Nice to see some of your work.
Posted by Erik Lundh on September 16, 2010 at 11:10 PM
Daniel,
I agree it is a well executed shot. I'm wondering if a slight foreground crop would work better? I don't have any answers for the tripod moving. You could use a shorter exposure but then you wouldn't get the blur effect of the water.
Posted by Scott Smorra on September 20, 2010 at 9:59 PM
Outstanding photo Daniel. Nice job with the blend. I really like the motion you captured in the foreground water and the color on the clouds is excellent. Wish there were some affordable and high quality/light weight tripods out there, but I'm not sure they exist.
Very good looking image, Daniel. Love the look of the fg water. Sure paid off for you to wait on the sunset for any last minute revelations! Success!
"Affordable" is the deal breaker in your wish for a tripod, I'm afraid. But investing in a high quality, light weight, expensive one provides great opportunities for getting images that would otherwise be missed. I should've given up my search for the "inexpensive" one sooner. It would have saved me a lot of money! Seriously.
Posted by Daniel Sherman on September 23, 2010 at 3:50 AM
Thanks, all for your advice and comments. I will be checking out a cropped version of this for sure, Erik.
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5 repliesIt has been quite some time since my last post. I have been doing quite a bit of shooting this summer and trying to refine my blending technique. I think that one requirement that will be soon needed to progress will be a new tripod! Mine is irritating me...Any recommendations on a quality, affordable, light-weight tripod?
This shot was taken one July evening on the Olympic Coast at Second Beach. The sky was overcast most of the evening until just has the sun was dipping below the horizon the clouds cleared enough to allow for this color. I was already knee-deep in the surf and was able to pull of a few shots at different exposure times allowing for the blending...despite my numb feet. The only trouble I had was trying to keep the tripod stable during an exposure as a wave rushed over the legs. Some of the images were pretty blurry. What do you think? As always, your suggestions and recommendations are greatly appreciated and utilized.
By the way...no tripod is going to stay steady with waves rushing in around it...the sand is always going to move around and cause it to sink some...I'd look at the Slik tripods for an affordable replacement...others may have better suggestions...
Nice to see some of your work.
I agree it is a well executed shot. I'm wondering if a slight foreground crop would work better? I don't have any answers for the tripod moving. You could use a shorter exposure but then you wouldn't get the blur effect of the water.
"Affordable" is the deal breaker in your wish for a tripod, I'm afraid. But investing in a high quality, light weight, expensive one provides great opportunities for getting images that would otherwise be missed. I should've given up my search for the "inexpensive" one sooner. It would have saved me a lot of money! Seriously.