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Stumblebum · August 18, 2015

Was after Milky Way but kept going earlier to catch Sunset and Blue-Hour in case Milky Way gets wiped out by fog and clouds! Got both after multiple attempts!

First shot is a pano. Also tried capturing the energy of the crashing wave. Used light painting for Milky way shots and shooting at different temperatures and tweaking processing to try and achieve cooler look!

All criticism and kind comments are heartily cherished!

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Sam · August 18, 2015

Super excellent

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Dedication and skill prevailed.

Sam

Hikin' Mike · August 18, 2015

Nice series! The Milky Way shots are killer!

black mamba · August 19, 2015

Masterful. Brilliant work, Taz.

clap I tell you, my friend, you're running me out of superlatives.

Take care,

Tom

Stumblebum · August 19, 2015

Sam wrote: »

Super excellent clapclap

Dedication and skill prevailed.

Sam

Oh Sam, you have totally made my day! Thanks kindly! Hope we go shooting soon!

Hikin' Mike wrote: »

Nice series! The Milky Way shots are killer!

Thanks Mike! Really appreciate the kind comment! July-August best time to catch it! Even in Santa Cruz if fog doesn't get in the way!

black mamba wrote: »

Masterful. Brilliant work, Taz. clap I tell you, my friend, you're running me out of superlatives.

Take care,

Tom

Thank you Tom! I am over joyed and humbled!

Richard · August 19, 2015

Awesome shots.

rhituraj · August 19, 2015

Super brilliant work!

Stumblebum · August 19, 2015

Richard wrote: »

Awesome shots.

Thanks Richard!

rhituraj wrote: »

Super brilliant work!

Thank you Rithuraj! Appreciate it truly!

thebigsky · August 19, 2015

Lovely series of shots.

Thelensspot · August 19, 2015

As per usual Taz these are outstanding shots!

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Inquisitive minds need to know, with what light
source did you light paint the bridge in the Milky Way shots? It really came out nicely!

roaddog52 · August 19, 2015

A great series

thumb. #6, #11, and #14 with the Bixby Canyon bridge are my favorites.

Phil

Stumblebum · August 19, 2015

thebigsky wrote: »

Lovely series of shots.

Thanks much BigSky!

Thelensspot wrote: »

As per usual Taz these are outstanding shots! clap
Inquisitive minds need to know, with what light
source did you light paint the bridge in the Milky Way shots? It really came out nicely!

Thank you Wayne! Can't say that enough!

Light source was Z-96 LED light. It comes with warming filter that can easily clip on and remove. Where you see warm hue on bridge the filter was on. The trick is to move further away from your setup......so start exposure and run......and then hold light high and steady.....because it is constant source and you don't actually paint.....the amount of time comes with some hit and trial and gut....Cheers!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003UCGDSS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00

roaddog52 wrote: »

A great series thumb. #6, #11, and #14 with the Bixby Canyon bridge are my favorites.

Phil

Thanks kindly Phil! Much appreciate the feedback!!

bristlecone · August 20, 2015

Another great set Taz! #3 & #12 are REALLY working for me. #3 is just plain classic, and #12 is very mystical -- frame those suckers!
IMO, 6 & 7 would benefit with a little less brightness in the foreground rocks.
Best,
-Len

Stumblebum · August 21, 2015

bristlecone wrote: »

Another great set Taz! #3 & #12 are REALLY working for me. #3 is just plain classic, and #12 is very mystical -- frame those suckers!
IMO, 6 & 7 would benefit with a little less brightness in the foreground rocks.
Best,
-Len

Thanks truly Len!

I worked one of those........and toned down the foreground....hope I got it.....Cheers!

Wiren · August 21, 2015

Really great job Taz! I love them ALL!!

these are all really stellar! (no pun intended). How many shots for the stitched pano?, i'm guessing around 5....?

I'd have to say that if I was to pick faves... (tough to do here, really) they'd be 4 & 11

nice work!

Stumblebum · August 21, 2015

Wiren wrote: »

Really great job Taz! I love them ALL!! these are all really stellar! (no pun intended). How many shots for the stitched pano?, i'm guessing around 5....?

I'd have to say that if I was to pick faves... (tough to do here, really) they'd be 4 & 11

nice work!

Thanks Lee! Means much, coming from you! I have had that number 25-30mm stuck in my head, that I got from you, so yes, these are 5 landscape-shots, not verticals and didn't expect them to line up but PS did it! Thanks again m8!

Wiren · August 21, 2015

Stumblebum wrote: »

Thanks Lee! Means much, coming from you! I have had that number 25-30mm stuck in my head, that I got from you, so yes, these are 5 landscape-shots, not verticals and didn't expect them to line up but PS did it! Thanks again m8!

I could almost see that as 5 slightly overlapped portrait shots stitched together, had to make sure. It's a great job! Glad you tried that, bet is saved you tons of time in post..... not having to stitch so much and run into potential stitching problems, thereby giving you more time to worry about the important stuff... like making that shot freaking killer!!!

I have got to get down to this area of the coast! These shots are killing me man, again extremely nice stuff.

I don't do too much with super long exposure.... how long were the SS on those?

Stumblebum · August 21, 2015

Wiren wrote: »

I could almost see that as 5 slightly overlapped portrait shots stitched together, had to make sure. It's a great job! Glad you tried that, bet is saved you tons of time in post..... not having to stitch so much and run into potential stitching problems, thereby giving you more time to worry about the important stuff... like making that shot freaking killer!!!

I have got to get down to this area of the coast! These shots are killing me man, again extremely nice stuff.

I don't do too much with super long exposure.... how long were the SS on those?

It was great because the place is wide and vertical shots would be 12 and light was contrasty and changing so need to take many exposures.

FURTHERMORE, you have to watch for water movement, because if there is a wave coming in one shot and not in next it won't stitch or make a mess. So had to get similar looking water.

IF and WHEN you are down here.....do not be shy about pinging me! Cheers!

Jack'll do · August 21, 2015

As I moved from image to image in this set I thought it was going to be another set of "just not possible to pick a favorite they're all so good. Then I came to #'s 10,11,and 12 and their ethereal colors and mystical mood blew me away.

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Stumblebum · August 21, 2015

Jack'll do wrote: »

As I moved from image to image in this set I thought it was going to be another set of "just not possible to pick a favorite they're all so good. Then I came to #'s 10,11,and 12 and their ethereal colors and mystical mood blew me away. bow

Thanks kindly John! Can't say how happy I am to hear from you!

Only see you here once in a while! Hope everything is great!

Cavalier · August 22, 2015

I've been out of town only to return to find this thread......WOWSA! Great job as usual Taz.

JonaBeth Russell · August 22, 2015

Gorgeous set, Taz. Way to stay after it!

Stumblebum · August 23, 2015

Cavalier wrote: »

I've been out of town only to return to find this thread......WOWSA! Great job as usual Taz.

Thanks Jo!!

JonaBeth Russell wrote: »

Gorgeous set, Taz. Way to stay after it!

Thanks JBR!!

ivar

Qarik · August 25, 2015

stunning.

Stumblebum · August 25, 2015

Qarik wrote: »

stunning.

Thanks kindly Guru!!

ivar

David_S85 · August 28, 2015

Great set. Really like #'s 6 and 7 with those giant pickles in the foreground. Also the bridge/MW shots. One nit on the MW portion - is there a way you could tease out the red and orange hues up there? The images overall seem too heavy in the blues (unless you meant to make that the dominant theme).

kdog · August 28, 2015

Crazy good set, Taz. Probably your finest work yet.

The color in #11 is just killer.

Stumblebum · August 28, 2015

David_S85 wrote: »

Great set. Really like #'s 6 and 7 with those giant pickles in the foreground. Also the bridge/MW shots. One nit on the MW portion - is there a way you could tease out the red and orange hues up there? The images overall seem too heavy in the blues (unless you meant to make that the dominant theme).

Thanks David!!

The blueish milky way shots are result of over-shooting towards cooler temp. For first time I tried shooting at Kelvin instead of AWB. Hope was to get blueish sky but it went too far as i shot at 3300K. Probably 4K would be better. However, when I tried 4K, at least on the display it picked up orange/warm hue. So got some more learning to do!

The other point about red-and orange hue, if the it is regarding the bridge, that was experimentation too. In my Z-96 light it comes with warming filter and when I light painted, it makes the subject warm, just to see how it looks. If the point is about the sky, I tried to find it, but not seeing it. I know I de-saturated a ton on the soft filter I put on the sky.

Will experiment some more and see if better combination is found! Can't thanks enough for great feedback!

Stumblebum · August 28, 2015

kdog wrote: »

Crazy good set, Taz. Probably your finest work yet.

The color in #11 is just killer.

Thank bro!

bow The fall/winter season is here, so intend to spend more time on coast! Will ping you next time and hope you have time! Truly miss shooting with you! Cheers!

Juano · August 28, 2015

What a beautiful set of pictures!! Outstanding.

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Stumblebum · August 28, 2015

Juano wrote: »

What a beautiful set of pictures!! Outstanding. clap

Many many thanks Cristobal!!

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