Quick trip to Ruby Beach

coscorrosa

I spent Thursday night/Friday morning at Ruby Beach. Light wasn't great, so I experimented a little with the exposures (photos 2 and 3). Sunset was at peak high tide which made it difficult to shoot and basically eliminated any cool immediate foreground elements.

[rant]<rant>The moonlight after sunset was incredible, but my *#$!%!@#$@!$@! remote timer busted (I swear I go through one of these every 8 months - yeah, I'm hard on it, but give me a break!), and I was limited to 30 second exposures (nothing like f/5.6 at ISO 2000 for landscape photos...). Maybe when I grow up Canon will release a camera model that can do more than 30 second exposures in camera, though that would certainly diminish the sales over their overpriced, cheaply made piece of crap timers.</rant>[/rant]

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dlplumer

Great set Ron I can't pick a favorite.

Now please explain about the timer. Why wouldn't you set camera on bulb and use a watch

anwmn1

#1 and #6 are sweet my man.


note to self...return to Seattle in Summer time and get Ron to take a couple days off.

scole

Love the composition of #5!..

coscorrosa

dlplumer wrote:

Great set Ron I can't pick a favorite.

Now please explain about the timer. Why wouldn't you set camera on bulb and use a watch

Thanks Dan. The problem isn't with the timer functionality of the switch, it's the entire switch itself, so I can't use it for anything at all. The wire is frayed from being pinched continually in my camera bag (and other places). I ordered a cheap switch (non-timer) which will cover 95% of my usage (exposures under 30 seconds) and will likely be destroyed in a year, as well as a timer which I'll use the other 5% of the time which will hopefully have a longer lifetime

coscorrosa

anwmn1 wrote:

#1 and #6 are sweet my man.


note to self...return to Seattle in Summer time and get Ron to take a couple days off.

I'm around, what are you waiting for?

coscorrosa

scole wrote:

Love the composition of #5!..

Thanks Steve. That was the only shot at sunrise that was actually decent. I'm going to try it again at sunset during low tide when the color will be even more dramatic.

thapamd

Wow, again! What a great eye for composition you have, Ron. Plus your processing is top notch!

kdog

Wow.......... :wow

dseidman

Another nice set of images from you. The first is just stunning!

After seeing yours and Mahesh's shots from ONP I really want to try and get over there next weekend. If you can believe it, I've only been there twice in my life and both times it was very brief.

coscorrosa

thapamd wrote:

Wow, again! What a great eye for composition you have, Ron. Plus your processing is top notch!

Thanks, Ruby Beach is amazing, there are so many compositions, even though I've shot there probably a dozen times it's different every time with the tides, wave action, light, etc..

coscorrosa

dseidman wrote:

Another nice set of images from you. The first is just stunning!

After seeing yours and Mahesh's shots from ONP I really want to try and get over there next weekend. If you can believe it, I've only been there twice in my life and both times it was very brief.

I was the same way, the first time I had shot at Olympic National park was about 15 months ago, and the first time I had shot at Hurricane Ridge was two *days* ago! Depending on the forecast and tides, I might go there this weekend too. Drop me a line and I'll let you pay for half of the gas