Refugio State Beach
dieter
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A few sunrise images from last week at Refugio State Beach in California.
Your thoughts and comments would be most welcome.
Many Thanks.
Your thoughts and comments would be most welcome.
Many Thanks.
Tom
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The first is nice to see because it's a bit different than the common extremely long shutter effects making surf look really ghostly. Just enough speed to show the motion, and still capture the waves in the background- well done! The shot isn't layered is it? I could imagine the foreground could be a shot with a longer shutter opening, while the background was quicker to keep the shape of the waves in tact? Though I bet you could (and did?) find a happy medium.
And the last one... I'm a sucker for anything with a moon in frame... and the palm tree framing was really cool. The horizon looks a little funky to me... not necessarily not level, but looks a bit distorted? Was this shot with a real wide angle? Not an expert with the optics... but it doesn't hurt the picture- great capture.
The first shot is a single exposure at 0.6 sec. at f22, ISO 100. The "moon" shot was taken at 24mm on a 20D. I made the horizon level, but the channel island in the distance , as well as the haze does make it look a bit strange. This also was a single exposure.
Nice!
I like 2 and 4 the most.
-Philip
-Willy Wonka
Tom,
I really like #1 with the soft surf in contrast with the clarity of the pebbles and cliffs -- the colors are beautiful too. #4 wowed me with the crispness of the water droplets. Colors in all were beautiful. The first one really is a beauty though.
The more I look at #2, the more I really like it. Parts of it remind me of a sunrise/sunset wave photo that is on the wall at Esau's Cafe that I am really taken with. Great colors, great textures. Even as a still shot, it evokes motion. Very nice.
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