Point Lobos

StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
edited May 30, 2013 in Landscapes
Point Lobos is located near Carmel, CA. Have driven by it hundreds of times on my way to Big Sur, but decided to go there for first time last weekend. Day started out bright, then fog rushed in and stayed till 5pm and then it was bright again and got kicked out of the park before sunset, which would have been amazing.

Below are my attempts. I tried to get my horizon straight...all C+C is always welcome/requested.

1) Whaler's Cove

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2) Bluefish Cove

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3) Another view at Bluefish cove

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4) Cypress grove

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5) Another view around Cypress grove.

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6) Peak through the trees...

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7) Gibson beach

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8) Kicked out at 7pm, on my way to my favorite bar at Fernwood Grill, caught fog heading home at sunset

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Comments

  • joshhuntnmjoshhuntnm Registered Users Posts: 1,924 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2013
    wow. Beautiful. good work.
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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2013
    Enjoyed all but #4 rocks it for me.
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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2013
    So, so, beautiful!
    Some real stunners in here - I really like your processing!
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  • FlyNavyFlyNavy Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2013
    Stunning work! Excellent composure.
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  • ThirdDayImagingThirdDayImaging Registered Users Posts: 95 Big grins
    edited May 18, 2013
    Absolutely stunning - especially love #3. Care to share some pp info. with us? They have an HDR look about them, but wonderfully done.
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2013
    Earache wrote: »
    So, so, beautiful!
    Some real stunners in here - I really like your processing!
    ThirdDayImaging wrote: »
    Absolutely stunning - especially love #3. Care to share some pp info. with us? They have an HDR look about them, but wonderfully done.

    Thanks all for kind comments. No HDR. Don't even know how to go in that mode. ;o)

    I use Light-Room-4. If you are familiar with it then it is easy to use.

    I expose to right usually, and use circular polarizer. Even in dim light it adds something.

    During PP, I push clarity, a little lighter on vibrance but still pushed, I reduce highlights and shadows in main buttons, and go about +20 to right for whites and -20 to left for blacks. Since the scenery was on cooler side, I cooled the temperature by couple of hundred points. For details or sharpness, I put it at 100 and remaining sliders right below it and masking at 40 and some noise reduction too, around 30-40. I always put vignetting and it varies from picture to picture as I always love the glistening or glow and don't ever want to dim it.

    For minor fine tuning, like the picture for Gibson beach, where the shadow on bottom right was too strong, I used the tone curve and brightened the shadows only it so some details can emerge.

    For sky, even when it is foggy, the blue slider, I always increase luminance. Usually yellow and orange are also touched. Since it was dark, the greens came out weak so they have been cranked up.

    Hope that made sense! :o)
  • Alpha_PlusAlpha_Plus Registered Users Posts: 253 Major grins
    edited May 19, 2013
    The second and third are real winners. I love the mist/fog. Well done :D
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  • JimKarczewskiJimKarczewski Registered Users Posts: 969 Major grins
    edited May 19, 2013
    Wondering why you were kicked out, then saw their summer hours... Daylight Savings Time Hours:
    8:00am to 7:00pm

    Which is stupid. I think all parks should be 1/2 hour after sunset. As bad as parks in Chicago 6AM-11PM which makes sunrises at certain times of the year "illegal"
    Jim Karczewski - http://www.jimkarczewski.com
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited May 27, 2013
    Terrific set of images, Stumblebum. Love the foggy feel in the first several images, plus the use of the vegetation in the foreground. #4 especially grabs my interest as all the elements seem to work together the best and I love all the colors in the water. Great job all the way around. thumb.gif
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2013
    kdog wrote: »
    Terrific set of images, Stumblebum. Love the foggy feel in the first several images, plus the use of the vegetation in the foreground. #4 especially grabs my interest as all the elements seem to work together the best and I love all the colors in the water. Great job all the way around. thumb.gif

    Thanks Kdog! Welcome back! I am thinking you would soon share with us the set that you have been shooting! :D I want to make the point of THANKING you as that little nugget of knowledge has helped me a lot. The SF night-time bridge view, exposure setting you posted was ISO 100 and I simply would not have done that so I have been using low ISO and just dealing with long exposures in low light and it has definitely worked for me so far! Gracias!
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited May 27, 2013
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Thanks Kdog! Welcome back! I am thinking you would soon share with us the set that you have been shooting! :D I want to make the point of THANKING you as that little nugget of knowledge has helped me a lot. The SF night-time bridge view, exposure setting you posted was ISO 100 and I simply would not have done that so I have been using low ISO and just dealing with long exposures in low light and it has definitely worked for me so far! Gracias!
    Thanks, man. Sorry for being a bit incognito lately. I've been keeping busy on some commercial and portrait work, but no real landscape shoots of late unfortunately. However, I'm leaving on a trip on Thursday which should hopefully change that. mwink.gif
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  • BlackwoodBlackwood Registered Users Posts: 313 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2013
    Hackbone wrote: »
    Enjoyed all but #4 rocks it for me.

    Agreed. Wonderful.

    (great place to dive too...)
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  • GemmaGemma Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2013
    Lovely colours and clarity.
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