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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: sdwilsonsct on June 08, 2015, 11:24:49 am

Title: Seashores
Post by: sdwilsonsct on June 08, 2015, 11:24:49 am
I hardly ever see the seashore, so I have almost no idea what I´m doing.  ???
Feedback welcome, thanks for looking.
Title: Re: Seashores
Post by: PeterAit on June 09, 2015, 08:18:09 am
Very nice, what a spot! You have nicely captured the beauty and drama without succumbing to the temptation to overprocess. Where is this?
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Post by: francois on June 09, 2015, 09:37:47 am
This is Iceland… Very nice and dramatic shots. Looks like the weather was perfect for photography!
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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on June 09, 2015, 09:44:31 am
I really like #1, truly rugged seascape.
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Post by: stamper on June 09, 2015, 10:27:15 am
#1 looks over sharp to me but a nice composition. #3 is very nice. The best of the 3.
Title: Re: Seashores
Post by: sdwilsonsct on June 09, 2015, 10:50:05 am
Thanks! Yes, Iceland.
1 is the western tip of Snaefellsnes.
2 is the beach near the glacier pool, Jökulsarlón.
3 is the south coast seen from Dyrhólaey.

I agree 1 is a bit crunchy. HDR to capture the range of black rock and bright surf. I´ll look into toning it down.
Title: Re: Seashores
Post by: thierrylegros396 on June 09, 2015, 12:34:19 pm
#1 looks over sharp to me but a nice composition. #3 is very nice. The best of the 3.

+1 for me too!

Thierry
Title: Re: Seashores
Post by: polaris-14 on June 09, 2015, 12:53:58 pm
I think #1 would be amazing in long exposure. Like many said, it's a great composition. I would love to be there.
Title: Re: Seashores
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on June 09, 2015, 01:52:38 pm
Thanks! Yes, Iceland.
1 is the western tip of Snaefellsnes.

Skálasnagi. Tremendous location, especially when the weather is rough.
Title: Seashores
Post by: sdwilsonsct on June 10, 2015, 06:43:50 pm
Polaris, I took a ND filter along on the trip but the wind was generally strong to very strong, so there were a lot of hand-held shots at high speed. I have no idea what my colleagues with tripods were doing. ;)
Title: Re: Seashores
Post by: Kerry L on June 10, 2015, 07:13:22 pm
Polaris, I took a ND filter along on the trip but the wind was generally strong to very strong, so there were a lot of hand-held shots at high speed. I have no idea what my colleagues with tripods were doing. ;)

All very nice Scott. For me #2 is #1!

I think that #1 would be much better as you took it rather than with an ND & a slow shutter. It's the energy of the crashing of the waves that makes this for me. Slow silky water has it's place but that's not here.

Well done I hope that there's more to come.

Title: Re: Seashores
Post by: graeme on June 11, 2015, 06:23:44 am
#2 for me - very atmospheric. The pylons disappearing into the distance make it for me - I wonder what they lead to.

Also like #3.

Thanks for sharing.

Graeme
Title: Re: Seashores
Post by: sdwilsonsct on June 15, 2015, 12:35:44 am
Kerry, Graeme: thank you.

Like everyone else with a camera here, I spent hours shooting icebergs from many angles, distances, settings. But in the end, this final snapshot of the big picture seemed to tell the story best of all.
Title: Re: Seashores
Post by: Jeevz on June 15, 2015, 01:52:38 am
All very nice Scott. For me #2 is #1!

I think that #1 would be much better as you took it rather than with an ND & a slow shutter. It's the energy of the crashing of the waves that makes this for me. Slow silky water has it's place but that's not here.

Well done I hope that there's more to come.



I agree that I don't think that a super long exposure would show the energy as much.
But I would quite like a 1/4 - 1" exposure as well to show some of the movement of the waves without creating that silky water.

Also I agree that it looks a bit oversharpened.

Nice shots though! awesome locations.