Joe Rainbow
Angel Wings
The mid day sun burning through fast moving clouds over Godrevey beach on the Lizard Peninsula Cornwall. A fresh look at my local beach using the Lee 10 stop. I was surprised what I could shoot even when the sun was so strong. On this shot, I just wondered what I could 'get away with' as an experiment. As it turned out, I could get away with more than I thought! A narrow f stop gave me a sweet sun burst and the clouds were perfect for this type of long exposure. Apart from spending FAR too long cloning out flare from around the sun area, the rest of the image has only had minor touches from the RAW file. For me it looks like a moonlit scene, but with more punch. I liked the way the clouds made some giant 'wings' coming in diagonally to the frame like that. I have some more seascapes from this session that I quite like and will surely post in the near future.
It is nice to be able to push the boundaries a bit, especially as it is so easy to just delete the miss cues. I say easy, but actually I get weirdly attached to shots even if they are far from perfect. It is like deleting your own child at first, but then wait a few weeks, look again and think 'why is that thing here cluttering up my hard drive?' Anyaway, I hope you like it, and thanks for all of the recent comments of support and encouragement. I plan to offer some workshops in the near future, very small groups or 1 to 1, so if you are interested get in touch :)
I would love to know what you make of this shot.
17-40, Lee 10 stop, polarier, 0.6 h and 0.9s Lee Gnd's.
Essential to View On Black
Exposure: 44
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Angel Wings
The mid day sun burning through fast moving clouds over Godrevey beach on the Lizard Peninsula Cornwall. A fresh look at my local beach using the Lee 10 stop. I was surprised what I could shoot even when the sun was so strong. On this shot, I just wondered what I could 'get away with' as an experiment. As it turned out, I could get away with more than I thought! A narrow f stop gave me a sweet sun burst and the clouds were perfect for this type of long exposure. Apart from spending FAR too long cloning out flare from around the sun area, the rest of the image has only had minor touches from the RAW file. For me it looks like a moonlit scene, but with more punch. I liked the way the clouds made some giant 'wings' coming in diagonally to the frame like that. I have some more seascapes from this session that I quite like and will surely post in the near future.
It is nice to be able to push the boundaries a bit, especially as it is so easy to just delete the miss cues. I say easy, but actually I get weirdly attached to shots even if they are far from perfect. It is like deleting your own child at first, but then wait a few weeks, look again and think 'why is that thing here cluttering up my hard drive?' Anyaway, I hope you like it, and thanks for all of the recent comments of support and encouragement. I plan to offer some workshops in the near future, very small groups or 1 to 1, so if you are interested get in touch :)
I would love to know what you make of this shot.
17-40, Lee 10 stop, polarier, 0.6 h and 0.9s Lee Gnd's.
Essential to View On Black
Exposure: 44
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 100