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Beware Dangerous Surf
[Explored on April 8, 2013]
I always seem to get these bleak and dreary looking shots when I shoot in the morning under overcast conditions. I suppose it's because that's just how it really looks. The strength of the waves was very unpredictable, so I was moving back and forth from the water line trying to set my tripod in a good position. Of course I had the tripod legs spread wide for extra stability since the surf is pretty darn strong. I retreated several times from various waves until finally I got caught by one that submerged my tripod up to the ball head and sprayed sea water all over my filters, lens, and camera body. I think I grabbed my gear and ran just in the nick of time, but prematurely ended the photo shoot for the morning.
For this shot I initially tried a Lee 0.9 ND hard grad filter but found that the hard transition didn't work under the lighting conditions. I switched to a 0.9 ND soft filter and that seemed to work better.
Beware Dangerous Surf
[Explored on April 8, 2013]
I always seem to get these bleak and dreary looking shots when I shoot in the morning under overcast conditions. I suppose it's because that's just how it really looks. The strength of the waves was very unpredictable, so I was moving back and forth from the water line trying to set my tripod in a good position. Of course I had the tripod legs spread wide for extra stability since the surf is pretty darn strong. I retreated several times from various waves until finally I got caught by one that submerged my tripod up to the ball head and sprayed sea water all over my filters, lens, and camera body. I think I grabbed my gear and ran just in the nick of time, but prematurely ended the photo shoot for the morning.
For this shot I initially tried a Lee 0.9 ND hard grad filter but found that the hard transition didn't work under the lighting conditions. I switched to a 0.9 ND soft filter and that seemed to work better.