Seal Rock 3

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I was in San Fran early January for the SF Bay Photowalk. This image is from a pre-breakfast solo shoot on the Monday morning after the Photowalk. After this session I met up with Nathan Wirth , Athena Carey , Alan Allum and John Kosmopoulos for breakfast and spent a wonderful day shooting around Pacifica and beyond with such amazing company.

 

This image is in the top 3 of my favorite images of the weekend. Seal Rock is such a famous scene and has been photographed a billion times. There is a small handful of photographers that have created some truly spectacular images of these famous rocks, for example Steve Landeros and Nathan Wirth!! This makes it extra difficult to come up with something unique, but not impossible :-) The conditions really were exceptional that morning, which made all the difference. Sometimes the Gods smile upon you and everything comes together.

 

I used a 10 stop and 3 stop ND filter and 3 stop hard grad ND filter, to get the right level of contrast in the sky, water and around the rocks.

 

The techie stuff:

 

Sony A850 D-SLR

Zeiss 16-35mm Lens

ISO: 100

Aperture: f/11

Exposure: 90 seconds

Focal Length: 17mm

Filters: Lee Big Stopper ND filter, Lee 3 stop ND filter and Lee 3 stop hard grad ND filter

 

All thoughts and comments are always welcome.

 

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