Jared Ropelato
Nearly Skunked alt comp.
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*Previous Story*
I woke up this morning at 3:30am and something didn’t feel right. I was instantly wide awake, and had sort of an ‘eerie’ feeling. I got up, checked the doors, checked on my dog Sadie, and everything seemed to be fine. I just couldn’t shake the feeling though, and I knew I wouldn’t be able to get back to sleep. Solution: photography.
I checked the weather in San Fran, and it said partially cloudy at 5am (which turned out to be a huge lie). I grabbed my gear in the dark (I’m getting pretty good at that) and headed out the door.
Where to go exactly? Golden Gate? Fort Funston? Santa Cruz? Areas narrowed for this reason or that, and I decided on a comp I had seen before, but that I’d never gotten to myself, the Golden Gate Station/Calvio Point/horseshoe Bay area.
I got there around 4:45 and started snooping around for the comp I wanted. I have to tell you right off the bat, that I nearly got skunked at this location. By that I don’t mean that the conditions weren’t right (although they weren’t prime), but that as I was checking for comps at the end of a pier, I came face to face with a damn skunk! I backed away slowly and headed way over to one side out of the way of this little beast. I’m no sissy, but there are things in this world you just shouldn’t mess with: tuggin’ at superman’s cape, peeing into the wind etc.
I finally found what I was looking for, set up, and fired a shot every couple minutes or so until I figured I had eaten up the best light this morning had to offer. I like this comp, as it’s a little lower than most I’ve seen from here, but that definitely came at the expense of some salt water all up in my stuff (pants, camera, filters etc), and I learned another valuable lesson: ~5 minutes after a freighter goes floating by, move yourself and your belongings away from the waters edge!
As the blue hour faded, I ran up across the 101 to Hendrik Point and grabbed a couple shots up there. More to come from there in the days that follow.
All in all, great morning of shooting that would have otherwise been meaningless, and I was able to get home and bring my wife a Jamba Juice before she left for work. Not to shabby if I do say so myself.
Thanks for looking, thanks for all the comments, and the favs, I really do appreciate it.
Cheers and happy shooting.
Singh-Ray 2 stop soft edge GND
Canon 5DMKII
Canon 16-35 @ 27mm
Iso 200
f/22
99 sec
Singh-Ray 2 stop soft edge GND
Nearly Skunked alt comp.
****Please Click on Image to view larger and on Black background****
*Previous Story*
I woke up this morning at 3:30am and something didn’t feel right. I was instantly wide awake, and had sort of an ‘eerie’ feeling. I got up, checked the doors, checked on my dog Sadie, and everything seemed to be fine. I just couldn’t shake the feeling though, and I knew I wouldn’t be able to get back to sleep. Solution: photography.
I checked the weather in San Fran, and it said partially cloudy at 5am (which turned out to be a huge lie). I grabbed my gear in the dark (I’m getting pretty good at that) and headed out the door.
Where to go exactly? Golden Gate? Fort Funston? Santa Cruz? Areas narrowed for this reason or that, and I decided on a comp I had seen before, but that I’d never gotten to myself, the Golden Gate Station/Calvio Point/horseshoe Bay area.
I got there around 4:45 and started snooping around for the comp I wanted. I have to tell you right off the bat, that I nearly got skunked at this location. By that I don’t mean that the conditions weren’t right (although they weren’t prime), but that as I was checking for comps at the end of a pier, I came face to face with a damn skunk! I backed away slowly and headed way over to one side out of the way of this little beast. I’m no sissy, but there are things in this world you just shouldn’t mess with: tuggin’ at superman’s cape, peeing into the wind etc.
I finally found what I was looking for, set up, and fired a shot every couple minutes or so until I figured I had eaten up the best light this morning had to offer. I like this comp, as it’s a little lower than most I’ve seen from here, but that definitely came at the expense of some salt water all up in my stuff (pants, camera, filters etc), and I learned another valuable lesson: ~5 minutes after a freighter goes floating by, move yourself and your belongings away from the waters edge!
As the blue hour faded, I ran up across the 101 to Hendrik Point and grabbed a couple shots up there. More to come from there in the days that follow.
All in all, great morning of shooting that would have otherwise been meaningless, and I was able to get home and bring my wife a Jamba Juice before she left for work. Not to shabby if I do say so myself.
Thanks for looking, thanks for all the comments, and the favs, I really do appreciate it.
Cheers and happy shooting.
Singh-Ray 2 stop soft edge GND
Canon 5DMKII
Canon 16-35 @ 27mm
Iso 200
f/22
99 sec
Singh-Ray 2 stop soft edge GND