Serve Your Soul - Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, California
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Last month, Cripps and I were scouting for our upcoming workshop in Big Sur. Found this intimate view while heading back to the car from the (in)famous Pfieffer Beach with that portal with its beams of light. There was a crowd, of course, but it was to be expected. Still, I grabbed a couple lackluster shots from the line-up, but eventually I wandered down the coast. On the way back to the car, I had one of those moments. "Hey, wait, that looks interesting. Hold on Cripps, I want to take a few shots." Well, at 30 seconds per image, some refocusing and recomposing, throw in a 2nd stop before we got to the car, and I think my pit stop lasted 30 minutes. I like the afterglow of the ocean on a cloudless night. I am fortunate to live near the beach and see some amazing blues and purples at twilight, but there are no rocks by my house. Big Sur is good for that. It rocks, literally.
Serve your soul. Photograph what makes you happy whether that be icons or just a pile of rocks.
Nikon D300
Nikkor 70-200mm @ 70mm
30 sec, f11, ISO 100
Singh-Ray 3-stop Darly Benson reverse GND
Post notes: As is often the case in a scene like this, no one white balance works for me. I double processed the RAW file for two different WB. Blended them in PS. Added a Basic mid-tones luminosity mask for contrast, heavy burning on the sky through a 50% gray layer and a Lights luminosity mask to darken and saturate the sky. Vibrance mask to add color. Saturation mask to rescue over done colors. Selective sharpening via Nik Sharpener Pro. Selective noise reduction with Noise Ninja.
Serve Your Soul - Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, California
Press 'L' for a different look
Last month, Cripps and I were scouting for our upcoming workshop in Big Sur. Found this intimate view while heading back to the car from the (in)famous Pfieffer Beach with that portal with its beams of light. There was a crowd, of course, but it was to be expected. Still, I grabbed a couple lackluster shots from the line-up, but eventually I wandered down the coast. On the way back to the car, I had one of those moments. "Hey, wait, that looks interesting. Hold on Cripps, I want to take a few shots." Well, at 30 seconds per image, some refocusing and recomposing, throw in a 2nd stop before we got to the car, and I think my pit stop lasted 30 minutes. I like the afterglow of the ocean on a cloudless night. I am fortunate to live near the beach and see some amazing blues and purples at twilight, but there are no rocks by my house. Big Sur is good for that. It rocks, literally.
Serve your soul. Photograph what makes you happy whether that be icons or just a pile of rocks.
Nikon D300
Nikkor 70-200mm @ 70mm
30 sec, f11, ISO 100
Singh-Ray 3-stop Darly Benson reverse GND
Post notes: As is often the case in a scene like this, no one white balance works for me. I double processed the RAW file for two different WB. Blended them in PS. Added a Basic mid-tones luminosity mask for contrast, heavy burning on the sky through a 50% gray layer and a Lights luminosity mask to darken and saturate the sky. Vibrance mask to add color. Saturation mask to rescue over done colors. Selective sharpening via Nik Sharpener Pro. Selective noise reduction with Noise Ninja.