Fury - Panther Beach, Santa Cruz, California

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(Please view large; it makes a big difference)

 

Rain, rain, go away. My photography workshop company, Sea to Summit, had to rescedule a private group workshop on Friday because of bad weather. The upside was that I got to go out and do my own shooting during the storm. To say that conditions at Panther Beach were dramatic would be a major understatement. The waves were ferocious, and the sky: well, I'll just say a "Holy Crap!" or two left my lips during the shoot.

 

(To give credit where credit's due, this is pretty much a 100% comp-stomp of this shot by Jim Patterson)

 

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Tech Notes on this Photo

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Nikon D300s

Tokina 12-24 mm @ 12 mm on a crop sensor

ISO100 - trying to buy some shutter speed

f/20 - to help buy me some shutter speed

0.62 sec

Lee 3-stop soft GND filter

 

Post-Processing

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In Raw Converter (Nikon Capture NX2)

- Processed single raw file once

- Global contrast for added pop

- Local brightness and contrast adjustments in the sky, water, foreground rocks, and bluffs

 

In Photoshop:

- Selective sharpening of foreground rocks

- Curves layer to darken and add contrast to sky

 

Thanks for your support and visits!

 

~Josh

Done