Garrapata Surf #4 - Big Sur, California
I'm back from my family visit to Los Angeles, a 5 hour drive from my house. While there, I volunteered to dig holes for a bunch of new plants, but they only had one of those small half-sized shovels. So while I was lecturing them on how they should have a proper shovel in order to avoid back injuries, I managed to ignore my own advice. So now, I am the proud owner of a bulging herniated disk in my lower back! It is painful *all* the time so I won't be taking any photos beyond the touristy pullout spots for at least 2-3 months. Fortunately I have lots of new photos to process! No HDR.
Free wallpaper for over 100 of my images in 6 different screen sizes is now available!
See the 1200 pixel version!
www.flickr.com/photos/patrick-smith-photography/424109928...
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Settings etc.:
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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 17-40L @36
1/6-second exposure @F13
LEE soft ND grad (100x150mm) 0.9 + 0.75
Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring
No polarizer.
ISO 50
Small Slik tripod with Manfrotto pistol grip ball head
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop
Bare feet and rolled up blue jeans. Drenching was inevitable!
This is a view from the first annual Big Sur Photographic Summit held on the customary date of the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. There were a total of 2 attendees including Ivan Makarov and me. Jim Patterson almost made it, but we will not make him feel bad about that awesome light filtering through the thick cloud deck, or the huge surf that was pounding the beach on this first day of winter. Nor will we mention how there was absolutely no wind to spray salt onto the filters. True, it was a warm evening where we could be in the water all afternoon without feeling the least bit cold, but we'll leave that detail out so as not to make Jim upset about missing the summit! And I have about 10 shots that have light like this from just this afternoon of shooting. But I'd never brag or boast about how we happened to be in just the perfect spot at the perfect time and how the light seemed to go on forever and ever.
I mean, why make Jim suffer?
hehe!!!
Resources:
Google Earth
Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.
Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your fave website)
www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=mtr
Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries have similar websites)
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.shtml?gid=235
Wave Heights (I choose 'North Pacific from Global')
polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/main_int.html
Or Here:
www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/RP1bw.gif
The map shows exactly where this is. It is an easy hike from the road.
See my Flickr profile for a link to my newly designed website.
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Garrapata Surf #4 - Big Sur, California
I'm back from my family visit to Los Angeles, a 5 hour drive from my house. While there, I volunteered to dig holes for a bunch of new plants, but they only had one of those small half-sized shovels. So while I was lecturing them on how they should have a proper shovel in order to avoid back injuries, I managed to ignore my own advice. So now, I am the proud owner of a bulging herniated disk in my lower back! It is painful *all* the time so I won't be taking any photos beyond the touristy pullout spots for at least 2-3 months. Fortunately I have lots of new photos to process! No HDR.
Free wallpaper for over 100 of my images in 6 different screen sizes is now available!
See the 1200 pixel version!
www.flickr.com/photos/patrick-smith-photography/424109928...
---------------------------------------------------------
Settings etc.:
---------------------------------------------------------
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 17-40L @36
1/6-second exposure @F13
LEE soft ND grad (100x150mm) 0.9 + 0.75
Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring
No polarizer.
ISO 50
Small Slik tripod with Manfrotto pistol grip ball head
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop
Bare feet and rolled up blue jeans. Drenching was inevitable!
This is a view from the first annual Big Sur Photographic Summit held on the customary date of the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. There were a total of 2 attendees including Ivan Makarov and me. Jim Patterson almost made it, but we will not make him feel bad about that awesome light filtering through the thick cloud deck, or the huge surf that was pounding the beach on this first day of winter. Nor will we mention how there was absolutely no wind to spray salt onto the filters. True, it was a warm evening where we could be in the water all afternoon without feeling the least bit cold, but we'll leave that detail out so as not to make Jim upset about missing the summit! And I have about 10 shots that have light like this from just this afternoon of shooting. But I'd never brag or boast about how we happened to be in just the perfect spot at the perfect time and how the light seemed to go on forever and ever.
I mean, why make Jim suffer?
hehe!!!
Resources:
Google Earth
Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.
Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your fave website)
www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=mtr
Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries have similar websites)
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.shtml?gid=235
Wave Heights (I choose 'North Pacific from Global')
polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/main_int.html
Or Here:
www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/RP1bw.gif
The map shows exactly where this is. It is an easy hike from the road.
See my Flickr profile for a link to my newly designed website.
.