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Brave souls or foolish. Yesterday I noticed these three way over north in the ice on the point and they finally paddled back and through the channel to the harbor. 41* out. Hmmmmmm.
likely you are all bored with these 'beach pictures' now. i am not.
i started to say that this is unprocessed, but as i thought about this image and why i like it so much, i realized that this is not really true. there was a lot of processing involved here ...
i saw the glassy ocean, the white hot sun, the paddleboarder, those specular glints on the face of a very small shorebreak, the blue of the ocean, the sky, the hazy horizon, hints of clouds far, far away, suggesting something more lay beyond. i processed this image in my heart. and then i went inside the house, picked up my camera, brought it to the same spot, set the exposure, framed the shot, waited for those specular glints, for the paddleboarder reaching up to shield his eyes from the sun, and pressed the shutter. then the film, the magical, organic, fine-grained emulsion responded to the light admitted, adding its own layer of post-processing to what i had already captured.
i mailed my film to a carefully selected lab on the west coast, near san diego, california. the film aged, ever so slightly as it made the journey from press the shutter to finish the roll to envelope to transport to the lab. and, at the lab, they processed my exposed film, imprinting their own signature on the scene, a few seconds more or less in the solution, and the image is changed, altered perceptibly.
the processed image was scanned, a very fine scan that preserves almost all the detail in the film, but a digital facsimile all the same, another layer of processing, noisiness. and then it was returned to me, where i revisited it, comparing it subconsciously to the image made in the camera of the heart, selecting it as something real, a memory to be shared.
what else needs to be done? a very light crop to straighten the horizon. done.
straight out of the camera, no post-processing. such a simple thing.
littletinperson
The sunset is getting earlier and earlier out here even though the Fall weather disappeared for a few days this week, reaching a high of 100 on Monday. The 7pm sunset last week at Venice became 6:44 tonight which screwed up my evening plans. I had hoped to arrive a half hour before darkness started to creep in but after taking the dog out and then checking the weather conditions, I realized the earlier time would mean I'd arrive just as the sun was setting and no time to get ready--assuming no traffic or parking difficulties.
A year ago, my obsession with long exposure was just beginning and I took every opportunity to go places where that was an option. In the Maryland countryside, it wasn't always tough to find a decent location for the sunset, usually with a backdrop of the catoctin mountains or thick rows of trees. What I rarely found was a completely unobstructed view of the sunset which is plentiful along the coast of the Pacific Ocean out here. The main difference is where my focus ends up. At home, I seemed to mostly adjust my focus towards the background, on whatever static object was closest to the horizon. In Southern California, I often will focus my attention on the foreground, trying to find an area midway up to the horizon since it's often the only non moving part.
Since being here, I've slowly tried to incorporate panoramas into my collection of shooting styles in addition to capturing the amazing reflections found on some of the flatter shorelines like at Venice Beach. My attempts at panoramas began simply because I'd never given them much thought and each time out shooting, I'd try to get a few more images that could be combined in lightroom CC. The main lens I use is still the 18-135mm kit lens that came with my camera. It's the most versatile lens I have and since I use a crop sensor camera, it gives me the biggest view. I started to realize though that even at 18mm, I was missing far too much of a great sky or landscape. I had zero idea how much photography cost when I began to learn in manual since prior, my camera criteria had been a good point and shoot with a large zoom so I could photograph my active dog. I'm effectively priced out of upgrading to a full frame and often it feels like I'm really limiting myself. I love my camera but it really bugs me that I constantly wonder how much better my images could be with a full frame. I've seen the comparisons online that show a border in a full frame shot representing how much a crop sensor camera cuts out. I know they purposely choose photos for maximum effect and it always works on me.
The only real solution is an eventual upgrade (which also means all new glass as well) but for the time being, I've been trying really hard to at least give more of a full frame feel by committing to 2 shot panoramas. It's obviously not the same, but when I can get the waves to mostly line up and then compare the merged 2 panel panorama to the single frame, the difference is enormous to me. Lately, I'll choose a quicker shutter speed and then fire off about 4 or 5 shots at each pivot in the panorama and then search in lightroom and photo merge for the best combinations and view of the bunch. The goal is to only need a few seconds of blending in photoshop to give a seamless look.
This photo is an example of that process and is a 2 shot horizontal panorama of Venice this past Tuesday. I overlapped these shots by about 30% and had an additional panel on either side just in case but they didn't match up well. Even so, I was pretty pleased with the result of this since I really didn't want to back up and mess with the symmetry but also didn't want to cut out any of the great sky and shore that completed this reflection. I set my tripod nearly flat on these reflective surfaces here because there's really no risk of rising water making it that far, especially any waves that would require me to grab my gear quickly. Not too far to the left would be the tip of Venice Pier and a bit to the right would be the actual sunset facing more towards Santa Monica. While I know there are plenty of differences between full frame and crop, the missing view is what bugs me the most at the moment and until I upgrade, this may be my indefinite solution. Of course I could also practice in portrait and shoot fuller panoramas like that but I'm OK with the 2 frame panoramas in landscape at 18-35mm. The biggest problem is long exposures where I often don't have the time or light to take enough shots to merge well. I'd rather fire off 30 shots in 2 minutes than 6 shots in 5. I'm sure when the cloudy skies become more consistent, I'll have a lot more time to work on panoramas using the 10 stop filter to maximize the view. I just really don't want to waste the limited cloudy days shooting in a way that gives me a low probability of success.
▪️WHEN & WHERE▪️
•Venice Beach
•Venice, California
•September 20th, 2016
▪️SETTINGS▪️
Canon T4i
•EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
•2 frame panorama
•@18mm
•ISO 100
•f/8
•1/4 second
•CPL
A paddleboarder wades into the cool waves of Lake Ontario at The Beaches in Toronto, paddle in hand and fall colours glowing along the shore.
Sunrise, Paddleboarders and Boats from the Esplanade at Ettalong Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Amazingly the sun shone today, so we went over to Bournemouth. Although it was cold there were lots of paddle boarders and surfers hitting the waves.
Back to rain tomorrow *sigh*
Heading out for an early morning 'stroll', these paddleboarders seems to float above a small mangrove island.
It was a lovely afternoon when I went for a good long walk and it was nice to see these three paddle boarders, not struggling, out on the still water!
It was also nice to see Arran as ut has been pretty much hidden over the past few days with low lying clouds!
365/2021 - Expanding Horizons ~ 288/365
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Two paddleboarders enjoy Lake Michigan, with the ducks and gulls in the foreground, and the pink evening sky on the horizon.
Indeed, how quiet it was this morning when I set off on my walk. Two people out on their paddle boards and a anchored containership sitting on the horizon!!
365/2021 - Expanding Horizons ~ 115/365
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This is the view to the main water recreation area at East Canyon State Park in Utah. Swimmers and boaters and paddleboarders can enjoy the calm waters near the shore. In the early summer the hillsides surrounding the water are covered in green grass and wildflowers.
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Another day at Ocean Reef Marina. I saw this lone paddleboarder in the Marina. Its an attractive place to paddleboard as its safe and out of the wind. I really liked the contrast between the small figure on the paddleboard and the massive sea wall.
Shot into the bright glare of the morning sun and converted to B&W for fun. :) Hopefully more foggy mornings ahead as the leaves change later.
Hipstamatic random composed for "rule of thirds"
Key Largo, Florida Paddleboarders. Shuffle mode Hipstamatic using a dozen or so combinations of "film and lens". I just rapid fired at least ten and chose the best one.
Sent to Snapseed for hdr and structure. Finished in Phototoaster for tonal contrast and texture. I chose the scratched texture to suggest a timeless image.
A Halsted, Texas coal load passes a slew of paddleboarders as it rounds Palmer Lake on a beautiful summer afternoon.
A lone paddleboarder on Bowman Lake in Glacier National Park. Smoke from distant fires creates an interesting mood.