Beach Scenes New

[stapo49]

I purchased a new wide angle lense and thought I would try it out after work. Here are a couple of examples.

 

[edsland]

Definitely a keeper, beautiful...

 

[danbob6117 142]

Both are very lovely and have great color. I particularly like #2, where you catch the water as it is moving out.

 

[Jeff1548 48]

Very nice.........

 

[Jeff G]

Excellent!

 

[K9Kirk]

Nice pics! Gotta love the beach! What lens did you get? Now you have me wanting to try my fairly new fish-eye lens (Altura 8mm F/3.0) at the beach but we don't have the rocks and water movement like yours in this neck, the waves are much more tame. Maybe I'll get lucky and find something somewhere that will suffice or maybe after a good storm.

 

[WesternGuy]

Nice images, hard to pick a favourite.

WesternGuy

 

[black pepper]

just curious, what did you get? no matter what it is it looks like you have a good handle on it already. both are fantastic images, but i was particularly drawn to the long exposure in the second one. the milky water frames the rock in the center and wraps around it perfectly.

 

[stapo49]

Thanks for all the comments folks.

The camera I am using is a Panasonic GX9 which has a micro 4/3 sensor. The lens I purchased is a Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4.

This equates to 16-36 in full frame terms. When I took these images I was also using a Hoya 10 stop ND filter.

I am really happy with resulting images and I think the wider angle is great for seascapes. I think the old adage about update your lens not your camera is correct.

I can see this lens spending a lot of time on my camera.

Thought I would sneak this one in as well.

 

[dxqcanada2]

That last one deserves a graduated ND.

 

[stapo49]

That last one deserves a graduated ND.

I was thinking about that at the time I was taking these shots.

I was looking at getting a circular graduated ND filter as I dont have the square ND filters and holder but read that they don't work to well?

 

[black pepper]

That last one deserves a graduated ND.

I was thinking about that at the time I was taking these shots.

I was looking at getting a circular graduated ND filter as I dont have the square ND filters and holder but read that they don't work to well?

with a screw in you're stuck with the horizon in the center. with a square (really rectangular in the case of grad nds) the horizon can be slid up and down. square filters work well enough on level horizons like in this shot, but not so well on varied horizons like in the mountains.

i've had much better luck with blending 2 exposures - one taken for my foreground, another for the sky than i've had with grad nd filters. it all depends on your comfort level with editing.

 

[stapo49]

That last one deserves a graduated ND.

I was thinking about that at the time I was taking these shots.

I was looking at getting a circular graduated ND filter as I dont have the square ND filters and holder but read that they don't work to well?

with a screw in you're stuck with the horizon in the center. with a square (really rectangular in the case of grad nds) the horizon can be slid up and down. square filters work well enough on level horizons like in this shot, but not so well on varied horizons like in the mountains.

i've had much better luck with blending 2 exposures - one taken for my foreground, another for the sky than i've had with grad nd filters. it all depends on your comfort level with editing.

The exposure blending/bracketing thing would be the cheaper option lol. I was just looking at the Nisi filter kits with holders and he price here in Australia is astronomical!

 

[black pepper]

That last one deserves a graduated ND.

I was thinking about that at the time I was taking these shots.

I was looking at getting a circular graduated ND filter as I dont have the square ND filters and holder but read that they don't work to well?

with a screw in you're stuck with the horizon in the center. with a square (really rectangular in the case of grad nds) the horizon can be slid up and down. square filters work well enough on level horizons like in this shot, but not so well on varied horizons like in the mountains.

i've had much better luck with blending 2 exposures - one taken for my foreground, another for the sky than i've had with grad nd filters. it all depends on your comfort level with editing.

The exposure blending/bracketing thing would be the cheaper option lol. I was just looking at the Nisi filter kits with holders and he price here in Australia is astronomical!

they can be pricey. and even the best "neutral" filters have a bit of a color cast.

 

[CherylL1]

Beautiful! I like the first one best.