Crashing Waves on The Break Wall

[Bgagnon127]

 

[molested_cow]

I don't suppose the water is the HDR part. So it it just the sky and rocks?

 

[mindfloodz]

That is truly amazing!!!! Beautiful image and you still maintained the natural look to it and didn't over do it! I love it. I would love to know the technique you used to get this image to this point (i.e. How many RAW's [if you used RAW], what programs you ran it through after the image was merged, etc....)

 

[480sparky]

Excellent capture!

The only thing I would do, if this were my shot, is change the emerald green wave to more of a blue color.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

I love the green wave!

Beautiful image.

 

[Bgagnon127]

That is truly amazing!!!! Beautiful image and you still maintained the natural look to it and didn't over do it! I love it. I would love to know the technique you used to get this image to this point (i.e. How many RAW's [if you used RAW], what programs you ran it through after the image was merged, etc....)

Hey mindfloodz, I went back to the original because I shot this over a year ago and couldn't remember how I processed it. Sorry to be misleading but it turns out I didn't do this one in HDR I thought I had. I used LR to do most of the color adjustments and PS to fix the parts of the sky that were blown out and also applied a slight contrast curve in PS. I just went to take a look at the LR settings and realized I had made a copy and set the original back to 0. The only thing about this image I don't like is that the foreground is pretty sharp and in focus but the background becomes blurry. It was shot with a Tokina 11-16mm lens at 16mm f2,8 shutter 1/500 to freeze the waves, ISO 400 because it was a cloudy day, is there anything you think could be changed to give it better DOF?

Here's the original if you want to try and reproduce the effect
http://briangagnonphotography.smugmug.com/Art/Favs/i-fXPRw7M/0/X2/dsc_0384-X2.jpg

 

[Over Exposed]

Really nice! I have to admit I think this image is WAY better than the tranquil lake one you posted. The blown sky was just too much for me to get around. Excellent composition, great colors and well processed.

 

[Bgagnon127]

Excellent capture!

The only thing I would do, if this were my shot, is change the emerald green wave to more of a blue color.

Hey Sparky, It interesting because the green is what popped out when I did the color/contrast adjustments. I like it though but thanks for the comment

 

[Bgagnon127]

Really nice! I have to admit I think this image is WAY better than the tranquil lake one you posted. The blown sky was just too much for me to get around. Excellent composition, great colors and well processed.

Thanks, yeah I really need to watch out for over exposed sky. The tough part is if you only have the opportunity for one shot, how do you properly expose for the shadows and ground objects while not blowing out the sky? Any info is appreciated. Thanks

 

[Over Exposed]

I've been in a similar boat without my tripod and went ahead and took a few bracketed rounds handheld with good results from at least one of the rounds. Another member on here, myshkin, actually seems to do this fairly regularly with good results.

BTW- how you liking that Tokina? I've recently picked up the 12-24mm and love it.

 

[Provo]

That is truly amazing!!!! Beautiful image and you still maintained the natural look to it and didn't over do it! I love it. I would love to know the technique you used to get this image to this point (i.e. How many RAW's [if you used RAW], what programs you ran it through after the image was merged, etc....)

Hey mindfloodz, I went back to the original because I shot this over a year ago and couldn't remember how I processed it. Sorry to be misleading but it turns out I didn't do this one in HDR I thought I had. I used LR to do most of the color adjustments and PS to fix the parts of the sky that were blown out and also applied a slight contrast curve in PS. I just went to take a look at the LR settings and realized I had made a copy and set the original back to 0. The only thing about this image I don't like is that the foreground is pretty sharp and in focus but the background becomes blurry. It was shot with a Tokina 11-16mm lens at 16mm f2,8 shutter 1/500 to freeze the waves, ISO 400 because it was a cloudy day, is there anything you think could be changed to give it better DOF?

I think increasing your fstop would give you greater depth of field. How did you meter out this scene? Matrix Average or spot metering?

 

[Bgagnon127]

I usually use matrix average for a scene like this.

 

[TwoTwoLeft]

Nice shot! I friend of mine is letting me borrow his Canon 10-22 for the weekend. I was thinking about getting a Tokina 11-16, I think you convinced me!

 

[wlbphoto]

colors so Intriguing

 

[mindfloodz]

That green wave is an impressive capture!!!