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Archive 2008 · Two more from the reef

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p.1 #1 · Two more from the reef

These two were taken on the same day as my last post. The first shot as close to the sun as I dared so as to get the rock silhouetted, the second with the sun behind me. They are both on the Mornington Peninsula ocean side with the tide flowing.

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Nov 23, 2008 at 11:49 PM

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p.1 #2 · Two more from the reef

Hey Mark,

#2 is nice! I really like that one. I do suggest though when shooting breaking waves like that to underexpose about 2/3rds of a stop. The white in the waves breaking is blown out in both shots, but in #1 it looks the worst when you combine it with that rock being all in shadow. So for me that's what hurts your first shot a lot.

Jim

Nov 24, 2008 at 01:19 AM

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p.1 #3 · Two more from the reef

JimFox wrote:
Hey Mark,

#2 is nice! I really like that one. I do suggest though when shooting breaking waves like that to underexpose about 2/3rds of a stop. The white in the waves breaking is blown out in both shots, but in #1 it looks the worst when you combine it with that rock being all in shadow. So for me that's what hurts your first shot a lot.

Jim

Thanks for the comments, Jim. I think the problem may be the compression for the web, rather than blown highlights. There is a lot of detail even in the brightest of the breaking waves on the originals - still, if it looks wrong on the screen, maybe I should back off more for web presentation? Glad the second one worked anyway!

Mark

Nov 24, 2008 at 03:13 AM

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p.1 #4 · Two more from the reef

Hello Mark,

Looks like a beautiful day to be out with a camera. I think you are right, "Perception is reality.", particularly when viewing images on the web

. Thanks for sharing these.

hugh

Nov 24, 2008 at 11:19 AM

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p.1 #5 · Two more from the reef

hugh wrote:
Hello Mark,

Looks like a beautiful day to be out with a camera. I think you are right, "Perception is reality.", particularly when viewing images on the web

. Thanks for sharing these.

hugh

Many thanks hugh. Glad you liked these - thousands didn't

!

Mark

Nov 24, 2008 at 09:54 PM

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p.1 #6 · Two more from the reef

Beautiful layers in these Mark, the 2nd takes the cake for me, lovely clarity and comp.

Al

Nov 24, 2008 at 10:48 PM

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p.1 #7 · Two more from the reef

Allen_Maestas wrote:
Beautiful layers in these Mark, the 2nd takes the cake for me, lovely clarity and comp.

Al

Thanks Al. I'm pleased these worked for you.

Mark

Nov 25, 2008 at 11:34 AM

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p.1 #8 · Two more from the reef

Hi Mark.

Two pleasing shots. I really like the breakers in the second one, with the great curves of spray above the second wave.

Nov 25, 2008 at 03:11 PM

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p.1 #9 · Two more from the reef

Hey Mark,

There have been a few of my shots, where I had to go back and make a specific change just so that it would look the same on the web as in print. Those kind of white highlights could easily get lost when converting to the web.

Jim

Nov 25, 2008 at 09:17 PM

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p.1 #10 · Two more from the reef

MartinMcl wrote:
Hi Mark.

Two pleasing shots. I really like the breakers in the second one, with the great curves of spray above the second wave.

Many thanks, Martin. I'm glad these appealed.

Mark

Nov 26, 2008 at 06:17 AM

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