It's been a long while since I've posted here. I hope to get caught up over the next few months.
As always, I'd be happy to answer any questions at all regarding the production of this image and welcome any critiques, no matter how small or subjective they may be.
The Image: At just the right time of the year on a clear day, the last light of sunset filters into this enormous, 200ft long, sea tunnel on Oregon's coast, illuminating the misty interior carved out by the churning waves. Large swells roared down the cavern and exploded all around me on the other side. Although I ended up getting totally soaked, I particularly enjoyed photographing the waters receeding back into the light.
I admire your technique, but I'm not sure about the brightness of the surf lines. I like the brightness near the cave opening but wish the lines further into the cave weren't so bright. I love the reflection of the sun on the water...the coppery look is appealing.
Fantastic orb of light radiating out of the hole Marc. Your timing the water came out just right.
I do have a question on where the sun is in the sky at this moment. By looking at the photo and gaging the luminance of the scene I think many would just guess the sun is on the horizon but I think this could also be done with the sun higher up closer to the borderline of when the golden hour begins or ends.
Steve, the sun was only ten minutes from setting when I photographed this. The tunnel opens broadly on the other side, but I only included a sliver of it as to not get the horizon too bright. The sun was just to the left/south of the tunnel enterance. I witnessed this type of lighting for about 2 hours before the sun went down, so in that regard you are correct about it being possible earlier, but the tide turned out only being right at the end, as it was dropping at about 1.2ft/hr on this afternoon.
Very nice as usual. Thanks for sharing. I was thinking the other day that I had not saw a post from you in a while...Look forward to more images, hopefully not such a long gap between postings.
