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Archive 2015 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

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Simple shot from yesterday evening at Windansea Beach in La Jolla. We had a high tide, and large surf from a decaying Hurricane. The overcast skies opened up at the horizon just at sunset, and I was able to get a nice series of images. Hope you all enjoy this one.

Shot with my new 6 stop, 4x4 Firecrest Filter from Formatt-Hitech. I found this to be more neutral than the Lee filters which seem to have a strong blue color cast.

Jul 29, 2015 at 04:14 PM

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Steven,
This is beautifully done. love everything about it.

Jul 29, 2015 at 04:32 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Hey Steve, very nice! You sure worked that high tide nicely, glad the sun popped out for you.

Jim

Jul 29, 2015 at 04:51 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Perfect. I love it.

David

Jul 29, 2015 at 05:15 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Great shot Steven. I really like water movement and all the waterfalls on the rocks. There are few things that I would work on. First is the colour balance. The yellow/ orange of the sky does not perfectly work with blue / cyan of the water. You can try to change the color of the sky closer to magenta. Also the sky seams to be a little too dark and water in the centre of the image could use darkening. Just a few of my thoughts but you can ignore them all. Great image with big potential anyway

Edited on Jul 29, 2015 at 08:17 PM · View previous versions

Jul 29, 2015 at 08:00 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Love the water movement and the colours are rich without being over saturated, beautiful scene!

Jul 29, 2015 at 08:11 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Sunny, Jim, David, Sachman,
Glad you all enjoyed the image. As always your words of encouragement are greatly appreciated.

Jul 29, 2015 at 08:58 PM

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ArturS wrote:
Great shot Steven. I really like water movement and all the waterfalls on the rocks. There are few things that I would work on. First is the colour balance. The yellow/ orange of the sky does not perfectly work with blue / cyan of the water. You can try to change the color of the sky closer to magenta. Also the sky seams to be a little too dark and water in the centre of the image could use darkening. Just a few of my thoughts but you can ignore them all. Great image with big potential anyway

ArturS,
Thanks for the comments. Based on your suggestions, I tried lightening the sky, and slightly darkening the water. This did improve the image a little, thank you. The sky is the color it was. I have no idea how to make it magenta. feel free to do an edit and show me what you are envisioning for the image. I've always liked your images, and I am really open to learning.

Thanks!

Steve

Jul 29, 2015 at 09:03 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

It is hard to do edit on small web version but I tried few quick adjustment. I balanced the light a little and played with colors in the sky. Not 100% sure about yet but something in this direction.

Jul 29, 2015 at 09:34 PM

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ArturS,
I understand that working on a small JPEG is very limiting, but I think I see where you are going. I have done my own version based on your suggestions, and I agree it has resulted in a more balanced, improved image. I really appreciate the time you spent with me on this.

New version below.

Jul 29, 2015 at 10:58 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Wonderful capture of many interesting elements. I like your second version but I think Arthus' version is more dynamic, a little darker and contrasty mid ground.

Jul 31, 2015 at 02:14 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Thanks for the comments and suggestions tjny, I might try a version with more contrast.

Jul 31, 2015 at 12:09 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Yes, I was just about to say that you are going in the right direction, but you could still "play"
a bit more with the contrast. tiny was faster

Cheers!

Jul 31, 2015 at 12:40 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Beautiful Shot! Well done indeed.

~George.

Jul 31, 2015 at 02:19 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Thanks George!

Gotta have more contrast......

Jul 31, 2015 at 07:22 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Great color depth here Steven!
Douglas

Jul 31, 2015 at 07:32 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Well done....

-Tree

Jul 31, 2015 at 10:31 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Really like your 2nd version Steven. Lovely shot.

Jul 31, 2015 at 11:56 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Thanks Tree and Douglas, glad your liked it.

Aug 01, 2015 at 12:01 AM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · rocks, high tide, cascading waves, and God rays

Frogfish wrote:
Really like your 2nd version Steven. Lovely shot.

Gets better thanks to input from the board members here.

Not as dramatic as Iceland, but not too bad for walking distance from the house.

Aug 01, 2015 at 12:03 AM

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