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JohanEickmeyer
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Congratulations to JohanEickmeyer for winning Feature Thread of the Week with 10 votes - View Previous Winners

If there was ever a single image that made a solid case for using cameras with fully-articulating screens, this one would be a good contender. I was out on the beach looking for a decent foreground to go with the sunset, and not having much luck. I noticed the waves were filtering into this tide pool and then draining out with lots of seafoam on top. I hustled over and frantically set up my gear. The camera had to be placed just above the water line, with the tripod mostly submerged in water. If the LCD was fixed, I would have had a harder time getting the composition right without getting wet up to my chest, and either losing too much time and/or drenching my phone, wallet, and camera bag in salt water. Luckily, the camera had a fully-articulating screen and I was able to compose the shot standing over the camera looking down. After quickly getting the exposure, focus, and ND filters all set, I fired off one shot before the final wave exited the pool. Since the tide was on the way out, no other opportunity presented itself for the nice water flow.

Thanks for looking.

-Johan

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Jul 12, 2020 at 02:23 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

Beautiful - love the lines and the warm feeling this imparts!

Jul 12, 2020 at 02:53 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

Great story and beautiful and unusual shot.

Jul 12, 2020 at 05:30 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

That's a real beauty.

Jul 12, 2020 at 07:43 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

Fantastic shot Johan. I always find it tricky to get the right mix of flow in the water, the shutter and the wave timing to get such nice streaks. Great job. Looking forward to trying this again on my next sea shoot.

- Gautam

Jul 13, 2020 at 01:09 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

camboman wrote:
Beautiful - love the lines and the warm feeling this imparts!

Glad you like it.
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Jim Dockery wrote:
Great story and beautiful and unusual shot.

Thanks!
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Jeffrey wrote:
That's a real beauty.

For a sandy bowl of salty brine and seaweed, it sure did turn out looking more than the sum of the parts.

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zurura wrote:
Fantastic shot Johan. I always find it tricky to get the right mix of flow in the water, the shutter and the wave timing to get such nice streaks. Great job. Looking forward to trying this again on my next sea shoot.

- Gautam

This one was around a 15 second exposure I believe. I got a bit lucky though.

Jul 14, 2020 at 07:18 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

This is really sweet

Jul 14, 2020 at 09:41 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

Awesome capture, cool story, thank goodness for the articulating screen.

Jul 14, 2020 at 04:34 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

That's a really spectacular shot, nice work!

What kind of bath did the tripod get after its wade in the brine?

Jul 14, 2020 at 04:34 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

Very cool shot! Sold on the articulated screens.

Jul 14, 2020 at 11:17 PM

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roythegreat wrote:
This is really sweet

Thanks!
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IndyFab wrote:
Awesome capture, cool story, thank goodness for the articulating screen.

For landscape work on a tripod, it's the way to go.
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paulfeng wrote:
That's a really spectacular shot, nice work!

What kind of bath did the tripod get after its wade in the brine?

Rinse from the hose at the campground. It had a lot of corrosion after several years of this type of abuse. But that's what tripods are for!

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otisjackson wrote:
Very cool shot! Sold on the articulated screens.

Sold on clean clothes and no sore knees and/or back.

Jul 15, 2020 at 12:21 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

lovely image Johan

Jul 16, 2020 at 02:23 AM

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kmunroe wrote:
lovely image Johan

Thank you for having a look.

Jul 17, 2020 at 07:42 AM

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very nice colors and details !!

Jul 17, 2020 at 08:27 AM

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bihani wrote:
very nice colors and details !!

It sure was a pretty sunset. Thanks.

Jul 17, 2020 at 05:11 PM

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Fantastic image Johan! Beautiful light, color and patterns.

And I totally agree on the articulating screen. I have also found that it also makes possible shots requiring the camera to be elevated very high on the tripod.

Jul 18, 2020 at 08:19 PM

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Peterk78 wrote:
Fantastic image Johan! Beautiful light, color and patterns.

And I totally agree on the articulating screen. I have also found that it also makes possible shots requiring the camera to be elevated very high on the tripod.

I've done quite a few shots like that, where I put the articulating screen pointing down and then held the tripod above my head to get an elevated shot. The screen makes it vastly easier to do it fast and accurately.

Jul 20, 2020 at 12:06 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

A gorgeous rendition in every respect. BIG wall space needed!

Jul 25, 2020 at 01:17 AM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

Gorgeous. A 15 second exposure with the tripod mostly submerged doesn't sound much like luck to me. Mostly a skillful photographer. Congrats.

Jul 25, 2020 at 05:18 AM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · "Vortex" - Olympic National Park

Chaz wrote:
A gorgeous rendition in every respect. BIG wall space needed!

Running out of wall space.

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hulgar wrote:
Gorgeous. A 15 second exposure with the tripod mostly submerged doesn't sound much like luck to me. Mostly a skillful photographer. Congrats.

Thanks. Still lucky though.

Jul 26, 2020 at 05:12 PM

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