The sun sets on a cold winter afternoon at Birch Bay State Park in northern Washington, just across the border from BC. In the distance across the water can be seen the San Juan Islands in the US and the Gulf Islands in BC.
The sun was just peeking out from behind some patchy clouds before it set behind the treeline, and the low angle of light caused some beautiful shadows to be cast by the pebbles on the beach. I waited until a wave came in to give some interest to the water.
7-shot HDR photograph taken with the 16-35mm lens. Aperture set to f/18 both to keep the whole scene in focus, and to emphasise the starburst effect of this lens. Careful positioning was needed to minimise lens flare.
I'm a British software developer and photographer living in Vancouver, BC. I mainly photograph landscapes, cityscapes, night scenes, and water.
If you're interested in any...
@missileman Thanks! I picked the exposure that was best for the water and took a few photos of it to get a shot with movement I liked, and then manually blended that area of the photo into the HDR with Photoshop to get consistency in the waves.
Some HDR software allows you to select areas where you want to avoid ghosting (and/or try and correct ghosting automatically), but I find it more controllable to do the blending myself.
Color everywhere. The sun and the see are wonderful. 7 frames bracketed quickly out of the camera would that be? The detail of the water breaking is still clear. Or was the processing more complicated to get rid of "motion ghosts?"
Some HDR software allows you to select areas where you want to avoid ghosting (and/or try and correct ghosting automatically), but I find it more controllable to do the blending myself.
So much thought goes into your shots. Are you ever spontaneous with the camera?
fav!