south beach sunrise

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Beautiful image Daniel, I really like the composition and all elements. Amazing the results at 1/30 sec I supposed that shooting at 19mm makes the difference.

I wonder what difference would have made stopping down to 22 rather than using the NDs? I was thinking of the enhanced sun burst effect. I'm not into landscape so it is just a question to learn

Congratulations!!!!!

Lovely shot. The clouds, color of water and the person in the image really makes for a nice story telling image.

thank you alfred and todd

alfred, sky was way brighter than the rest of the scene - i could have exposed properly for the sky and then later brought the details back from the rest of the scene (from the shadows) but that would mean that i'd have to deal with shadow noise which would work against me - since the horizon is straight i used a graduated neutral density filter instead - that way both sides are exposed properly and i don't have to deal with destructive shadow noise. (you will also notice that i raised my tripod high enough on purpose to get the subject's head out of the horizon's way)

also two reasons for not using f/22

1) i was using the hyperfocal method which rendered the scene sharp from a near distance to infinity without having to resort to a small aperture - as you may know, sometimes going beyond a certain aperture will work against you - things might get blurrier instead of sharper (this is called diffraction) - in this case f/10 was the best aperture for the job

2) using a smaller aperture as you suggest (f/22) would require a slower shutter - which means a longer exposure - i would totally lose the effects of the waves (they would be rendered into a smooth weird mass since their movement would be recordered over a longer period of time)

hope this helps

when are you going to shoot landscape with me huh? :p

Sure it does ...... the little I know about landscape with 35mm

A well thought out and well made image!!!!

Breathtaking image. Rich colors. Dynamic for a quiet scene, if that makes sense.

Outstanding

For my taste and imo, this is the nicest post ive seen here in a long while. Excellent work!!

robert..........

exposure is right on. perfect use of a nd grad. what type did you use? Cokin? Lee?

After seeing this shot, I think I'm gonna get one...

The inclusion of the young woman really takes this one over the top for me. I love the layering of the colors of the sea and sky and the rays. My only nit is that I wish I were sitting there...but not in the photo. I prefer being behind the camera rather than in front of it.