Today I finally managed to get out and do some landscape photography. Since college it has always been my preference. With family life and work I sometimes have to let it go. When I do get the chance, I try to make sure it counts.
Tonights location was Hunstanton's South Beach. I arrived at 5.10pm in readiness for the sunset at 5.44pm (I have a couple of apps that help me with tide times and sunrise/sunset times).
I had my idea the night before, but didn't have time to wait which sometimes can be frustrating. To be fair the tide and sunset were more suitable for the photo I had in mind tonight.
I shoot on a Nikon D800 and use Cokin filters, ND grads to help with the sky, and ND filters to extend exposure times.
I had a couple of sighters before I got to do the photo I wanted. At just past 6pm conditions were right. I shot at 50 iso and got the exposure up to 8 seconds. With the sun just gone I often find that you get an effect that just looks magical.
After getting very wet feet and a salt encrusted tripod from sea water, I was done and headed for home to post process. I use a cross between Photoshop and Lightroom to get my final result. The final image is a stitch of 3 photos together to get the panoramic feel. I'd rather do that than crop.
Hope you like it, and thanks for your interest.
Matt
Beautiful serene picture Matt
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm really pleased with the final image.
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