Moffat Headland Cloudy Sunrise

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Moffat Headland Cloudy Sunrise

Postby Bob G on Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:28 pm

I joined the Caloundra Camera Club mid last year hoping it would help me learn more about photography and improve my skills.
They put me in the B Grade category and I ended up winning the photo of the year across all grades as well as scooping all the "B" grade awards.

I'm a bit embarrassed about it because I had imagined there would be a lot more talented photographers in these clubs and I don't see myself in that league.
Anyway they have recently asked me to run a session and an outing for the club featuring seascapes.

I pretty much haven't picked up the camera since last September due to selling the business and moving residence.
This morning was my big chance to get out and trial a location for the shoot and I had asked one of the members to join me even though the weather has been absolute crap.

So we ventured out this morning in spite of the cloud cover and overnight heavy rain with only optimism on our side.
The only break in the cloud cover occurred just on sunrise to let just a glimmer of piercing light through.

The rocks were treacherously slippery and we found the location will not be suitable for our purposes.
There was very little color at Sunrise given the poor conditions but I managed to salvage this.

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Re: Moffat Headland Cloudy Sunrise

Postby natskis on Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:39 pm

Bob, Could you tell me what post processing you used?
What your settings were for taking the shot?
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Re: Moffat Headland Cloudy Sunrise

Postby Bob G on Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:05 pm

I'm relying heavily on memory here

Shot at aperture of F13 ISO 200 Shutter probably 1/2 sec or so GND filter on an angle.

Processed in CS4.
Tweaked in ACR for W/B, Contrast and a little vibrance.

A bi† of Shadow/ Highlight adjustment and a few minor tweaks here and there. (sorry didn't record it as I work intuitively)
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