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Posted: **Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:15 pm**

Here are some more from that morning. Thanks to all
who contribute to this website. The transition to DSLR
has been made a lot easier with all the info and advice
available here!!

Cheers
Ben

Posted: **Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:16 pm**

Nice work there Ben, couple of very good shots!

Posted: **Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:22 pm**

Hi Ben,

I like the first photo.
How come the first photo has only sand on the beach and the second one has plants ?
I hope this is not a completely stupid question.

Cheers
CD

Posted: **Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:41 pm**

Silky smooth shots there mate. I'd be happy with them. I prefer the uncomplicatedness (is that a word?) of the first one.
What was the exposure info?

Matt

Posted: **Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:43 pm**

I love the first shot.. there's more contrast IMHO.

That's the type of shot I want to try and get. Might need to go out to the beach one morning and practice.

Geoff

Posted: **Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:52 pm**

Fabulous shots there, ozbenny!

I must say, I too prefer the first. I think the grass in the second is a little distracting, and the colours of the first are slightly warmer IMO

You have done well with the stormy sky, though!

Posted: **Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:00 pm**

I like those shots a great deal, Ben, especially the first.

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:01 am**

Ben - shot #1 in a word - stunning

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:59 am**

No 1 too in my book, wonderful capture, Max

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:11 am**

I really like these shots but I don't know if the title Stormy Seas is acurate.

The sky looks stormy but the sea actually looks very calm (especialy in the second shot).

However still very nice shots and I think I prefer the first one a little more than the second.

W00DY

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:57 pm**

Yeah I like the first one too. A lot.

The blue in the second one looks too bright to be true if you know what I mean.

Greolt

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:26 pm**

#1 is a prize - print it and frame it.

nice shooting Ben.

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:31 pm**

yeah the first one leads us into the frame a little more gently. Oooh, I only wish the white washy wave in the top left hand corner wasn't cropped. that's picky I know, but it would make this pic absolutely flawless.

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:26 pm**

I agree witht the majority, the first one has a great "feel" about it

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:55 pm**

Nice style

Can we have some detail on your settings and technique please - obviously a longer exposure, but did you use any filters, etc.?

Thanks for sharing

I really do like the first one.

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:59 pm**

First one is a keeper for sure. Did you PP out the grass?

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:07 pm**

they have that saturated feel darb has been trying to achieve. great shots

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:35 pm**

Neeper wrote:Did you PP out the grass?

They appear taken from different spots on the beach to me.

Where were they taken Ben?

Great shots.

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:36 pm**

Thanks for all the comments..

Here are some answers to your questions:

1) Christian, the first shot was taken at the water's edge. The second
one was looking at the same headland but set back in the sand dunes.

2) Rokkstar, heres the exposure info:

Nikon D70
2005/03/25 18:44:40
RAW (12-bit) Lossless
Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)
Lens: 18-70mm F/3.5-4.5 G
Focal Length: 18mm
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted
6 sec - F/13
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Optimize Image: Vivid
White Balance: Auto -2
AF Mode: AF-C
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Color Mode: Mode IIIa (sRGB)
Tone Comp: Auto
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Normal
Sharpening: Auto
Image Comment:
Noise Reduction: OFF

3) Dave, I know exactly what you mean about the cropping of the top
wave. I didn't want too, but in the original (see below) there was a dirty
great heap of seaweed in the frame that I had to get rid of.. I should
have seen it when I took the pic!

Actually, why don't I just clone out the seaweed..

4) Sheepie, I just set the camera to Aperture priority F13, composed
on the tripod, and waited for a wave to roll in. I had a UV filter on, that's
all.

5) Neeper, no photoshopping of grass, just the seaweed :lol:

, see original above.

6) Nick, they were taken at Forresters Beach on the NSW Central Coast. Its a top beach, quite rugged. Good for surfing, fishing, walking, not for swimming though.

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:46 pm**

Wow, the first image is stunning, like it even more when posted the second time to see all the water's edge...

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:51 pm**

Thanks Ozbenny,

get the first photo printed and framed !

Cheers
CD

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:53 pm**

Wow, I like the 1st one a great deal too.

Must buy a tripod ...

Cheers
Alex

Posted: **Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:56 pm**

leave the seaweed its a distraction we live in a non perfect world!

Posted: **Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:34 pm**

Yes indeed, so silky smooth and a terrific pic. Thanks for posting the expanded one as well. I think the finished product is perfecto!

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