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cameraCanon EOS 6D

settings Aperture f/22.0 ISO 100 Shutter 25/10 

upload_dateJan, 2015

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Andriystepanov
 
Andriystepanov January 12, 2015
Great picture with amazing colors, thank you.

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in the Malta, to be precise in the island of Gozo. The place is named Dwejra. Some might notice that this is might be a little familiar since it featured in the Game of Thrones series season one. Unfortunately this rock is no longer standing since it was brought down by a storm in 2017. Still the place offers some breathtaking views.

Time

The picture was shot in the morning approximately at 9:30. It was just at the beginning of the year 2015.

Lighting

As you can see from the picture it was pretty cloudy on the day although the sun could still creep through between the clouds at times. In fact sun was hitting the rocks when I took the photo.

Equipment

I was using my Canon EOS 6D in conjunction with a Canon EF17-40mm lense. The camera was mounted on a tripod and I had stacked a number of stacked ND filters. I did this since I wanted to take a long exposure shot so that I can get a soft effect on the sea foam.when it hits the rocks. My country is a pretty sunny place so even in winter with an f22 aperture you still need to find a way block the light to take such a shot. Exposure was set at approximately 2 seconds. ISO was set 100.

Inspiration

I used to go to this place at least once a year and even when you don't take a camera with you still end up taking some photos at least with your mobile phone. It's one of those places that you have to. This time I wanted to try something different since you probably can find hundreds of good pictures of this feature since it's a pretty touristic place. That's why I went for a long exposure shot.

Editing

Yes, I always shoot raw so you always need that minimal colour adjustment or lens correction, but in this case I had also used the filters to block the light which in reality where one of these cheap sets which are great to start getting familiar with the technique, not sure whether having better quality filters would have made a difference but as a side effect of using these filters the saturation of the raw picture was lost a bit. To counter this I had to adjust saturation levels. I also adjusted contrast levels on the rocks and extracted a little bit more detail from the clouds. I guess it gives the picture a slightly more dramatic look.

In my camera bag

I guess back then I used to carry around most of my gear. In this case I had my lens for landscapes, but somethings I always carry with me are my 50mm 1.4 lens a bunch of plastic bags and rubber bands which always come in handy when it is rainy or the sea is rough enough to make it seem as if it was raining. If shooting indoors I always make sure to take a couple of flashes. Nowadays I try to travel pretty lightly so most of the time I just carry my 6D and a generic EF28-135mm which covers most of my needs.

Feedback

My advice is to experiment try out unfamiliar techniques so that you can get an idea of what is possible to achieve, don't try to get the most expensive and refined gear while you are learning, I guess that might then be justified if you earn a living from what you do or if you want to focus on certain techniques and refine your output. Also try to do things different or better try to look at things from different perspectives, that's why I like prime lenses because without zoom you will have to use your feet and maybe shoot a familiar place from a different place or angle.

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