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The Wave

Shot in St.Joseph Michigan during a 55 mph wind storm.

Shot in St.Joseph Michigan during a 55 mph wind storm.
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Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi

settings

Aperture f/8.0 ISO 200 Shutter 1/320

upload_date

Oct, 2013

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Lucky 3 Award

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Contest Finalist in Lighthouses Photo Contest

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Superb Composition

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Magnificent Capture

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Outstanding Creativity

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Nature
Water

Big fan of anything Nautical. This is amazing!

Awesome capture !!

PRO+

This is a contest winner somewhere.

PRO+

beautiful

Nice!

My Goodness - This is AMAZING on so many levels!!!!!!!!! Great Job - deb:)

Tough to keep anything steady in 55 mph winds. Excellent work there!

Dramatic shot,nice one!

Love the strength in this shot.

Awesome!

Love the way you captured droplets in front of and sheeting behind the light house!

Wow.. Amazing capture ! :)

Platinum

Awesome!!

WOW, this is amazing, great job

Amazing picture!

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A winner for sure. Artistic.

Unbelievably dramatic composition!

THANK YOU so much everyone!!!!!

Can you spell beautiful? That's it!

Amazing capture, congrats!

Amazing! I just bought a print! Do I get a conformation?

Awesome shot, beautiful lighting .One to be prod of!

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High drama! What a fabulous shot, such a sense of the power and turmoil of the water.

Beautiful and dramatic. Congratulations.

Just beautiful!

WOW! I dont know what else to say. WOW

Awesome!!

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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken while visiting St.Joseph, Michigan.

Time

I was out shooting in the late afternoon between 2 and 5 pm.

Lighting

I was still pretty novice shooting images. I unique October wind storm came up along the western coast of Michigan. This storm had winds of 45-55 m.p.h with gusts up to 70 m.p.h. Grains of sand we're pelting me like little "bullets". So changing lenses out here was out of the question and using my tripod was impossible. I actually shot this while kneeling on the ground with my back to the wind. I had to use my body a tripod shielding the camera and placing the lens along my arm to shoot. I had to use a larger f-stop, 5.6 and ISO 800 out here due to the lack of natural light.

Equipment

I shot this with my canon rebel Xsi, using a 300 mm lens.

Inspiration

I've heard of these storms along the coast and when the opportunity came along I drove down to see mother nature play along the shoreline. I wasn't disappointed, to see the beech erosion and the power of wind and water is a lifetime memory.

Editing

This did take a little work to clean up the image, there was very poor natural lighting, and the image was grainy (did some noise reduction with topaz denoise). And due to high winds and using my body as a tripod the image was not as crisp as it could be. Also my equipment at the time though good, was not the best suited for these conditions.

In my camera bag

I currently use my canon 7D with a 135mm lens.

Feedback

Be patient, wait for conditions to change. Dress for the day and give yourself time. The elements can change quickly, or better yet you can see the conditions change and adapt your shooting as the scene changes.

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The Wave

Shot in St.Joseph Michigan during a 55 mph wind storm.

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