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Clearwater Beach, FL

Clearwater Beach, FL
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upload_dateOct, 2013

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6 Comments |
kimberlyspencer1000
 
kimberlyspencer1000 October 26, 2013
Fabulous colors!
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winfirst October 26, 2013
Thank you!
davidbidmead
 
davidbidmead November 21, 2013
Beautiful ! Stunning photo.
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winfirst November 21, 2013
Thank you, it was a beautiful sunset.
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glow April 24, 2014
Love this!
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winfirst April 24, 2014
Thank you!
Eman_Ross
 
Eman_Ross May 10, 2014
very good... great exposure...
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winfirst May 10, 2014
Thanks!
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marystory2005 July 18, 2014
Beautiful!
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winfirst July 18, 2014
Thank you!
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marystory2005 July 18, 2014
You are welcome!

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo one early evening at the beach in Clearwater, Florida

Time

This was in late October at 7 in the evening.

Lighting

While walking toward the beach after dinner, the sunset showed the most brilliant shades of red and had created quite a crowd at the shore.

Equipment

Nikon D90, 18-105mm lens at 58mm, ISO 400, 1/400 at f8, matrix metering, auto white balance.

Inspiration

When you look at a sunset (which, living on the east coast of Florida, sunsets over the ocean are real treats!) that takes your breath away with that "wow" factor, you just have to share it. I wanted to show not just the sky, but the fact that the sea oats gave the scene a bit of depth. I've taken plenty of sunset photos, but seeing it from behind a sand dune gave it a certain interesting quality to me. I also intentionally focused on the sea oats rather than the sky because that is how I saw it -- foreground first, then the background. I took two shots here -- one with the focus on the sea oats (this shot) and another with the sea oats blurred and the sky sharp. The sharp foreground silhouetted was far more interesting than the reverse.

Editing

A lot of times with these types of shots I will bring the highlights way down in ACR, bring up the vibrance and the contrast, and slightly bump up the clarity.

In my camera bag

I just had my camera for this shot. I had left my bag in the hotel room but threw the camera in the car on my way to dinner. I knew the sunset was coming and my thought was to photograph it, but aside from that there was absolutely no preplanning!

Feedback

Capture your shot as your mind sees it, not what your eyes see. You see the foreground first with a wonderful and colorful background. Because of the distance, you don't always want everything to be sharp; that's not how you first see it. Sharp objects draw your attention to that object, and a sharp sky would detract from the sea oats in this shot.

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