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Walking at the Beach

The dog walker took 3 pit bulls to the beach at Bodega Head in Sonoma County.

The dog walker took 3 pit bulls to the beach at Bodega Head in Sonoma County.
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NEX-6

Aperture f/8.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/250

upload_date

Jan, 2014

Views

305

Likes

+12

Awards

People's Choice in Kids + Pets + action = FUN Photo Challenge

Superb Composition

Peer Award

Exceptional Contrast

Absolute Masterpiece

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank week 2

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 20 rank

Behind The Lens

Location

I took this on the Pacific coast near Bodega Bay, CA.

Time

It was very late in the day, sunset was imminent.

Lighting

The coastline spot is a wonderful place for gorgeous sunsets. I took many shots that day. This was was before the color emerged in the sky, but it gave me an awesome silhouette.

Equipment

Sony Nex-6 with 17-55mm lens.

Inspiration

This location is quite popular for me to congregate near sundown because of the awesome sunsets that often happen. The boy and his dogs were on a slight mound right at the edge of the cliff. The dogs were muzzled pit bulls, which drew my attention. I took about 5 shots of them and then continued to move around the area.

Editing

I increased the contrast somewhat to create more of a silhouette. That's about it.

In my camera bag

I normally carry my gear in a shoulder bag. I usually have in there a Sony Nex-6, 17-55mm, 14mm, 5-210mm and fish eye lenses, cleaning materials, extra batteries and memory cards and a bean bag for stabilizing. I often put the bean bag on a fence post or maybe the car's window ledge, or even the hood of the car.

Feedback

Here, a beautiful sunset was coming, but there were many people standing between me and the sunset. So I just decided to include people in the shots. Everyone is there to photograph the scene, so no one pays attention and you can include them in the scene.

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Walking at the Beach

The dog walker took 3 pit bulls to the beach at Bodega Head in Sonoma County.

Behind The Lens

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