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A large section of palm tree washed up after a storm in Thailand.

A large section of palm tree washed up after a storm in Thailand.

Aug, 2020

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Top Shot Award 21

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Honorable Mention in Picture Driftwood Photo Contest

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo on a short trip to the island of Koh Chang, in Thailand. I know live in Bangkok, and needed a little escape from the city and Koh Chang is roughly 5 hours travelling from the Thai capital city. It is one of the biggest islands in Thailand and it is absolutely stunning. The jungle found on Koh Chang is said to be some of the oldest jungle in the whole country.

Time

This image was taken at roughly 4:30pm. We had stopped on this beach for a rest after riding our motor bike around for the day. We could see a rather big storm heading towards us so I took a walk along and found the drift wood. The storm clouds created a very nice diffused light.

Lighting

Lighting is completely natural. Taken just before a very big storm hit the island, the light was diffused nicely by the storm clouds and gave this really nice soft light.

Equipment

This image was taken on Fuji XT3 and a 16-55 F2.8 Fujifilm lens.

Inspiration

I loved how the drift wood still had small tufts of bark sticking up. The drift wood was pretty new I think, possibly fallen the day before in the heavy storms. This was unusual to see a pretty fresh tree laying across the beach so I grabbed the shot.

Editing

I try to keep my post processing to a minimum. I use Lightroom for almost all my images. I have my own presets that I make myself and apply one of them, either colour or black and white. This gets the colours and tones in the right place then I tweak the exposure and contrast, and white balance if needed. Maybe 5 minutes editing at most.

In my camera bag

When I'm travelling I try and keep my equipment to a minimum. Usually a standard zoom lens, 16-55 for crop sensor or 24-70 for full frame. Then a small prime lens for low light or portraits. Usually a 50mm prime lens. I think it's better to focus on looking for photographs rather than thinking about what lens to use or what camera to use.

Feedback

My biggest advice would be don't obsess over shallow depth of field. This image with shallow depth of field wouldn't tell the same story. You need to be able to see the beach and jungle in the background. Shooting at F8 allowed me to keep more of the scene visible. So, dont shoot wide open, stop down to F4 or F5.6 rather than shooting at F1.8 or F2.8.

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A large section of palm tree washed up after a storm in Thailand.

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