jasondarr
Follow2nd Beach Moonlight
My wife and I decided to take a trip down to Oregon, and on the way home, we stopped to camp for a couple nights in Olympic National Park. We set up camp on Sec...
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My wife and I decided to take a trip down to Oregon, and on the way home, we stopped to camp for a couple nights in Olympic National Park. We set up camp on Second Beach (which was awesome). Although the conditions were not great for shooting, as it was pretty grey out, we were still enjoying a roaring fire on the beach eating hot dogs and drinking tea…
The sun had gone down and we were hanging out playing some games. With my back to the ocean, she looked at me with a funny look and said “Well that looks pretty cool”… I turned around and what I saw made me run for my camera bag.
I literally had only a few minutes to capture this and since the exposures were long (it was pretty dark out) it left me very little room for error. By the time I was close enough with my tripod, with my exposure calculations figured out in my head (more like a guess), I fired a four minute shot… What appeared on the view finder absolutely thrilled me. I only wish I had more time to play with some other compositions, but I suppose I should be grateful I got this one!
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The sun had gone down and we were hanging out playing some games. With my back to the ocean, she looked at me with a funny look and said “Well that looks pretty cool”… I turned around and what I saw made me run for my camera bag.
I literally had only a few minutes to capture this and since the exposures were long (it was pretty dark out) it left me very little room for error. By the time I was close enough with my tripod, with my exposure calculations figured out in my head (more like a guess), I fired a four minute shot… What appeared on the view finder absolutely thrilled me. I only wish I had more time to play with some other compositions, but I suppose I should be grateful I got this one!
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Contest Finalist in Underexposure Photo Contest
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Contest Finalist in Silhouettes In Nature Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Monthly Pro Vol 25 Photo Contest
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nina050
November 13, 2016
Ha! Love your explanation of how you captured this. But like I always say, "it only takes one!" Congrats! This is awesome!
marcdewitt
April 03, 2017
Incredible capture and I loved your description! Reminds me of many a time when I have been frantically trying to set up and calculate exposure, knowing that I only had a couple of minutes before the moment passed.
Kimballmc
January 11, 2018
Sublime... breathtaking! And it’s shots like these that so inspiring. Thank you!
byCher
October 16, 2018
Thank you for explaining your pictures so nicely. I can see the value in telling the back story from reading these.
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