Patrick's Point Seastacks Mystery
Mar, 2013Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
At Patrick's Point State Park, on the north coast of California.Time
Late afternoon.Lighting
This is a backlit scenario, with bright skies and very dark shadows.Equipment
Pentax K-5, Pentax M 20 f4 lens, Feisol tripod, 10 stop B+W ND filterInspiration
The dramatic coast and the special light.Editing
Brought up the shadows in post.In my camera bag
Pentax K-5iis, Pentax DA 15 f4 limited, standard zoom lens, other specialty lenses and filters as neededFeedback
For long exposure shots, you need very dark ND filter --- nine stops or more. Such filters are too dark to focus using viewfinder. You have to focus ahead of time and then put the filter on the lens. Or shoot with an older prime with hyper focal markings, as done with this image.
