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paularogner
March 24, 2016
Incredibly beautiful. How do you get those effects on the water? Do you just add more contrast and use a longer exposure, or what is the key to such an amazing work of art?
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Location
This image was taken on a rare cloudy day in southern California. This is the San Clemente pier on a less than ideal day.Time
This photo was taken in the middle of the day. My wife and I had lunch at the restaurant on the pier right after I made this image.Lighting
The interesting thing about this day was that the the lighting was muted due to cloud cover. My wife and I were vacationing from Seattle, so I was expecting bright blue skies in California and instead got a dose of home with the gray, cloudy overcast that we are so used to in the pacific northwest.Equipment
I shot this image with a Canon 7D, on a Gitzo tripod with a Kirk ball head and my trusty B&W 3 and 10 stop neutral density filters stacked.Inspiration
Since I couldn't capture the typical southern California beach image, I improvised and decided to go with a long exposure image instead. I was fortunate that I brought my neutral density filters and experimented with long exposure photography. This image was a four minute exposure in the middle of the day. I was hoping to capture some good movement in the clouds as well as slowing the water movement down to show calm and textured detail. I've always admired the work of Michael Kenna so I try and replicate his moods and style when possible.Editing
I used my typical triumvirate of post processing tools. Adobe Lightroom for global corrections, NIK Silver Efex Pro for Black and White conversion, and Adobe Photoshop for local dodging and burning.In my camera bag
Great question! It really depends on what I am shooting. On this trip I knew I would be going from the beach to the desert, from the streets of San Diego to the flower fields of Carlsbad, so I packed two camera bodies and multitude of lenses and filters. I always take my tripod and cable release, no matter what.Feedback
My advice to someone trying to capture an image like this is - watch the weather forecast! On the days when typical photography may be a bust, you can make lemonade by making the weather work for you. Long exposure photography is a blast. You just need neutral density filters and a cable release and you're set. I always enjoy the quizzical looks I get when I am making a 10 minute long image and people stop because they don't want to walk into my image, and I tell them to go right ahead that they will never be seen as part of the final photo.
