Another Day is Done
This is one of my favourite locations in Kauai. Queen's Bath in the Princeville area is a fantastic location to watch the sunset although it is a pretty hairy t...
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This is one of my favourite locations in Kauai. Queen's Bath in the Princeville area is a fantastic location to watch the sunset although it is a pretty hairy trek back up in the dark. This is the second of 3 sunsets I have captured there since 2012. Day is Done is the first one and I will post it here one day. I make a point of trying to shoot there every time I'm on island.
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Location
This photo was taken at the bottom of the Queen's Bath pathway. It is located in Princeville on the north shore of Kauai, Hawaii.Please note this is a very dangerous area and several people have been swept out sea during high surf. Best time to visit is late spring and summer and if the path is closed heed the warning and do not head dopwn.Time
This was shot at sunsetLighting
Lighting is always hit and miss. I have shot here several times and have a variety of skies. While I prefer some clouds to reflect lighting there were none on this day. You are also shooting into the sun so lens flares will happen. I used filters to try and slow down the shutter to convey some movement in the water.Equipment
Shot on a Canon 5D MK III mounted on a Induro Carbon Fiber tripod and Induro ballhead. Sing Ray graduated ND filter used on a lee foundation filter holder. Lens was a Canon 17-40 F4 L @17mm and f22.Inspiration
I had been to this area before but when this image was taken I needed a place to get away and think. We were in Kauai for my parents 50th anniversary, but a couple of days before my 12 year old son was airlifted to Oahu with my wife because he went DKA and we discovered he was type 1 diabetic. While they were in the PICU on another island my daughter and I went down to just relax and try to destress. Happy to say he is doing very well and his Diabetes is under control.Editing
This was shot as a 7 Image HDR with 1 stop increments. I did the HDR processing in Photomatix keeping it pretty basic and then brought the TIF finished photo into Lightroom for toning and basic colour adjustments. It was then taken to photoshop for a combination of cloning out the lifeguard stations and fixing some of the worst lens flares using frequency separation. If I was reprocessing today I would probably blend using luminosity masking techniques.In my camera bag
Day to Day, I carry my Canon 5D MK IV, Canon Battery grip, Kirk photo extended L bracket. My Canon 16-35 F4 L, a Canon 24-105 F4 IS L and my Canon 70-200 f2.8L. Tripod is an Induro CT-314 with Acratech Levelling base and Acratech GP Ballhead. All carried in either a Think Tank Streetwalker Pro V2.0 Backpack or a Lowepro Flipside Sport 30L backpack. Camera is always set to RAW and I shoot to Lexar 64 GB 1066x CF cards.Feedback
Shooting into a sunset is always difficult because the camera will expose for the bright scenery and underexpose the shadow areas. In order to get silky water you want a slower shutter speeds and ND filters are a necessity but also introduce lens flares.I will sometime use my hat or hand to shade the lens from the sun and have even shot some exposures with a finger blocking the sun. This can be blended in post later. I will often bracket as many shots as I can because you never know! I have done up to two sets of 5 exposure brackets 5 up and 5 down in order to have as much data as I need to process. Better to have too much than not enough. For shots like this a tripod is a necessity and I love using an L bracket because to shoot as a portrait I don't have to move the ballhead, just flip the camera to portrait on the bracket. The biggest thing is get lots of data by taking lots of images in the time you have. Always shoot in Raw so your images have the most data they can.
