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'Break of Day' Coast of Pacific, Phils.



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Slowly i close my shutter, blurring al things that is in motion, the waves and the clouds and all the things my mind retain from last night's fantasy. The faint...
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Slowly i close my shutter, blurring al things that is in motion, the waves and the clouds and all the things my mind retain from last night's fantasy. The faint light of gold that signals a new day is a welcome to the stills of the rocks. Soon the magic will be done and all the colors wil be soak into the silver ray of the mighty Sun!
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cameraNIKON D300S

settings Aperture f/22.0 ISO 200 Shutter 3/1 Focal Length 10/1 

upload_dateApr, 2015

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4 Comments |
Inspire4More
 
Inspire4More April 20, 2015
Stunning image Love it :)
Diosdado
Diosdado April 23, 2015
Thanks a lot, Inspire4More
Msgracie
 
Msgracie April 23, 2015
This is a great image. I especially like the gold colors in the sky.
Diosdado
Diosdado April 23, 2015
That's very inpiring Msgracie, nice words!
Diosdado
 
Diosdado April 23, 2015
This Photograph is a representation of a typical summer break of dawn along the coast of pacific, Aurora, Philippines.
Forfarlass
 
Forfarlass April 26, 2015
A fantastic image. Lovely work.
Diosdado
Diosdado April 26, 2015
Thanks, appreciate.

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#landscape #nature #pacific_Ocean #rocks_seacapes #seascapes_philippines #sunrise_pacific
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Behind The Lens

Location

This photograph was taken along the coast of Pacific Ocean, Province of Aurora, Philippines. A sleepy town with al its natural resources still intact.

Time

As always Landscapes are best either very early in the morning or late afternoon. In this particular shot we camp by the ocean side, shooting for stars at the pitch black sky and as early as 4:30AM we are already up and patiently waiting for the break of dawn to capture all the magical lights the morning has to offer.

Lighting

The ocean view is so spectacular, the rays of the new sun is just about to show its wonder, waves are so active and unpredictable so i decided to soften the mood by making the violent dance of the waves silky blurr against the stills of the rocks.

Equipment

My favorite landscape lens as always is the ultra wide 10-20mm, attached to it are three stack filters, 0.9 hard grad, ND filter and a polarizer. Nikon D300S mounted on Manfrotto tripod, Remote shutter release.

Inspiration

I love landscape, and every photograph i shoot has always those treasured memories that attached to it. Looking back to all my photographs even after years, it's so fulfilling to reminisce the experience during photoshoots.

Editing

Most of my landscape photograph and this one is no exception undergoes post-processing but in a very restrained manner like color saturation, sharpening and those dust mark removals. Adjusting contrast and darkness also are done to stress shades and shadows.

In my camera bag

I don't really carry heavy bag so that i can explore more than the planned activity, usually for landscape i only have two lenses inside my backpack, 10-20mm ultra wide and 70-200mm f2.8 for compressed perspective, array of ND and Grad filters and my manfrotto tripod. Either the Canon 5D MkIII or my good old favorite NikonD300S or the NikonD810 but only one camera body at a time. Always i have a small mirrorless camera on my pocket.

Feedback

Always before you fire that shutter release, stand before the grandiose of the landscape, memorize that beauty, the feelings and the experience so by the time you're already in front of your computer (for processing) you know at what level you have to drag all those RAWs.

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