As Morning Exhales
Oct, 2016Views
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Location
This spot is called Magic Island. It's a section of park in the much larger Ala Moana Beach Park in Honolulu, I'm looking east across the boat channel towards Waikiki and the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor.Time
This was taken at sunrise, a little before 7am.Lighting
Sunrises and sunsets in Hawaii are pretty amazing. I was fortunate with how the fast moving clouds caught a lot of that warm glow.Equipment
This was shot back in 2013 when my main camera body was a Canon 50D and my go to landscape lens a Canon 10-22. It's setup on a Manfrotto tripod and used a Canon TC-80N3 intervalometer. If I remember right I had a 10 stop ND filter on the lens to get a long exposure for the clouds.Inspiration
The idea I was shooting for was creating a layered landscape, foreground, midground, background. I know there's no "ground" in the middle but the reflections on the water substituted for that. hehe.Editing
This is manual blend of 2 separate images. One 220 second exposure at f16 for the cloud movement and reflections on the water and a brighter 180 second image at f10 to get more detail in the foreground and the buildings/boats.In my camera bag
I travel as light as possible, my back just can't handle lugging around a heavy load anymore. In my bag...camera body, two lenses (usually my 14mm prime and a 24-105), some filters, an intervalometer and some cleaning cloths and a spare battery. I use a Think Tank Change Up V2.0, I like how the weight is evenly distributed and it buckles around my waist as well as over my shoulder.Feedback
There are a lot things to keep in mind with long exposure seascapes. For me learning to do these took a lot of trial and error, just playing with exposure times to get different moods. Longer exposures like this one to create a more ethereal feel or shorter exposures to capture the movement in the waves and create drama and leading lines. It's definitely something that can take an image in many different directions so play around with it and experiment. The other thing to always remember with seascapes, the ocean is ever changing and can be dangerous. Like my dad always taught us, treat the ocean with respect and never turn your back on it.
