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Location
The dunes at L'Espiguettes near Le Grau-du-Roi FranceTime
Around midday in JuneLighting
Hazy sunshine but nicely scattered and not too direct no noticeable shimmerEquipment
Canon 5D3 17-40mm @ 17mm f22 tripod (with bag as weight) Live View (mirror locked up) delayed shutter releaseInspiration
I like using HDR techniques to really bring out the detail and form in images and love natural patterns so always on the look out for scenes like this, but they are surprisingly hard to find - unspoilt by footprints, litter or signs! This spot just off a walk through to the beach was too good to miss and I could fairly easily make it clear to everyone not to go the 'wrong' side of my tripodEditing
I used HDR Effects Pro 2 to process a series of 7 images from 1/200 sec - 0.3 sec in 1EV steps I then optimised exposure, tone, sharpness, clarity etc. in Lightroom before blending with some of the original frames in PhotoshopIn my camera bag
Canon 5D3, 7D Canon 17-40mm, 24mm TSE, 50mm 1.8 Sigma 70-200mm 2.8, 120-300 2.8, 1.4 teleconverter Tamron 90mm 2.8 macro, 17-50mm 2.8 Tokina 11-16mm 2.8 Manfrotto 055XPROB with 498RC2 head HiTech filters from which I take whats required for each day/shoot!Feedback
Find somewhere unspoilt! Ensure you capture the fullest range of exposures possible at the time it will give you the best chance of blending and controlling the output during post processing Don't underestimate how easily tripods shift in soft sand - so work quickly and smoothly - if you can do it remotely then even better Know your lenses and post processing techniques to optimise how much DOF you can get at what aperture and how much small apertures effect sharpness overall