Tide Pool Reflections

So it being the ugly side of winter here, brown, muddy and generally ick, I decided to head to the coast to one of my favorite state parks. It used to be a military fort, but sometime during the Cold War was decommissioned and turned into a park. Just as I got there some clouds came in from the west and I spotted a really wonderful tide pool that just begged to be photographed.

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I walked around and around finding new and interesting perspectives. Used both a polarizer and a 4-stop graduated neutral density filter, without which these photos wouldn't have been possible.

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A little tweaking in Lightroom to bring up contrast and clarity and that's about it aside from a little cropping. The light and clouds changed, but the sun never came out so it was pretty great.

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I was reflection happy and did a little abstract stuff as well -
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Thanks for looking. Comments welcome.

1,3,and 6 are my favorites. Great idea.

Very nice work!! Crisp and clear.........

Very nice shots! my favorite picks are one, three, and four, Jeff

I'm really loving the first one. Nnice work.

Thanks everyone. I had a great time doing this series. It was very photogenic.

Those are awesome images!