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    Rough sea/storm

    This was shot with about about 30 mph winds coming at me. A fun time .
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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    I love it. I wish the clouds closer to the top of the image were more in focus, but other than that I think it's great!
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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    I like it a lot, it's a very nice picture.

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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    Quote Originally Posted by xsport652
    This was shot with about about 30 mph winds coming at me. A fun time .
    What do you think?
    The execution is top notch. I really like the water. Have you used a contrast mask to retrieve brightness on the rocks in the foreground? If so, well done! If not, well done anyway... lol

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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    Very good lookig image and fine post processing as well. Looks like a somewhat long exposure? Good work
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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    Joe,

    The picture is excellent, no critique there.

    However, if your trying to portray a storm then it doesn't work for me. The sea is too smooth. It just looks like a big breaker no more than that.

    I think if you are trying to capture the storm then you need the spray coming off the top of the waves and crashing onto the rocks to reflect the force of nature, which means using a higher shutter speed.

    After all that the picture is fine as is, just not the right title

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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    Thanks guys. I do agree with you about the title. It was late and I didnt' really think hard about it. The exposure was 8 seconds
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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    That's a keeper for sure. It almost has a tunnel effect. Were you trying to capture cloud movement with the long exposure? What kind of PS work was done? I'm just trying to learn from you pros....
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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    HA by far no pro. I am just getting used to the raw workflow now and it has made a big difference.I worked a lot with this image. White balance I made warmer, exposure adjustment, saturation, contrast mask and some other stuff I can't remember.
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    Very nice shot. Rough sea, or not, I can still "feel" the cold spray in my face, chilling me up and down my spine.

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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    its weird from that blue sky you cant even tell theres a storm out there. but i love the look. a beautiful shot

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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    Wow! What an awe inspriring shot. How did you keep the moisture off the lens?

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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    What focal length did you use?

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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    Quote Originally Posted by xsport652
    This was shot with about about 30 mph winds coming at me. A fun time .
    What do you think?

    I've seen it ruffer. I do like the effect you got with the waves, was it a long exposure?
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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    Nice. Even w/o a lot of objects to reveal the wind speed, you have enuf visual clues that there's a lot of energy kickin round here. I like the framing too. You should print it out and frame it the same way, see how it looks on the wall!

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    Re: Rough sea/storm

    Thanks guys. This was shot with a Tokina 12-24 @ 12mm on a D70s. There was a little cropping to the bottom side though. I said before the exposure was 8 seconds @F8.
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