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Black Rockby ~AndyMumford

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This was taken at Praia do Monte Clerigo, the same beach as this [link] but at a different time and with the tide much higher up the beach.
I arrived at the beach, but the sun was hidden behind a cloud bank and the tide was so high up the beach, that all the rocks were covered, not leaving much to compose around.

I didn't want to waste the journey, so played around with some experiments.
I was interested in the black rock and the sheered lines of the cliff, so tried to build a composition around them
This required a two image blend, one for most of the shot, with the filter holding back the sky, and another (same exposure, but without the filter) to give me a better exposure of the rock in the top left, which I then blending in by hand.
I’m still new to blending, so this served as a good experiment....I need a lot more practice..the blend line looked fine as a PSD file, but after JPEG conversion I'm not so happy with it

Tripod, cable release and 3 stop ND graduated filter.

~dwth Nov 22, 2008

^{This photo have been featured on Thumbs of the Week 47th.}

~Fog-angel Nov 22, 2008

I love your waterspace pictures!

Keep it up!

~AndyMumford Nov 22, 2008

Thanks so much

~Fog-angel Nov 23, 2008

You're welcome!

*DrewHopper Nov 21, 2008 Professional Photographer

Nice composition although I would have liked to see more to the right. Was this taken with a wide angle?

~AndyMumford Nov 22, 2008

Cheers, glad you like it. There's nothing off to the right except more ocean, I wanted to get all the texture and lines of the rock in, so I actually composed more to the left with other shots.
Yup, it's taken at 10mm with the Sigma

*DrewHopper Nov 23, 2008 Professional Photographer

I'm getting the Canon 10-22, have you ever used that bad boy?

~AndyMumford Nov 24, 2008

I have actually...a friend of mine who shoots with a 40D uses it. It's a nice lens, but I'll be perfectly honest and say I can't see a difference between it and cheaper lenses like the Sigma and the Tokina 10-22.
However, if you ever come to sell it, it'll hold it's value better than the Sigma or Tokina...own brands like Nikkors or Canons always get more second hand than 3rd party lenses.

*DrewHopper Nov 24, 2008 Professional Photographer

I liked the USM with the Canon myself but yeah I've been told they hold their value a lot better than 3rd party lenses.

~JamesHackland Nov 21, 2008 Photographer

Pretty good shot Andy but about the glow do you use an action to convert your files for the web?

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