December 8 - Rain and clouds at this time of the year in Northern California make for dramatic skies. Made another trip to the Pacific coast and captured some pictures during sunset. Waves striking the shores make stunning patterns! Camera- canon 40D Lens - Canon 17-55 mm Tripod -Silk Pro Processing- Shot in RAW and processed in Lightroom. No HDR. To handle dynamic range, used Lee .9 graduated density filters (soft edge).

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shikha > I lost my way while driving and by the time arrived here, sun had set ! It was getting dark and there wasn't time to climb down to the rocks. I noticed that the ice plants had become vibrant after heavy rains in December. There was a whole patch of red and I thought of experimenting with them in the foreground. Used .9 Graduated neutral density LEE filter (hard edge) to suppress the highlights in the sky and exposed this shot for full 25 secs. The result was well exposed foreground and frozen ocean!! It was dark by the time I left this place.

shikha > December 8 - Rain and clouds at this time of the year in Northern California make for dramatic skies. Made another trip to the Pacific coast and captured some pictures during sunset. Waves striking the shores make stunning patterns!

Camera- canon 40D
Lens - Canon 17-55 mm
Tripod -Silk Pro
Processing- Shot in RAW and processed in Lightroom. No HDR. All images are single shots. To handle dynamic range, used Lee .9 graduated density filters (soft edge).

shikha > I arrived here before sunrise. It was partly cloudy and that helped suppress the highlights in the sky. Some colors began to show in the sky. The bench and the ice plants looked to me very interesting. Exposed for 5 secs with aperture f/14. Obtained a well exposed foreground.

shikha > I arrived here before sunrise. It was partly cloudy and that helped suppress the highlights in the sky. Also used Lee .9 graduated neutral density filter to prevent overexposure of the sky. Some colors began to show in the sky. Exposed for .6 secs with aperture f/14. Exposure of about 1-2 sec brings out the patterns in the waves very well.

December 8 - Rain and clouds at this time of the year in Northern California make for dramatic skies. Made another trip to the Pacific coast and captured some pictures during sunset. Waves striking the shores make stunning patterns!

Camera- canon 40D
Lens - Canon 17-55 mm
Tripod -Silk Pro
Processing- Shot in RAW and processed in Lightroom. No HDR. To handle dynamic range, used Lee .9 graduated density filters (soft edge).