This shot is just absolutely awesome!
Cheers. It's interesting that you like that one. I liked the nimbus of light between the rocks, but I didn't expect anyone to like this one all that much
Israphel, I wish I lived in an area with easily-accessible grandeur that you have.
Depends how you define "easily accessible". I live in the centre of a dirty capital city, and these beaches are a 4 hour drive away. Europe is pretty densely populated and there's not much here that can compare with some of the wilderness and wide open spaces of North America. I don't know much about Pennsylvania, but I know a photographer who takes some amazing pictures out at Assateague Island.
It's funny, because when I look at places I dream of photographing, not many of them are in Europe. In my list of 10-trips-I-really-want-to-make-but-know-I-probably-won't are two visits to North America: Utah; Arizona and Southern California, and Washington, Montana and Alberta. I guess that these places are as far away from you though as Norway is from me. It's sometimes strange for Europeans to take in the scale of the US.
I'm sure that Israphel could go to PA and get some outstanding shots as well...
Thanks for the vote of confidence, but really, you only see the good stuff here, not the 99% of stuff that I shoot that it complete crap.
As beautiful as coastal photos get, I dislike the process involved in getting the shots. Sand everywhere. Sand on the lens or filter = hard to clean. An hour or two cleaning all the gear. Wind blowing over gear. Did I mention the sand? That stuff stays with you 4ever!
Cheers Mike. Fair point, it's an annoying aspect of coastal photography. Salt water + sand = electronics and mechanical hell, and the cleaning often takes longer than the shoot itself. My 17-35mm f2.8 has a bit of a squeak in the focus ring from salt getting in there
There's the filters, the lenses, the camera, the tripod (which gets heavy abuse, you can see it's in the water for most of these shots), and that's not to mention the drives back from dark beaches in wet clothes, or the pre-dawn starts in the cold etc etc...
But it's really really worth it. The day I took these shots was magical, and there's that process of flow when you're not thinking, you're just doing and working the camera. The sky is glorious, it's a beautiful place, the water is rushing around your feet...it's brilliant. After I'd finished shooting here, I just sat on the deserted beach and watched the stars come out. Just feeling content, and that feeling lasted until I went to bed that night.
As for sand. Well, my next big trip is next Easter. I'm driving down across Morocco, over the Atlas to the Sahara. Three days in a tent on the edge of the desert, there's going to be a whole world of sand.
Can't wait
My personal favorite. They're all great, but the colour in this one is stunning.
Stunning as always, Israphel.
These two are my favourites:
Thanks a lot. They're probably my favourites too.