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Golden Touch


Golden Touch
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Copyright: Mike Ryan (mpr) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 143 W: 10 N: 309] (2118)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-03-18
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D300, Tokina AT-X 124 PRO DX 12-24mm F4, Lee 0.9 ND Grad - Hard
Exposure: f/22, 1/2 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-03-19 6:39
Viewed: 472
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Went back to one of my local haunts last night and instead going down to the beach and playing with long exposures I thought I'd take the high ground. This is a shot of Wrights Beach which is one of the many beaches within
Sonoma Coast State Beach park lands. Wrights Beach is not only for beach goers it's for campers too as there is a small and always booked campground on the beach way at the end (but you can't see it in this shot).

This shot was taken just a few minutes before the sun fell behind the marine layer. My goal was to capture the golden glow on the foreground flowers and various rocks. The beach played a nice part too. The wind whipped up quite a bit and made taking a picture and a steady camera very difficult!

Note, the horizon in the background is level as you can see by land stretch of land at the tail end. The horizon seems to climb due to the combination of water and marine layer that look as though they have merged into one. I confirmed this with my own eyes as well :)

PP: Process from RAW with Capture NX. Slight crop and levels adjustment. Cloned out fiber in CS2. Re-sized and sharpened for TL.
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Hi Mike,
mysterious seascape here and you've composed and exposed it perfectly. The suns glow on that rock in the middle makes this photo 'pop'. Congrats!

-JD

Mike,
The golden touch certainly works for me! Excellent touches of light right up the frame. Well balanced. A winner!
Regards
Colin

Hi Mike,
A perfect coloured picture. Well done!

Regards,
Gerard

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  • KrL Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 520 W: 123 N: 488] (7367)
  • [2008-03-19 8:07]

Bonjour Mike,
Superbe POV, tout est inclus, les fleurs, les falaises, la mer, la plage... avec une superbe luminosité !
Joli travail

Karčle

Magnificent light and color here Mike.
I like this refreshing higher POV for a change.
Well spotted and captured.
- Vincent

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  • korbee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1385 W: 0 N: 1685] (13633)
  • [2008-03-19 13:45]

Extremely colorful wonderful mood Mike,well done a bit off framing will make it perfect.
jan

Hello Mike!
Fantastic place with onderful colours and light!
Very nice perspective!
Best regards!
Lili
;)

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  • Noslo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 222 W: 70 N: 117] (920)
  • [2008-03-19 21:05]

Thanks Mike for another stunning photograph of the California coast! Very well done.

The long view here gives us the best of everything, from foreground flowers to distant marine layer and the fantastic shoreline stretching the distance between. The golden sunlight on the rocks adds an enjoyable warm energy to the color palette. Thanks for the link...another place to put on my must-see list:) This shot is a beauty!

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  • boonie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1289 W: 69 N: 1538] (7679)
  • [2008-04-04 14:34]

Hi Mike
Back on line and catching up on the stuff I missed. This looks like a good one for the Fair. Great sharpe FG - use of light on the flowers and rocks is nicely captured.

Dad

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