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A Flood of Colour

Devon is always a place I enjoy visiting, ever since I was really small! My Grandparents have lived there my whole life and I used to regularly visit them. To me the beach there was just a place to mess around at and have fun, but now I’m older and have a keen interest in photography, the only time I’m there is at the crack of dawn with my legs knee deep in ice cold water. I took this shot on a day I had put aside purely for location scouting for the next morning, but ended up shooting some picture I am quite happy with. For me this was the first planned waterscape photography trip and surprisingly it was quite intimidating. The rough seas and strong winds really make you feel insecure and there were a few times when I was lucky not to fall in! The 'every 7 waves there’s a big one' rule didn't really work and I got caught out by a massive brute: It nearly took all my gear. Another scary thing with shooting at the coast is that you can quite easily get trapped and surrounded by the water. I was very lucky that I got off this rock I was standing on, because if I had left any later, the stepping stones I used to get on to it would have been under the waves.

p.s i'm kinda annoyed because this wasn't taking in particually good light. I feel I have found a decent composition, the technical side is good: but there just wasn't enough interesting light in the scene. Can't wait to go to America nxt year. Oregan coast here I come

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Devon, Barnstable, Westward HO! beach.
06/12/08
9.10am
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Camera Body Nikon D300
Lens Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6
Focal Length 10mm
Shutter Speed 8 seconds
Aperture f22
ISO 100

Tripod
Manfrotto 190xProB + Manfrotto 804rc2
Filters
Cokin ND8 light grad

Processing

Adobe Photoshop CS4 raw converter. Maximised hues and saturation of the 'eachy' colours in water in sky. General contrast tweaking. 5 different sharpening methods.

Description
A Flood of Colour

Devon is always a place I enjoy visiting, ever since I was really small! My Grandparents have lived there my whole life and I used to regularly visit them. To me the beach there was just a place to mess around at and have fun, but now I’m older and have a keen interest in photography, the only time I’m there is at the crack of dawn with my legs knee deep in ice cold water. I took this shot on a day I had put aside purely for location scouting for the next morning, but ended up shooting some picture I am quite happy with. For me this was the first planned waterscape photography trip and surprisingly it was quite intimidating. The rough seas and strong winds really make you feel insecure and there were a few times when I was lucky not to fall in! The 'every 7 waves there’s a big one' rule didn't really work and I got caught out by a massive brute: It nearly took all my gear. Another scary thing with shooting at the coast is that you can quite easily get trapped and surrounded by the water. I was very lucky that I got off this rock I was standing on, because if I had left any later, the stepping stones I used to get on to it would have been under the waves.

p.s i'm kinda annoyed because this wasn't taking in particually good light. I feel I have found a decent composition, the technical side is good: but there just wasn't enough interesting light in the scene. Can't wait to go to America nxt year. Oregan coast here I come

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Devon, Barnstable, Westward HO! beach.
06/12/08
9.10am
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Camera Body Nikon D300
Lens Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6
Focal Length 10mm
Shutter Speed 8 seconds
Aperture f22
ISO 100

Tripod
Manfrotto 190xProB + Manfrotto 804rc2
Filters
Cokin ND8 light grad

Processing

Adobe Photoshop CS4 raw converter. Maximised hues and saturation of the 'eachy' colours in water in sky. General contrast tweaking. 5 different sharpening methods.