Saturday, June 7, 2008

The Rocks of Marshall Beach


The Rocks of Marshall Beach, originally uploaded by Ivan Makarov.

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Last Saturday I met up with MumbleyJoe at Marshall Beach, a beach few hundred yards below the Golden Gate Bridge. The sunset was beautiful, but it is easy to get caught up in it and completely forget that the waves can crash on you out of nowhere. Several times during the evening we found our equipment and camera bags drenched in salt water of the Pacific ocean, and as I got home, I had to spend an hour dusting off the sand and cleaning tripod, lenses, filters and even camera body.

This was also my first outing with the new ND400 filter that supposed to help capture longer exposures. I loved using it, but it'll take some learning to start using it properly. In this image I combined two exposures, one for the sky and one for the ground. ND graduated filters will help me capture this in one shot, but they will arrive later this week.

1 comments:

2sweetnsaxy said...

I think it's a great shot. It almost looks like it does at the top of a mountain looking down at the fog you just came through.