Breaking Wave
Walking along the Marin Headlands cliffs between Rodeo Beach and Tennessee Beach, I was struck by the brightness of the breaking waves in the sunset light against the darkness of the shore in shadow.
Depth of field was not an issue. I spot metered for the brightness of the waves, made sure that a shutter speed fast enough to stop the motion of the wave was selected, and allowed the camera to choose the aperture.
[300mm in 35mm equivalent terms, 1/250 of a second at f/6.3 and ISO 100.]
September 28th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
[...] title=”photo sharing”> Flight, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The surf was crashing on the shore. Round the rugged coastline, I saw the keyhole above Tennessee Beach lit [...]
October 24th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
[...] a second and f/22 at ISO 100, tripod mounted.] Some related images: Wave (after Hokusai), Breaking Wave, Wave Tangent.
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May 9th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
[...] few years ago, obliquely facing the rugged cliffs along the outer Marin Headlands. Here’s the color version and partial backstory; the photo appeared in color in my Light & Exposure book with the following [...]
May 17th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
[...] composite comes from LAB inversions of a channel of Poppy Medley, LAB inversion of a channel of Breaking Wave that was a by-product of the black and white conversion, and [...]