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Sunset Cliffs LE 2

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Description

Another Long Exposure image taken at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, CA

Equipment Used:
Nikon D90
10 stop ND filter
3 stop ND Grad filter

Minor contrast and color adjustments (non-HDR).

Comments and Critiques welcome
Image size
4122x2737px 2.79 MB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D90
Shutter Speed
97/1 second
Aperture
F/22.0
Focal Length
20 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Jul 6, 2011, 4:42:43 AM
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:star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Technique
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Impact

I find your work to be very interesting. It looks like you are creating exceptionally long exposures that deliberately blur any motion by using a very dense ND filter. You are really using the grad filter effectively; your skies and foreground transition very well. Your highlights are very well controlled and there is detail in your shadows. You are getting some very surreal looking seascapes that way. Of the two you posted, I prefer the non-HDRI one as the image does not look quite as over processed.

That being said, the water is extremely soft and blurred that it has lost all of its texture and detail. I’m sure that is the look you are after, but I think it may be a bit too much.

Anyways, you have produced some very compelling images and I look forward to seeing more of your excellent work!