Tide Pool Sunrise
This is another in the series of posts featuring long exposures of the water’s edge around Harling Point. This tide pool is at the base of the fence post that I recently featured, and near to many other of the pictures in this series, which started on New Year’s day. The first image is a 30 second exposure at f22.
I was attracted to the glass like, hard edged quality of the pool contrasted with the splashing foamy wave edge just below it and the with the sun rising in soft pinks and oranges behind. I have included several of the images I took since I really don’t know which one I prefer.
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- 30 seconds, f22
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- 20 seconds, f22
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- 25 seconds f22
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- 5 seconds, f22
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- 4 seconds, f22
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- 30 seconds, f22
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- 30 seconds, f22
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Image taken with Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon 50mm f1.4 lens, at ISO 100, polarizing filter – see captions for exposure details.
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Wow, these photos are really amazing…!
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Hi Kelly – thanks so much.
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Nicely done Ehpem! I think I like the last photo the best, although they are all great shots!
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Thanks David. Last one for me is the lichen on rock with touch of tide pool in background shot. I love the colour of that lichen especially in orange sun light. I expect more pictures of it will crop up here from time to time.
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Incredible shots here, my friend! I love reflections in water, and several of these shots really deliver on that! Great work!
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I was attracted by how sharp the reflections are and how soft and fuzzy the moving water could become. There was not wind, just waves left over from a storm, so the pool surface was still.
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Beautiful. I love the colors, especially the light.
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I know what you mean about the light. Its almost enough to get me up and out early in the morning.
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These are beautiful, bordering on the surrealistic. The first one quite took my breath away, the combination of still and moving water.
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Hi composer – thanks so much. What blows me away is that some people have these features at the foot of their garden and I don’t think they ever look at them – the look beyond to the large view (which is of course worthy of long study too).
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What a great idea to do this. I really like the four and five seconds.
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Thanks Danita. those ones are more like a sunrise than the others, and attractive for that reason I think.
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I cast my vote for 3984 (20s/f22). Although I like the others, I find this one to have the best composition. I also like 3991 as well. Maybe it’s the near squae format, but it’s really nice.
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Thanks Ken, I appreciate your opinion. I kind of copped out on these ones – tired and not wanting to think and make choices, so it’s good to hear other people’s opinions. I like both of those ones too. I generally prefer the ones that are close in to the rocks with a pinkish mist of ocean rather than the longer view with more orange light or even the sun. I also like the orange lichen, though I am sure a better picture is waiting to be taken of it. Probably a great candidate for abstracting it through camera movement.
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really good photo,s 😉
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Thank you maenamor!
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The 20sec f/22 is my favorite !!
Wonderful !!!
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Hi Mathias, thanks. It is interesting that both you and Ken like that one the best. I think it draws the eye through the picture effectively.
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Mystical tide pools. Such amazing atmosphere you’ve captured.
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Hi Karen – thanks so much. I think it is partly a created atmosphere with the long exposure – it did not really ‘feel’ this way when I was there. I guess it was lurking, but beyond my sensory capacity. I like that about these long exposures. I will be taking more, I just got an ND filter last night and am itching to try it out. Not to mention learning how to use it.
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Incredible dawn. Loved your photos, neat! 🙂
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Hi Nandini – I am glad you like these. Its a pretty special spot, and photogenic too 🙂
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I like [4 secs F22] – don’t know why. It just seems more composed.
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Hi Barb – it was a difficult position to photograph from – I could not get further back and don’t have a wider lens (other than a Takumar 35mm which catches the mirror so I can’t use it except for video) so it meant either having that nice green rock in the foreground, or Trial Island in the background, but not both which would have made a better picture.
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Absolutely gorgeous!
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Thanks Paula. It was a lovely morning.
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