While visiting family along the Heritage Coast in Glamorgan, South Wales during the summer holidays, the first scene I captured at Dunraven Bay is presented here. The ancient rocks weathered by the continous action of the sea can be seen with the surface pitted everwhere as though a mighty creature had walked across it leaving its footprints everywhere. The sun has set and the tide is fast approaching. The long exposure that was required to capture the detail caused the moving waters to take on that ethereal, misty look.
The image was captured using the Canon EOS 20D using the Canon EFS 10-22mm f/3.4-4.5 USM lens set to f22 for just over a minute (bulb) at ISO 100 under manual control. The capture was set to RAW. Cokin Neutral Density graduated filters were used to ensure that the sky detail wasnt burnt out or the detail lost in the foreground. Post capture processing was performed using Phase One, Capture One and Adobe Photoshop Elements. |
