Beach Sunrise

AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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Got a pleasant sunrise this morning after getting skunked last night for a sunset by scattered showers and the marine layer. A few clouds are always nice to offer up a bit of color.

KalalochSunrise1.jpg


C&C always welcome.
 
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JimFox

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That is some nice clouds Alan. I like the ripples in the sand leading towards the horizon. I think I would brighten up the ground layer some, it feels a tad bit dark. You did get some really cool sunrise colors in this, with some nice cloud definition.
 
AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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I loved the clouds this morning. Not so much last night - no sunset colors and high thin clouds to obscure the stars. The beach was actually still pretty dark when the tints started showing up in the clouds but it's an easy edit to lighten it up. It does seem too dark as an image to view in spite of what it really looked like.

Kalaloch Sunrise

Kalaloch Sunrise

Kalaloch area in Olympic N.P.
 
lionking

lionking

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Beautiful moment Alan. the edit looks better, perhaps a bit more definition in the clouds and FG, i would also consider removing these white spots in FG and fixing the UW distortion on the left...
 
AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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Andrey - the two tall trees on the left are not suffering from UW distortion - they are probably going to fall onto the beach before the next year is out. They are leaning rather dramatically. The elevated terrain above the beach is unconsolidated alluvium that is crumbling into the ocean all along the face. The only exposed stone along that face are river cobbles that fall out during every heavy surf or rain event. The root balls of those two trees are now partially exposed.
 
JimFox

JimFox

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Hey Alan, the edit does look much better. Even if it was a bit darker when that first color hit, as an artist :) you have a right to brighten it up a bit I think as it does really help the image. This now allows the eyes to work from the bottom on up in the image. I definitely like the edit, it is much more visually pleasing.
 
Jameel Hyder

Jameel Hyder

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The edit to brighten up the foreground really helps. And I second the suggestion about cloning out the white specs as they seem to distract. Nice sky and color in the clouds.
 
Dave Johnston

Dave Johnston

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That is really nice Alan. I like subtle sunrise and sunset color; it doesn't always have to be "on fire"! I do prefer the slightly brighter rendition of the beach.

That looks like it is just up the beach from Tree Root Cave at Kalaloch. I decided not to shoot that because the lighting was blah, although it was an interesting feature. Have you ever taken a good shot of the "cave"?

Dave
 
AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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Dave Johnston said:
That is really nice Alan. I like subtle sunrise and sunset color; it doesn't always have to be "on fire"! I do prefer the slightly brighter rendition of the beach.

That looks like it is just up the beach from Tree Root Cave at Kalaloch. I decided not to shoot that because the lighting was blah, although it was an interesting feature. Have you ever taken a good shot of the "cave"?

Dave
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Good eye - I camped at Kalaloch for the past two nights and this is right below the campground. I took a few iPhone shots of the Tree Root Cave but the light wasn't all that great for a DSLR shot.
 
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