The Dark Side of the Wharf - Capitola, California

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Got out for a sunrise or two over the past week as winter finally decided it wasn't done yet...thankfully. I was getting tired of blue skies and 70 degree weather. This is prime landscape photography season!

Well, today marks the two year anniversary of one of my most popular shots, both on flickr and in terms of print sales. Since it is the 2nd month and the day is 22, I figured why not post an image made near the same time frame but two years later. Originally I was going to post a black and white conversion from that special morning back in '09, but I really like this recent image for its distinct character compared to the one from two years ago.

I really struggled on this morning to find compositions to include the storm front and the cracked cloud line where light was breaking through. Eventually I wound up on this side of the wharf and walked along the beach to position the line of the cloud to end where it does. The waves weren't all that cooperative and the storm front was moving fast, so I only got a couple shots where I had decent water motion at the same time as reflections in the sand. I used ISO 200 and f8 in order to keep the shutter speed shorter to catch some streaks in the water as well as freeze the moving clouds.

Nikon D300
Nikkor 12-24mm @ 12mm
1.3 sec, f8, ISO 200
Lee .9 and .75 GND filters

Taken on: February 15, 2011

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Camera: Nikon D300, f/8.0, 1.3 sec, 12mm (=18mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300
Lens:	12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	1.3
Focal Length:	12mm (35mm equivalent: 18mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
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