I was out at my local beach on the Pacific Ocean during the middle of the day with full sun. I planted myself and tripod on the edge of where the tides were coming in and pointed my camera straight down. As the tide came in and out I tried to capture the way the light was reflecting through the water and the movement of the water and sand. After experimenting with a few shutter speeds I settled on a fairly fast one (1/250 s) and this was on frame that resulted. I have another frame that I like as well that I will post another time.
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While processing, I pushed the white balance a bit cooler to emphasize the shadows and did some contrast, sharpening, and color grading work to further separate the light and dark tones. The outcome, particularly the shape/form, reminds me of honeycomb. I am curious if any one has a different take.
Dean, such fascinating patterns and awesome work on photographing this dynamic scene. I like your decision on pushing the colors towards the cooler spectrum. The patterns remind me of scales on a lizard perhaps but I do see the honeycomb shapes too. Great job!
VERY cool!! I love the dynamic wiggly shapes and that some of them have little lines in them and some have a dot like texture. The colors are gorgeous with the soft gold highlights and muted blue shadows – a classic split-tone effect.
