Ruby Beach Soft Surf

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Critique Style Requested: Initial Reaction

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A view of Ruby Beach just after sunset.

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Image Description

As our workshop was heading back to our cars after this sunset shoot, I looked back at the beach area and saw this view. I already had my camera set for a long exposure with a ND filter in place over the lens and the camera still attached to the tripod. This is one of my favorite images from that shoot. I really like the silhouetted trees against the soft surf ocean and fogged shrouded, featureless backround.

Technical Details

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 47.0 mm, f/22
for 8.0 secs. ISO: 100. ND filter used strength unknown. Edited in Camera Raw and Photoshop.

Specific Feedback

Any and all comments appreciated.

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I love the spacing and the framing on the left side, allowing the distant rocks to shine. I love the moodiness this creates with the greys in the distance and the solid black trees in the foreground

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That you chose to present this in black and white. Wonderfully captures the mood of a grey, foggy day on the Northwest coast.

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Thank you, Josh. Creating the moodiness was one of the effects I was trying to convey. Robert Engle

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Thank you, Jim. The grey and fog really left no alternatives to a monochrome image for me. My visualization for that entire shoot was monochrome. Robert Engle

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I am enjoying the mood you captured with this B&W pano Robert. This also has a nice graphic quality to it with the darl vertical tree trunks framed in the horizontal pano format. Very nicely done!

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Thank you, Ed.