Waiting for the splash
Back to the morning of the storm…..where we waited and waited for the rain to stop….
Canon 5D, 16-35mm at 16mm, f/7.1, 1/4”, ISO 50, Lee ND grads 0.9 and 0.6
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merlin67
Fantastic, stunning picture x
Mick Davson
A fantastic dramatic scene
Tom Gomez
Wonderful …
Tessa Bishop
Wow!
Paul Vanzella
...you are so TALENTED Mrs Brackstone…. just anticipating the explosion of water here… amazing colour!
John Conway
you’re going to get washed away one day Mel :)
Love the mixture of blues and greens in the water, really makes the white wash pop out!
Lance Leopold
Looks menacing,Mel,high drama indeed,great image!!!
Megan Martin
Incredible shot Mel! Great timing with the water hitting the rocks…looks surreal! =)
RhondaR
Great shot Mel, love the dramatic the sky.
Steven Agius
Superb capture Mel this is stunning !
Ren Atkins
Nice moody weather. An incredible image, as always!
RavenSoul
FABULOUS!!
Tracey Mac
Beautiful Mel…..just beautiful…..the colour of that water gets me every time….
igotmeacanon
lovely softness in the water mel, great work with the sky!
Rosemary Scott
Fantastic image Mel….. love all the colour!
Simon Whittaker
That is awesome! An instant fav. I took some sea scapes this morning and think I’ll leave them off here now!
Anne Smyth
stunning!
Joel Murdoch
Awesome!
Sharon Hammond
Paul V said it all. xx
Michael Walters
Oh this is so fantastic! love the stormy look more than sunsets now i think…well this certainly makes me think so:)
Mel Brackstone replied
Thanks Michael, my shooting buddy won’t even consider going to the beach for a shoot unless there is a very good chance of clouds….it’s why I’m still here at the moment….cos the bom site wasn’t helpful enough….oh well, maybe tomorrow :)
frogster
So very stunning Mel
richiedean
Full of action and reaction, I like the saturation and dramatic expectancy ….... lots of positives here Mel …....... :))
sparrowdk
very dramatic nice shot mel
lightsmith
beautiful as always. the rich and contrasting textures of the clouds and the sea and the rocks are wonderful. it’s moody but magnificent.
JimFilmer
beautiful, powerful,,,,just plain wonderful
stevendesiow
Very nice
fauselr
great capture
AndyGii
Brilliant Mel. Great mood shot
Shanina Conway
Oh brilliant Mel…I want to learn how to take photographs like this;)
Mel Brackstone replied
You’re a long way in front of me cos you’re close to the beach :)
TextureoftheSin
Love the yellow-green in the foreground
Mel Brackstone replied
Can you imagine sitting in that pool with that tide? heh
Andrew Bosman
This really sucks you in with the sense of movement Mel. You do this sort of thing so very well.
Dharna
Gorgeous Mel. Love the ominous mood to this.
If I look at it long enough I may cool down!!
AnaCBStudio
Awesome Mel!
funkyfacestudio
Very beautiful Mel ! Love those colors !!
TextureoftheSin
I can imagine a scraped bum as it dragged me over the rocks =:O
Mel Brackstone replied
wouldn’t be pretty!
Melinda Kerr
Wow Mel that’s incredible. It’s just tipped over 45.5 degrees here in Melbourne so it also looks cool!! Sorry to keep bugging you with questions…and let me know if you’d rather I bmailed them but you have 2 filters listed in the description…did you use two on this shot? I’m trying to learn :)
Mel Brackstone replied
I stack the filters when I need to block more light, but I suffer from vignetting if I put on more than two….so that’s my limit with 16mm focal length. The lee holder has room for 4, all up.
I don’t mind answering here, it’s all good.
Melinda Kerr
Cheers Mel that’s really helpful. I’ve heard Lee are the way to go…
Mel Brackstone replied
Cokin do a good enough job if you’re good with photoshop, and know how to remove the magenta colour cast. I bought P size Cokins when I started, but they also vignetted badly once I changed to a full frame camera. There are larger Cokins, but I decided to go the whole hog and switch to Lee. There’s absolutely no colour cast at all, and they live up to ever expectation I could possibly have, apart from cost…..but we can’t have everything!
Karin Taylor
i luv the greens subtley showing through
Matt Penfold
Absolutely spectacular Mel, it looks like Jesus could step out of the ocean any minute ;-) Will the Cokin P series stack without vignetting on an APSC size sensor camera? (Canon 450D)
Mel Brackstone replied
Thanks Matt, and the stacking depends on the lens. If you’re planning on using the 18-55 kit lens, it’ll be a nightmare with cokins because the front element turns around when focussing. Not sure about the 17-85, but you may suffer some vignetting at 17mm if you stack em too high…
Neil Boucher
Rain? What’s rain?
This is my kind of picture – stormy skies and stormy seas. Just beautiful!
Kristina K
oh its so nice to see water..lol. lovely shot :)) k
Paul Tupman
You got some great shots out of this day… well worth waiting for! I love the colour in this and the contrast between the white water and dark water behind. Some great blues in there and the dark foreboding sky is fantastic.
woof
Very beautiful!! love it, great work here!
savosave
a great return to ‘classic’ Mel!
TomBaumker
Wonderful work ! Very awsome my friend. Had to FAVOR this one well done. Nice treatment Hugs Tom
Anthony Mancuso
WOW …... just superb Mel!! Beautifully exposed and composed!
Joanne Bradley
Such anticipation! Dramatic and powerful!
Cordelia
Oh wow! the colours and the movement are gorgeous.
Robert Gingher
Lovely as always, Mel. Am always interested in the process (and post-process) here. Did you layer two or more exposures with the .6 & .9 ND grads for HDR? Photomatix or other HDR software? I found your landscape (seascape) entry very helpful and am trying to tone-up my efforts!
Mel Brackstone replied
Hi Bob, this is a single exposure, with two lee filters to knock back the light from the sky. I used redynamix to add a little contrast, but I always drop the opacity of that after doing the process on a separate layer. Other than that, it’s curves to add some extra pizzaz.
Sean Farragher
massive
jacqleen
simply STUNNINGGGGGGGG…......LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Robert Gingher
Thanks for the helpful tip, Mel. I usu. run into noise issues with plug-ins like redynamix and topaz but knocking back the opacity as you suggest might help here. Do you ever use noise-reduction software?
Mel Brackstone replied
I have done in the past, but since the great windoze reinstall of December 2008, I haven’t reinstalled my noise reduction program. I was using noiseware, and no doubt will again.
Another option that helps reduce noise is to make the duplicate layer luminosity blending mode after running redynamics…..and lowering opacity….it all helps to cut out the noisy bits…and if worse comes to worse, you can add a layer mask and mask out the really bad bits…
Noise reduction is also always added as a new layer, cut and pasted in….so I can do the same thing, reduce opacity….
I’m a layer freak :)
bensound
Beautiful shot Mel, such drama. The soft whitewash against the rocks is a wonderful contrast.
Geoff Coleman...
Wow how dynamic is this shot – love the contrasting directions and intensity of water and cloud motion and light and dark.
muzy
amazing atmostphere, v moody :) thanks for sharing.
PPV247
Can feel the power and tension in this image.
Rachel Davison
Stunning. You are just a brilliant artist!
Patrick Morand
Perfect feature of the nature’s strength.