PEBBLE RUSH
A section of the Chesil Bank in Dorset, UK. The beach of pebbles stretches some 17 miles from Chesil Cove at Portland towards Burton Bradstock & West Bay
40D
Sigma10 – 20
ISO 100
6 secs @ f11
The end of the same evening as the skies cleared
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Jonathan Dower
stunning!
Laurie Search
Beautiful!
Gavin J Hawley
What a beaut shot. so many pebbles, how long is this beach, or should i say quarry.
jwinman
what a beautiful beach! where is it?
Kimberley Davitt
incredible so well done
Donna Chapman
wow!
annalisa56
Wow…gorgeous beach !!
Annette Blattman
beautiful Mike, the sky matches the colours in the pebbles.
Kevin Bergen
Oh yeah!! I had just attempted something like this…you make it look so easy! Terrific job!
Phineous Cas...
thats a fantastic phota dude my fave for a while i think on rb
Tom Vaughan
This really is spectacular! Instant favorite!
Scott d'Almeida
stunning;
athex
Very interesting – very nice
"Chris" Cristi...
Amazing perspective, great shot.
lazydaze
awsome work!! :))
Veikko Suikkanen
Fantastic capture!
Teresa P. Pelaez
Amazing work!
SD Smart
Unbelievable beauty…. True perfection.
Alex Stojan
Simply awesome. Love it!
Elana Bailey
Fab perspective and comp. Love the lighting on the pebbles, the colours and the softness of the water. Well done. An instant fave.
Harvey Schiller
A real stunner.
John Kowalski
Absolutely stunning, wonderful colour and a beautiful image
Jenni Tanner
Beautiful saturated colours. The sky and the pebbles tone beautifully, well done :-))
Andrew Stockwell
This is great too. Again great foreground, and the movement of the water and reflection leads the eye through the image.
Mariann Rea
I love those colourful pebbles and the flowing water, just perfect!
Bev Woodman
This is most effective – wonderful image.
Karen Tillotson
Oh so beautiful! Love the colours!
Anne McGinn
OMG – this is amazing~
cathrinedp
magical, wow
Zefira
fabulous!
David Clarke
Superb, owp, stunning shot!
Megan Noble
Gorgeous capture, perfect!
Deirdre Brockl...
Breathtakingly beautiful.
Jim Robertson
Very very nice image.
Tracy Faught
A beachcombers paradise! Fantastic light and colours! Really, really beautiful! :]
Andrew Murrell
BEAUTIFUL!!!! While the sky and the pebbles are different in a strange way they mirrow each other.
Nerida13
Absolutely gorgeous image!
outwest photog...
. . thanks Nerida, Andrew,Tracy,Jim,Deirdre,Megan . .and all above . . I’ll try and check in with you all later!
William Murray
Simply perfect. Beautiful image.
Jason Ruth
Very cool shot, well done.
josiem
beautiful!!!!
Mark Curry
stunning shot, lovely colours too
i l d i l a z...
Fabulous image!
LeahsPhotos
Blown away by the colors!!!
Garth Smith
Brilliant!! This one is very simple but its a special shot. Great stuff.
Lesley Williamson
Wonderful image! :D
Karl Williams
Love the long exposure .. the detail in the foreground pebbles, and the colour of the pebbles, is very impressive!
PhotosEcosse
Ditto what Karl says, dare I mention the PS word ? Sssshhh!!
outwest photog... replied
Hi Barbara . . the PS Word! . . certainly, to convert from RAW to 8 bitt tiff, then to png. or jpg for these guys at RB. As with shingle tingle and Cold Worbarrow all these slow exposure shots are straight shots, with some ccorrections in the RAW state. [using Capture One for highlight and shadow balance] I do not do HDR, not that I have a problem with that I just don’t care for the effect. I have used Picture Style adjustment in camera to increase or decrease colour, tone & contrast and generally shot in Landscape Sytle setting [ unless indoors] generally I shoot with W B cloudy as I find AWB sometimes a bit ‘blue’ in exposures over say 1/10 sec. I have adjusted colour temps in camera on occasion. What exactly is the colour of Wet, Purbeck pebbles in low light? I don’t know? but they looked good on that evening . . :)
In cases of extreme contrast or light balanace I have shot both for light and dark, or Bracketed images which are blended later. This is often seen as digital equivilent of using ND Grads on the lens. Guy Edwardes a local Dorset based professional openly supports this process in his books / public presentations
Where ever adjustment is made I hope to retain the image looking as natural and as near as the conditions as when the exposure was made. Not always possible at slow exposure timings as the eyes see it very differently [usually very dark! ] :)
. . I hope this does’nt sound to defensive, but merely explains my take on digital photography . . .
M @ O W P
PhotosEcosse
NO, doesn’t sound defensive to me, and as for Guy Edwardes, – probably my fave Landscaper !! He reckons that using your method is less harmful to a good image than using an ND grad, I am with him on that !!
My take is that we make , not take, an image, but you already know that from a previous conversation, LOL !!!
outwest photog... replied
. . . . well now that we concur on our principles and approach, I need to concentrate on the location research and some new material ? . . . shame I can’t get back to your patch and that wonderful scenery! . .well not just yet . . but watch this space!!
. . I’m going after some sports activity this w/end; what about you?
M @ OWP
PhotosEcosse
I will be taking a hike, LOL !!!
For ONCE we are to get GOOD weather – been horrendous of late !
Kevin Skinner
Sublime capture! Just wondeful colours. You can almost hear the bristling noise of the waves over the pebbles here :-)
outwest photog... replied
. . many thanks Kevin, I’m on a two week vacation from here and will catch up on my return!
Mike @ O W P
KenWright
Outstanding in every way!
outwest photog... replied
. . . thank Ken, appreciate your interest! . .I like your take on water!
Lumase
Enchanting.
outwest photog... replied
grazie Luigi, I’ll check ritornare con voi dopo la mia vacanza!
Nickie
Fabulous shot …...
outwest photog...
. . cheers Nickie! . . you have some great skies in your collection . .I’ll get a better look when I get bck from my hols!
James Coard
Brilliant – you have some amazing images here!
Tara Turner
beautiful!!
outwest photog... replied
. . . thank you Tara, you have an artist’s eye and I will revisit your gallery when I have a liitle more time!
Scott d'Almeida
cheers
George Salazar
great looking shot
outwest photog... replied
. . thank for looking into my collection of dusty old jpg’s Goerge! :)
Paul Oreggio
WOW, that is a fantastic shot
outwest photog...
. .thank you! . . if your looking to learn more about photography & technique I can recommend this guy and maybe a look into this site also
. . enjoy!