[Liquid101]

I've been meaning to go down to this little beach for some time - last time I tried, I had the little fella with me and he refused to even get out of the car. To be fair it was bitterly cold and blowing a gale at the time

Anyway, inspired by Ally's recent beach shots, I left work at 4and nipped down to get some shots. Unfortunately, the tide was in the wrong place for the shot I wanted, but grabbed these ones.

This was the feature I was after - but didn't fancy the 30 minute wait for the tide to hit. Still, the moon was quite bright, so made a shot anyway.

[icemanonline]

Beautiful pictures Liquid...................Like them all but No4 is very nice.

Cool

icemanonline

[tontoshorse]

lol "grabbed these ones"

Wish I could grab a few like that.

My hat is doffed.

[grantsteve]

Great stuff Liquid, lovely colour. No.4 is a cracker.

I'm really quite struck by how 'clean' your and Ally's images always seem to be. I like your style.

[Holowlegs]

Another who wishs he could just grab shots like this


Very nice set, I do like the 2nd one the water looks like mist, and good black and white treatment.


Cheers Holo

[Radiohead]

Veeeeery nice indeed Mr L.

[vulkan75]

Great work my friend,particularly like the last two And can see what why 4 would have been that much better with the water.

Looks like a great beach,interesting formations...I might have to pay a visit

great stuff

[allymac123]

Great shots as usual Scott. Those rocks looks really very nice. Quite dramatic and they draw you in well.

Nice as that last shot is I think it would be epic with the water added aswell. (keeping the moon).

Love seeing your work (and I for one was dissapointed when you stopped doing your sea work.)

[cedmondson]

All really first class - I think I like #3 best but it's a tough call. Can't help but notice that whilst you, Ally & Vulkan are drawn to similar subject matter you each have a distinctive style with it

[ksten]

All wonderful, Scott. I think my favourite is number 3.

I agree that water on the fourth would have made a good photograph great. I'm sure you'll be back there when the tide is in!

Cheers.

[T0MAT01]

Excellent stuff Liquid, it's number 1 for me - lovely shot.

[stevegreen]

I prefer the third one of the lot Scott. They are all excellent exposures but I find the first two a bit heavy on the top right, maybe include a bit more sky and not have the land blocking the top corner so much. With the last one also I would have maybe tried to move to the left a bit more (or get lower) as the feature you were looking at is not as prominent as it could be because of the land in the background. Trying to be constructive here

[springtide]

A great set of shots. Think the third one is my fav.

Looks like you need to work out the tide times for that last shot

[Liquid101]

Originally Posted by stevegreen

I prefer the third one of the lot Scott. They are all excellent exposures but I find the first two a bit heavy on the top right, maybe include a bit more sky and not have the land blocking the top corner so much. With the last one also I would have maybe tried to move to the left a bit more (or get lower) as the feature you were looking at is not as prominent as it could be because of the land in the background. Trying to be constructive here

Thanks for the feedback Steve.

I struggled with the framing on the first two. I had to have some kind of cliff edge in there, but just didn't know where to place it. It may have been nicer to have it it across 2/3rds of the horizonline rather than 1/3rd. I tried some without any land, but just felt they were a little empty.

I completely agree with on the last one. I'd made several shots of this before I got down low enough to have the rocks poking out into the sky little. I could have gone lower to make a more dramatic composition, but I was on my knees in wet sand as it was. To be honest though, I was just being lazy as well. It was much darker than it appears here, and I was using a torch to focus. By this point, I just wanted to go home for my dinner

Thanks for the comments everybody

[Paranormalist]

Stunning images. Expected nothing less though from you, Liquid.
Really like the moody B&W conversion. #4 is like on a different planet.
Great work.

[Tobers]

Fantastic pics - really good. I think I like #1 the best but they are all lovely.

[DavidPeat]

Can I ask a really daft question? How do you achieve that other-worldly effect? Am I right in thinking that you use an ND and long exposure?

[mwncidur]

I too am another one who would like to be able to "grab" shots like that.

Top drawer stuff as always Liquid, well done

We shall have to meet up again soon, I've found some nice gorge/waterfall scenery

[iGiDK]

Excellent series mate, I am very impressed with #3

[Liquid101]

Originally Posted by DavidPeat

Can I ask a really daft question? How do you achieve that other-worldly effect? Am I right in thinking that you use an ND and long exposure?

They're just long exposures. No ND filter used, I just go out at dusk when the light has almost completely faded. The longer exposures really seem to make the colours rich - they don't actually look like that when you're there.

For composition, I always try to have some foreground interest leading into the scene and some kind of horizon detail or feature. When you're shooting at 12mm this means you need to get low and close. These were about 60cm off the ground with the tripod well into the water. You need to be confident with your tripod set up - I'm happy watching water lapping a 3rd of the way up my tripod legs I wouldn't fancy it with a cheap, light set of legs though.

I always wear a pair of waterproof boots and have a torch - i'll often illuminate my focus point to make it easier to focus.

For exposure, I use the histogram and place my exposure with the highlight detail nudging right up the the right hand side. This reduces noise in the image because the lighter the shadows, the less you have to drag out. It also gives you the longest possible exposure for silkier water, and preserves the highlight detail in the sky.

I always shoot RAW, as this obviously gives you the most exposure latitude - and i'll sometimes process the RAW file twice - once for shadows, once for highlights - combining them in photoshop.

They really were just grabbed, I left work at 4ish, was on the beach for about twenty past, and away just before 5. (just noticed that my cameras clock is an hour out ) at this time of year 4-5pm is about perfect for this kind of shot.

Originally Posted by mwncidur

We shall have to meet up again soon, I've found some nice gorge/waterfall scenery

Cool - i'll give you a call in the New Year

[SweetGirl]

WOW these are fantastic Liquid.

Kinda missed ur water and pebble shots........