Galapagos Coast

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 31, 201078 views3 comments

Hi everybody,
This was a shot at sunrise of the Galapagos Coast. I woke before 4am two mornings in a row, and walked to this point, which looked promising, but it was overcast both mornings.

Anyway, I tried to make the best of it, and here is the result. I liked how blue/green the ocean is, while the bottom half of the image is nearly B&W... I'll post a B&W conversion too.
A few minutes after this shot, a huge "rogue" wave crashed into this narrow channel, and soaked both me and my camera...

For the next day and a half my camera sat in rice and in the sun, meaning I lost countless shots, but at least it started working again. The popup flash no longer pops up, but thats not a big deal!

I am not fully sold on this shot yet, so comments and critiques on processing would be great!

P.S.: PLEASE VIEW LARGE! The FG rocks will not look so underexposed in the larger version... Thanks!

-Cam

Tech:
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Tamron 28-300 f/3.5-6.3 @ 28mm f/14
2 sec
ISO 100

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Cam Held on January 31, 2010 at 1:13 PM

Here is a B&W version. Which is better?
-Cam

Registered on November 12, 2009, 59 Posts, 398 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 31, 2010 at 1:55 PM

I like the color version. I particularly like the soft colors of the top half and I wonder if cropping a little of the bottom would help.

- Dan.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 473 Posts, 7980 Comments

Comment posted by Elliot Johnston on January 31, 2010 at 10:14 PM

Color version. The soft green color of the water is wonderful. It almost looks as thought the top half is a color photo and the bottom half is a b&w.

Registered on November 11, 2009, 23 Posts, 288 Comments