A Coastline with Curves

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted March 8, 2011189 views6 comments

On the way home from a road trip through Oregon this past July I found two comps that I thought were beautiful and I locked into my brain as must haves. They jumped out at me the way that shots sometimes do, all of the sudden and without notice. I was driving when I saw this one, and it was about 11am on a grey and gloomy day. I'd be back someday I thought.
September rolled around and on a lark I emailed my wife who typically gets home from work around 8pm and asked if she wanted to take off hella early and drive all night with me. She actually said yes, which totally made my day. I checked the weather, and it looked like I might not get the marine layer, but I might actually get some clouds (which I did not, but who cares)
The shot’s not perfect, and it would be better with a big gnarly colorful storm or something, but I’ll take it for a workday haul! Cheers.

Canon 5DMKII
Canon 16-35mm @ 23mm
Iso 160
f/11
20 sec
Singh-Ray 3 stop reverse GND

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 8, 2011 at 6:35 PM

Nice job balancing the car lights and the sunlight. That really makes the curve stand out. I also like your use of the foreground to limit how much of the car lights are seen. I do wish that the sky in the ULC wasn't so dark.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on March 8, 2011 at 8:10 PM

I like the warm light on the left Jared. The looping car lights work well transporting the viewer through the scene. I find the light in the sky natural as the sun is setting to the right. I especially like the wind blown grass in the Larger view.

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Comment posted by Joe Becker on March 9, 2011 at 3:22 PM

This is a really cool shot, Jared. I see how you wanted to come back here. I'll echo Mark on the nice balancing job with the car lights.

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Comment posted by KatherineAnne Enns on March 9, 2011 at 6:57 PM

I like the non-gnarly sky. Its actually very neon and pulls the light traces out beautifully. This image is a lot of fun! Its great as is..

Just for interest sake, to see what happens, I wonder what you would get if you cropped it to put the light loop in the lower 2/3 of the comp, and remove the left side of the photo, leaving mostly the right side of the photo....??? But those are just suggestions and I have no idea if that would be more focused or what? Great photograph, and I like the story that went with it.

Registered on January 5, 2011, 22 Posts, 137 Comments

Comment posted by Walter Rowe on July 11, 2011 at 9:54 PM

Great photograph Jared. Love those streaking tail lights. They give a sense of time passing and hint at the long exposure.

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Comment posted by Verdon on July 11, 2011 at 10:08 PM

for me it is GREAT shot, I am always looking at the pictures to relax and to soak the moment, and not to find the errors ......
for me excellent

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments