Approaching Storm

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 23, 2011157 views9 comments

In between family vacations I had a few hours to get out and take some pictures. I checked the tide, hoping it would be less than 1' or more than 4', since I have spots scouted for those tides. 2.5', right in the middle of nowhere, so I headed to the closest beach, Torrey Pines. It turned out to be a really nice evening. The "cold" weather kept this popular beach pretty empty, and rain was falling over the ocean for more than an hour. This was one of the last images from that night.

5d2, 24-105@24, f/14, 8 sec
Not much to do in photoshop other than increasing contrast a little bit, burning the upper left corner and correcting the awful distortion the 24-105 has at 24mm.

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9 comments

Comment posted by Chris Martin on April 23, 2011 at 6:13 PM

I love the mood this photo portrays. Great shot!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 23, 2011 at 9:31 PM

Man, that's a serious downpour. The blue mood fits the turbulent weather.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 23, 2011 at 10:00 PM

Ominous, for sure. I like the comp with a lot of lightly textured water in the foreground.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on April 23, 2011 at 10:56 PM

This is really cool! I like the ominous mood and expansive comp.

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Comment posted by Tom Dobrzanski on April 24, 2011 at 10:31 AM

Wow! Simple yet very, very effective William. Subtle FG, eyes are drawn naturally to the brightest part of the capture which surrounds that spectacular rain. I love it William. Very moody!

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Comment posted by Joel Hazelton on April 24, 2011 at 2:31 PM

WOW!

One of the coolest images I've seen in a long time. Simple, yet composed perfectly with that downpour on the upper right third. I could see this printed HUGE and hanging in a dimly-lit room.

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Comment posted by Ben Horne on April 24, 2011 at 7:11 PM

This is a very beautiful shot! Excellent choice of composition and shutter speed. It's great to see such an atmospheric shot from here in San Diego. We're not normally known for that. :-)