Rising Tide, Ko'Olina

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 6, 2012622 views25 comments

Taken during our Christmas Vacation in Oahu, this is a two exposure blend, postprocessed using TK's Luminosity Masks and a bit of Nik Color Efx Pro filtering.

PLEASE VIEW LARGE! Thx!

Canon 5DII, 16-35, ISO 100. f/16, 1/4-1/6 sec. CP. C&C always appreciated

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25 comments

Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on January 6, 2012 at 3:52 AM

Lovely light you have there. Hope you enjoyed the islands!

aF

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Comment posted by Tom Kualii on January 6, 2012 at 3:53 AM

Awesome image of our islands. Really like this alot. The warmth feeling of paradise. Aloha

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Comment posted by Adrian Metzelaar on January 6, 2012 at 4:16 AM

The large version is just stunning, there is so much detail. Beautiful colours and lovely motion in the water.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on January 6, 2012 at 5:28 AM

A beautiful image, Doug. Love the golden light and overall processing. Sure looks like a great spot for a vacation

Registered on December 6, 2008, 142 Posts, 2623 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 6, 2012 at 9:35 AM

Hi Doug, The large version of this is fantastic! Beautiful light and colors here. Great comp and the water looks really nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Lars Lentz on January 6, 2012 at 9:46 AM

Very nice. The high vantage point is key to the composition in my opinion. Excellent work!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 6, 2012 at 10:55 AM

Great light and detail on a beautiful scene.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 6, 2012 at 11:29 AM

That golden glow really comes through in the large version and the detail in the fg rocks is exceptional. The beauty of this had me holding my breath. I like that in an image.

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on January 6, 2012 at 12:57 PM

This one has that special glow. Nice capture of the perfect light.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 6, 2012 at 1:00 PM

Nice golden glow Doug. I especially like the silky water motion.

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Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on January 6, 2012 at 4:16 PM

Gorgeous scene Doug, the detail is just inspiring. Great job on your processing. I think the shutter speed of the water makes it for me. Excellent work!

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Comment posted by Ned Fenimore on January 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM

That is very nice.. love all the details in this!

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on January 6, 2012 at 7:32 PM

Perfect composition, shutter speed choice, lighting and dof. Don't you just love it when everything comes together? Beautiful image!

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on January 6, 2012 at 8:59 PM

Fantastic image, Doug. Love your composition and the beautiful light and color. This almost looks like a waterfall coming inland from the ocean, which I guess for this brief moment in time, it was. Extraordinary.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on January 6, 2012 at 9:10 PM

Doug, beautiful scene and expertly captured.

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Comment posted by Jared Atencio on January 6, 2012 at 9:26 PM

Lovely warm light and perfect shutter speed on the water. The large version really sings

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on January 7, 2012 at 1:45 AM

The golden light is wonderful, as are the textures in the FG, excellent work Doug!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 7, 2012 at 7:06 PM

Awesome, Doug. You nailed everything here.

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Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on January 7, 2012 at 8:58 PM

Large is the way to go with this one. Comp and light are pretty as is the subject.

CP for the ground exposure only? The sky looks so even, at 16MM it can be hard to use the CP.

Registered on January 15, 2009, 13 Posts, 772 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Roane on January 8, 2012 at 12:33 AM

Thanks all!
Richard - thank you. I actually used the CP on both exposures. I agree with you about the CP and ultra-wides, though. I don't usually use them with alot of sky, but I wanted the reduced sheen effect on the rocks, and a bit more slow shutter flexibility. Plus, I figured I could get away with it given the small amount of blue combined with the fine tuning available to me using Tony's luminosity masks in pp.

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on January 8, 2012 at 9:46 AM

Nice shutter speed to convey motion here and perfect timing with that cloud following the same line. Nice! Bet those folks back in Billings will love this one especially (or hate you for going there)

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Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on January 8, 2012 at 1:33 PM

Good stuff Doug, nice work making the sky look so even. I really must learn this luminosity masking. Thanks for the explanation.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 8, 2012 at 4:24 PM

Nice light and i love the fact there is a lot of water here! Very cool location!

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Comment posted by James Fougère on January 8, 2012 at 9:24 PM

Nice coastal scene