Splashgasm

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 26, 2013529 views20 comments

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Lupahoehoe (Luh pah hoy hoy) point during sunrise. Volcanic rock spires get beaten by the incoming waves on the east coast of the big island of Hawaii. Camped in my car maybe 50 feet away from this shot. Best camp spot ever!

Multiple exposures blended. One for the rocks, one for the sky, one for the waves, and one for the sun star. DR was very high, and had to cover the sun to control lens flare. Complicated!

C&C welcome.

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Navin Sarma on June 26, 2013 at 11:35 PM

Nice! Looks like a sideways sunstar in the water movement. Love your processing, the blend looks seamless

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on June 27, 2013 at 12:12 AM

Yep! Killer shot.

aF

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Comment posted by James Blue on June 27, 2013 at 12:19 AM

Complicated is an understatement, but I sure like the results! Well done.
Jim

Registered on June 16, 2013, 16 Posts, 144 Comments

Comment posted by Zhoen on June 27, 2013 at 1:25 AM

Enjoying the texture and the impact from the awesome wave captured. Great composition too with framing the rocks, water, rock…

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on June 27, 2013 at 2:29 AM

wonderful

it looks like Adamus mood signature

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Comment posted by Nick Palmieri on June 27, 2013 at 7:40 AM

Very nicely done both on camera and post processing!

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Comment posted by Jose Fernandez on June 27, 2013 at 8:05 AM

Excellent blending and beautiful compostion Ted

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 27, 2013 at 8:23 AM

Sweet capture Ted.

Keep on shooting........

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on June 27, 2013 at 8:25 AM

Perfectly finished here. I see you got rid of that bit of flare on the right. Everything seems flawless now.

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on June 27, 2013 at 10:02 AM

I see this would be a tough blend... Yikes! I like the comp, and processing here.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on June 27, 2013 at 1:33 PM

I love all the layers of rock and waves, and the action. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Ted Gore on June 28, 2013 at 11:28 AM

Thanks dudes! Glad you like it.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 28, 2013 at 5:52 PM

What a fantastic image you put together, Ted! Good thinking, great processing. Love the splashing surf in the spires of rock. The sunstar fits the scene without being cliche. The shadow areas contrast with the rest in a realistic way. Hat's off to you on a well thought out and executed image.

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on June 29, 2013 at 11:41 AM

Tricky exposure fosho, and handled well. The moment in time freezing the feathered wave spray is dynomite!

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on June 29, 2013 at 12:12 PM

Ted,
This has great action in it and you timed everything wonderfully.Great job on the blend as well. I feel like the whole image is just to bright. I would not expect to see so much detail with the sun smack dab in my face like that. Also the colors feel a bit washed out, but you were there and I was not so it probably did look like that. In any case great photo!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 29, 2013 at 5:14 PM

Outstanding Ted! The wave stop-action is awesome, and the way this is captured and laid out, somewhat unique too. So kudos for an excellent catch. No nits here.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Gavin on June 29, 2013 at 7:46 PM

Ah! The Big Island! Love it. So many wonderful places to take photos. This image is excellent and probably even more difficult to obtain than you have mentioned. Thanks for sharing it.

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Comment posted by Emmanuel Coupe on July 1, 2013 at 6:42 PM

Ted, you did a very good process of all your different exposures. I also like that composition and the look of those volcanic black rocks with the waves exploding next to them.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 2, 2013 at 11:40 PM

A killer job! Almost unbelievable!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 3, 2013 at 9:20 PM

very sweet image and ecelent processing.
congrats on the WP!
Sandy

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