llanfairfechan Blue Moon
Monday morning, the rain is coming down, it’s cold and windy and it’s the start of the working week….think I’ll go back to bed!
Hopefully this shot from Penmon looking towards llanfairfechan on the North Wales coast will help chill you out. It was a great full moon and the graduated filters increased the sultry blue tint cast across the sea and sky with a hint of the reflective sunset from behind me hitting the sky and mountains.
As Im often asked how I produce these types of shots I’ll give you the EXIF data.
First and most important, BEING THERE!
Canon 1DS Mark III
EF16-35mm f/2.8L USM
ISO 100
f/22.0
25 secs
35.0 mm
Lee .9 ND Soft Grad
Lee .6 ND Glass
Manfrotto Tripod, Muck Boot Artic Wellies and a smug grin (doing what I love)
In Photoshop Raw I level the shot to straighten the horizon, adjust the exposure, recovery and saturation, then open into Photoshop CS5 where I spend time removing spray and dust spots from the shot, my biggest bugbear on photos, I hate seeing them, I do this at 400% image size to ensure the shot is totally clean, sad I know, then it’s just a resize and save for web apps etc etc. I enjoy this part as much as taking the shot, I feel the same emotions in front of my Mac that I do standing in the sea taking the shot…double the pleasure.
now you know what I use and how I do it and hopefully a little insight into why.
Have a great week
Adrian
