December 24, 2018, Sonoma County Coast. I took a walk on the bluffs on Christmas Eve. A little while before sunset, sunbeams drew a broad “A” behind a rapidly moving, billowing cloud bank. It looked promising. “Don’t quite like how it looks? Think it could improve?” I asked myself rhetorically. “Wait five seconds.” I did—and it just kept getting better.
Over the next few minutes, many exposures were made. One was chosen. On this Christmas Eve it seemed that Impressionism was not in the offing. It was Romanticism.
In post-processing, the clouds leapt out of the monitor. It seemed like they came through the centuries, straight from the works of John Constable. I emphasized the cloud forms with a tiny level adjustment and softened the ocean just a bit, but it didn’t take a lot of work. The picture was already there. Mother Nature gave it to me complete.
This seascape has been added to the Weather gallery of my AMAGA Photography website.
(Nikon D850, Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 G2. DxO Photolab 2 and Adobe Photoshop.)
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Beautiful. Nice to get the behind-the-scenes on it too!
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Thanks! The picture is the thousand words, but it is nice to add another 170 or so to say how the thousand came to be.
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Beautiful evocative photograph…become now an admirer and follower. Thank you.
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Thank you for admiring and following. Watching the weather coming in over the Pacific is moving and thrilling at the same time. I’m privileged to be able to capture it.
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