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Sep 19, 2019 22:35:00   #
SWFeral Loc: SWNM
 
Thingie aside, I think this is a great shot. Only problem is that I didn't take it myself.

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Sep 20, 2019 07:12:13   #
bleirer
 
I like the waves. I think its a keeper. If you want to keep tweaking it, the graduated filter in lightroom, top toolbar, is easy to use, you could see if warming just the waves (white balance slider) a touch would make it more dramatic, and see if reducing the exposure in the wave area slightly made it even better.

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Sep 20, 2019 12:36:58   #
rich1hart Loc: Chicago suburbs
 
Nice shot. Very creative for a hand-held shot and not a cloud in the sky.

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Sep 22, 2019 23:32:54   #
sandiegosteve Loc: San Diego, CA
 
Here is the same spot with clouds - https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-611689-1.html

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Sep 27, 2019 02:47:16   #
WAstinkbug Loc: Silverdale, WA, U.S.A.
 
sandiegosteve wrote:
I love shooting sunsets. The past few days have had great clouds, but I was busy shuttling kids around and couldn't go shoot. Yesterday I didn't have any commitments and the fog wasn't rolling in... but there were no clouds either. I personally think clouds are an important part of the sunset because they give some interest. Else, I'm just looking at a yellow color fade (that can be nice too).

Luckily, it takes me about 5 minutes to ride my old bike to the pier. My plan was to see if I could get lucky with low tide or find something interesting on the pier. Then pick up some tacos from Oscars for my daughter. Yes, I was using the, "I'll get dinner" excuse to try and watch the sunset.

The tide wasn't low enough for a good reflection. I walked around ankle deep in the surf for a while and decided to try a slow hand-held shot again. My 16-35/4 VR actually allows me to shoot pretty slow. So, I guessed a good composition, put my elbows on my knees and got the camera low. Then I shot 5 bursts trying to time some waves. I'm amazed that the pier is sharp in some of them.

I think I found an interesting image and it was fun to make. I did need to level in LR. 1/20th, f11, ISO 100, 35mm Nikon D750 hand held, but this was more about the adventure of trying to find a picture in limited time and get dinner.
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I love this! I saw someone's comment about cropping that little "thing" in the upper left... but I'd be more inclined to use a cloning stamp to get rid of it. I like the cropping of the photo as you did it. The motion in the photo is wonderful. If you can't have clouds... add waves! <3

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