Coral Cove Before the Storm: Went out to Coral Cove this morning and found the ocean thrashing and violent. We have a potential tropical wave coming in and bringing lots of rain with...

treadwl Loc: South Florida

Went out to Coral Cove this morning and found the ocean thrashing and violent. We have a potential tropical wave coming in and bringing lots of rain with it. This was taken during the blue hour before dawn broke, with a 4 minute exposure that really brought out the colors that the naked eye could not see.

Thanks for looking.

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

R.G. Loc: Scotland

treadwl wrote:

....... really brought out the colors that the naked eye could not see.....

If that's what you wanted to emphasise then you've succeeded admirably. As an ordinary shot, however, I'd say it looks a bit too saturated to my eye. But I know that your skills are more than adequate to give it the look that you want, so I'll go with the "intentional" verdict

(and beautiful too).

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

R.G. wrote:

If that's what you wanted to emphasise then you've succeeded admirably. As an ordinary shot, however, I'd say it looks a bit too saturated to my eye. But I know that your skills are more than adequate to give it the look that you want, so I'll go with the "intentional" verdict

(and beautiful too).

John Lawrence

👍👍

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

treadwl wrote:

Went out to Coral Cove this morning and found the ocean thrashing and violent. We have a potential tropical wave coming in and bringing lots of rain with it. This was taken during the blue hour before dawn broke, with a 4 minute exposure that really brought out the colors that the naked eye could not see.

Thanks for looking.

Fascinating image, Larry. Now hunker down.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice, Larry, nice!

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Rich and dramatic! Captures the feel of early morning with a brooding storm.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

A really interesting rendition, I think you captured exactly what you set out do. In your introduction you mentioned a "thrashing and violent" sea. Do you have a shot of that as a counterpoint to the soft, mellow mood of the timed exposure?

treadwl Loc: South Florida

Longshadow wrote:

Thanks for commenting.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

R.G. wrote:

If that's what you wanted to emphasise then you've succeeded admirably. As an ordinary shot, however, I'd say it looks a bit too saturated to my eye. But I know that your skills are more than adequate to give it the look that you want, so I'll go with the "intentional" verdict

(and beautiful too).

This was taken in near darkness. I needed a 4 minute exposure and a wide aperture to get something to come out. The long exposure absorbed the colors that the naked eye could not see so i get the deep blues. I just decided to go with those colors. They are a bit much for what I usually show.

Thanks so much for your thoughts---I sincerely appreciate them.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

Thank you.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

John Lawrence wrote:

👍👍

Thanks for looking and commenting.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

cameraf4 wrote:

Fascinating image, Larry. Now hunker down.

Consider me "hunkered". We are getting really ugly skies and so far only moderate rain. Time will tell.