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Watchtower Bay

cardiffgareth
Posted 06/09/2017 - 22:40 Link
So decided to pop along to another local beach that I've been trying to shoot for a while now. I saw an image in a local coffee store of a scene with a concrete jetty in and Steve Everitt managed to locate it for me as Watchtower Bay. Having scouted out the location prior and turning up 2 hours before high tide I knew it needed a high tide and when I did scout it, the water was no where neat the jetty! Today, from checking I had a high tide and a sunset at the same time so it was on for a nice sunset image BUT the cloud cover snuffed it all out and the light was flat and poor so I knew it would be monochrome conditions. I've taken a few more and may look to process them in the coming days but these 2 are the images that grabbed my eye. Funnily enough they are the very first and last images I shot tonight. The later being nearly pitch dark to the eye.

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1.
f9 | 8 secs | ISO 100
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WatchTower Bay by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

2.
f16 | 120 seconds | ISO 400
Headtorch on the mainland.
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WatchTower Bay by Gareth Williams, on Flickr
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cardiffgareth
Posted 06/09/2017 - 23:11 Link
Doh! Pic 2, in my haste I've not nuked 2 dust bunnies
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cardiffgareth
Posted 07/09/2017 - 17:24 Link
Here is pic 2 corrected:
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WatchTower Bay by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

Processed this one also:
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Watch Tower Bay by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

Both have a bit of noise but I've pushed them a bit as the light was poor and dark and don't want to denoise any more as it'll soften them
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derek897
Posted 07/09/2017 - 20:10 - Helpful Comment Link
I do enjoy your coastal images, they will give me something to aim for if I ever get near the coast
Of the 3, I prefer the last one, If there's noise there its not bothering me.
Nice shooting.
I know what i like, If not always why.
cardiffgareth
Posted 07/09/2017 - 20:26 Link
derek897 wrote:
I do enjoy your coastal images, they will give me something to aim for if I ever get near the coast
Of the 3, I prefer the last one, If there's noise there its not bothering me.
Nice shooting.

Thanks Derek
Don't know what you call golden moons but that's the moon in a golden colour as it rose
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Posted 07/09/2017 - 20:47 - Helpful Comment Link
Really like the composition and the feel of the last one Gareth... not too worried by the noise myself... like how everything seems to be pointing at the moon...

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davidwozhere
Posted 08/09/2017 - 00:09 - Helpful Comment Link
The final one is absolutely lovely
Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass

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cardiffgareth
Posted 08/09/2017 - 23:07 Link
Cheers Bill and David
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pschlute
Posted 08/09/2017 - 23:23 - Helpful Comment Link
That was worth waiting for !
cardiffgareth
Posted 11/09/2017 - 10:03 Link
pschlute wrote:
That was worth waiting for !

Thanks Peter
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