shot through a 10-stop ND filter on a bright Sunday morning :). I didn't know this girl but I asked her to try to stand still for a few of seconds despite the surf roaring through her feet. I am grateful that she agreed and did a great job posing for me. She turned out to be a great surfer too, not just a kind person :). Her father told me she started surfing at 4... she is 10 now.
[Notice that I was using a DX lens on an FX body. Starting from ~18mm and longer it covers the sensor without vignetting and acts as a pretty decent full-frame wide-angle lens]
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Lovely image indeed. One question. It strikes me that you seem to have taken this shot from quite a high angle looking down on the girl and also from quite close to the girl. You used a 12-24mm lens. Were you standing on a lifesavers tower? (unlikely as lifesavers towers are not right on the edge of the water) Or maybe you are a giant and the girl is a dwarf :) But seriously, I would like to know.
you are an astute observer :)... and I am not a giant :(. I was standing on a cliff about 3 meters high, indeed quite close to the girl. This shot (taken on the same day a few meters to the side) gives you some idea of the scenery
Lovely image indeed. One question. It strikes me that you seem to have taken this shot from quite a high angle looking down on the girl and also from quite close to the girl. You used a 12-24mm lens. Were you standing on a lifesavers tower? (unlikely as lifesavers towers are not right on the edge of the water) Or maybe you are a giant and the girl is a dwarf :) But seriously, I would like to know.
I was sooo glad that this got recognized in the DPC community, it's so wonderfully done, great atmosphere, great scenario, and the water motion is just perfect.
This is a fantastic image, Lev. Congratulations !!
Just one thing, are you sure it was a 10 stop ND? I would think 0.8 seconds with a 10 stop at f5.6/ISO 200 would have resulted in a nearly black image no matter how bright the sun was. Could you check it out please, it is intriguing.
Andres, that's correct, I just double-checked my EXIF. why would you think it is strange? without the filter the exposure would be 1000x smaller, i.e. 1/1250s, quite normal for a bright daylight.
I guess 5.6 is really not all that small, I was probably intuitively thrown off by the apparent softness of the light which leads you to think of a cloudy day. You are correct regarding the math. Thank you for answering my question.
This is a fantastic image, Lev. Congratulations !!
Just one thing, are you sure it was a 10 stop ND? I would think 0.8 seconds with a 10 stop at f5.6/ISO 200 would have resulted in a nearly black image no matter how bright the sun was. Could you check it out please, it is intriguing.
Andres, that's correct, I just double-checked my EXIF. why would you think it is strange? without the filter the exposure would be 1000x smaller, i.e. 1/1250s, quite normal for a bright daylight.
This is a fantastic image, Lev. Congratulations !!
Just one thing, are you sure it was a 10 stop ND? I would think 0.8 seconds with a 10 stop at f5.6/ISO 200 would have resulted in a nearly black image no matter how bright the sun was. Could you check it out please, it is intriguing.
This is great. Something about the pose being completely still, and peering out into the vastness with the swirling sea at the feet, really grabs me. Great job.
Perfect timing and processing on the incoming wave. I wonder how many people who haven't tried taking a picture of a breaking wave will give this the credit it deserves. Very well done. 10
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