I was with Ian the first week of October in Pictured Rocks. All five days were memorable, but this particular morning stands out photographically. When we arrived, the sky was dreary and the cave was dark, cold and dripping wet. Things started to improve as the sun reached the crest of the distant hills. For just a few wonderful minutes, warm light flooded the interior and skimmed across the tops of the small, breaking waves and leaves. Comments and critique are most appreciated.
Lovely—waves, leaves and light—really nice shot, Charles.
Thanks Faith.
This is a gorgeous shot, Charles! I love the warm color you caught. You gave enough space to include more in the foreground, which was not easy to do in the dark cave. Somehow when we got there, there were no leaves at all. Anyway, what a lifetime experience!
Thanks Ping. It's interesting that the leaves were gone in the few days between our visits to the cave. My camera is an excuse to be in beautiful places, and I agree, it was a lifetime experience to be there.
Beautiful. Great composition and colors. What camera and settings?
Thanks Peter. It was a Canon R5, iso 100, f11, and 1/25 of a second. I cropped the bottom to eliminate some out of focus leaves next to the lens. I did a time blend with the first shot of the sun star and a second shot taken very quickly afterwards of a nicely shaped wave breaking on the rocks.
Superb Charles! Coincidentally, my wife and I were at the Porkies the first week of Oct and the leaves dropped while we were there too since the wind was wild. Anyway, I enjoy the sweeping motion of the rocks the most and believe they could be emphasized by a slight crop cutting off come of those foreground leaves (beautiful light, but a crop may slight crop may accentuate the action along the shore in the lower left leading the eyes through the frame. Love it and well captured.
Thanks Patrick. I'm going to try a 4x5 crop taking some of those leaves off the bottom as you suggested. It certainly was a beautiful week to be there!