Pacific ocean sunset

Yesterday's sunset at the Pacific ocean in Oregon. Single exposure, stacked 2 and 3 stop Lee filters.

Your focus seems off - the rock should be better in focus and the DOF is too thin for this show IMO.

Lovely colours!

VERY nicely done!

Numenorean wrote in post #16621740
Your focus seems off - the rock should be better in focus and the DOF is too thin for this show IMO.

I noticed this too. The reason is that the lens was on "auto focus", something I rarely use. The angle was very low, and the camera was almost buried in the send, so honestly I didn't feel like lying on that wet sand. Instead, I simply let the lens and camera do the work and choose the focus. Well, the price was as you noted, the out-of-focus rock. But since I didn't have any better images of yesterday, I had decided to post this one regardless. I was also prepared for the critiques.

Thanks for pointing this out and noticing it.

Actually, I had captured this too, but I think the above image is compositionaly stronger, minus the out of focus and DOF problem:

lovely colors, I agree the first is a tad soft especially by the horizon, what F stop did you use ?

jaharris1001 wrote in post #16622075
lovely colors, I agree the first is a tad soft especially by the horizon, what F stop did you use ?

f/9 as I normally do with most of my landscape shots. I think what happened with DOF here is that the camera was too close to the rock (about 10-15 inches from the rock!) and that send formation in the foreground. It obviously got "confused" to what to focus on. So, I don't think it is a true DOF problem, because f/9 is plenty good to cover the whole frame, but the focus was all messed up and that created problems. Too bad and hopefully I get a second chance soon. Next time I will bring waterproof clothes so I can lie down on the send, not worrying about getting wet and dirty.

Thanks for the critique!

Where was this taken?

Rub it in. I was there a week earlier. Great storm, but only had my camera out twice. Got this one, though, so it wasn't all wasted.

bdillon wrote in post #16622660
Where was this taken?

Lincoln City, OR.

chadmcm wrote in post #16622719
Rub it in. I was there a week earlier. Great storm, but only had my camera out twice. Got this one, though, so it wasn't all wasted.

Chad, out of curiosity, is there a particular reason you went with a B&W version of the shot? It seems you had some nice light, so wonder why you chose not to show it in color?

Great shots.

et078 wrote in post #16621932
I noticed this too. The reason is that the lens was on "auto focus", something I rarely use. The angle was very low, and the camera was almost buried in the send, so honestly I didn't feel like lying on that wet sand. Instead, I simply let the lens and camera do the work and choose the focus. Well, the price was as you noted, the out-of-focus rock. But since I didn't have any better images of yesterday, I had decided to post this one regardless. I was also prepared for the critiques.

Thanks for pointing this out and noticing it.

Actually, I had captured this too, but I think the above image is compositionaly stronger, minus the out of focus and DOF problem:

Regardless, the composition on the first two images is excellent. Yeah, I tend to use AF less and less with landscapes, especially when there is an interesting foreground subject.

It's not black and white. No desaturation, no B/W conversion. That's the light there was that day. Like I said, night and day difference from your shots last weekend. BTW, my shot was also taken in Lincoln City.

et078 wrote in post #16622810
Chad, out of curiosity, is there a particular reason you went with a B&W version of the shot? It seems you had some nice light, so wonder why you chose not to show it in color?

Now thats a lovely scene