Returned to Cromwell's for sunrise with 2 of my buddies. This location is not an ideal location to be shooting sunrise but there was a rock about a good 40 yards out that I saw the last time we were there & wanted a chance to try and capture. I also wanted to test out my new F-Stop Ajna 40L backpack, it's a huge bag! Everything in my Mindshift Rotation Panorama bag fit into it with room to spare.
All through twilight I did my best to compose my shot in the dark. That's one of the most frustrating things about shooting so early in the morning during twilight is grabbing focusing & trying to get that comp just right! I was happy with the position of the rocks but it was missing something & as I waited for long exposure to finish I watched the waves roll in as several surfers waited for the perfect ride to come along. That's when it hit me to speed up my shutter & take shots of the swells coming in, I have to say that these waves had such a beautiful structure & form to it. From this point, I knew that I was going to do a composite & add, hopefully, that perfect wave!
So here's the breakdown of the 2 images, the long exposure shot was taken at a shutter speed of 182. seconds, f8, ISO 50 & the faster shutter speed frame with the wave taken at 1 sec, f/8, ISO 320.
Aloha a hui hou my friends!
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