Just out of frame on the right of this particular beach is a tumble of rocks that extend out into the sea when the tide is in. The waves crash onto the rocks sending up a thick mist of salty spray into the air that you can smell but not see until the sun is low in the sky.
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On this particular evening I'd already shot the slightly disappointing, hazy sunset and packed away my gear. I was just about to head back to my car when I turned around and saw a girl walking down the beach with her shoes in her hand. Without thinking too much I grabbed a couple of shots of the scene hand held and kept moving.
It wasn't until quite some months later when I was bored and flicking through the culled pile in Lightroom looking to see if I could free up some disk space that I found this image. It didn't look like much straight from camera but I was able to enhance the gentle pastel tones with a little editing and found that I really liked the result and I hope you do too.
From this experience I drew two lessons:
When fussing about with tripods, filters, remotes and long exposures etc. I sometimes get too focused on what's on the Live View screen and don't look around enough. Sometimes there's a great shot just out of sight!
I often rush to cull images as soon as I get back from a shoot and I should perhaps leave some time to breath and refresh my eye before diving into the editing process.
Equipment Used
- Nikon D7000
- Nikon 18-55
- Adobe Lightroom
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