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The Shot
Back on Sunday, most of California was sitting through a moderately heavy rain storm. Almost an inch fell in parts of Santa Cruz which is a lot for this area in that time span. Kendra, my girlfriend, was getting restless.
I checked the radar and waddya know, the tail end of the storm wasn't too far off shore. We headed out the door with sunset 90 minutes away. I called Cripps and my cell phone snap of the breaking clouds was all he needed to motivate.
We met at Cripps Cove, his new spot (which by the way is a great reason to take our workshops. Between the two of us, we have countless hours of scouting and experience along this coast). The light was shifting and conditions really looked promising. Josh shows up and the rain starts falling again. It really didn't let up until about 10 minutes after sunset. So no epic color, but I did catch this evening's prime light, albeit overcast.
The Gear
Nikon D300
Nikkor 12-24mm @ 12mm
1/5 sec @ f13, ISO 100
Lee .9 and .75 Soft GND Filters
Lee Foundation Holder with 77mm Wide Angle Adapter Ring
Markins M20 Ballhead, Really Right Stuff Lever Clamp and L-plate
Gitzo GT3531 Tripod
Software & Editing
RAW file double processed in ACR 6.2 for better balancing the sky and foreground
16-bit file edited in PS CS5 using a Levels layer and several Tony Kuyper color tools and luminosity masks
Nik Sharpener Pro ran twice with layer masks, one for land, one for sky
Noise Ninja used and layer masked to selectively reduce noise.
