Curious as to why I named this photograph “Inbound?” Hint… it is not about the wave.. You will have to view the image enlarged to fill your screen to find the answer. :^)

A here’s a note to my fellow photographers… chromatic abberations, those distracting red, green, or white fringes that appear on the borders of high contrast areas (such as the trees and bushes against the bright sky), can be a real nuisance to get rid of in images like this. That’s been especially true of the white fringes. After spending half an hour with the brush and clone stamp tools working on this image, I decided there had to be a better way. I experimented with Photoshop’s Color Select to create a black mask that revealed the white chromatic fringes and then I painted over them by sampling the surrounding color on the layer… not only did this save me tons of time, it worked much better than I anticipated. Let me know if you are interested and I’ll look into creating a short video about it.

Years ago, an invasive species of trees at Stump Pass Beach were poisoned by the State of Florida and many of these trees still remain standing at the surf's edge. Along this mile stretch of beach on the Gulf of Mexico, seashells and shark teeth wash up, swimmers frolick in the waves and anglers fish the surf. White snowy egrets, least terns, and magnificent frigatebirds are found along its coastline. The park is located at the south end of Manasota Key, accessible from off I-75 at exit 191. Stump Pass Beach State Park is situated at the southwest corner of Charlotte County in southwestern Florida.

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Make:	Canon
Model:	Canon EOS 60D
Exposure:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture:	f/5.0
ISO Speed:	100
Focal Length:	50 mm
Lens:	EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS