While trying to motivate myself to photograph again and get back to photography, I went to my archive of old images to pick an image to process. Usually, when I am out photographing I take a lot of pics; sometimes to try different compositions, other times just because I want to be able to capture enough information (with several images) so I can render an image close to what I remember of my experience on that particular occasion. This image was impossible to capture with a single image, so here is an hybrid of different techniques together (HDR & manual blending plus luminosity masks post-processing).
This time, because I was just processing one image I took the time to try different things, and I was not constrained to my threshold of time when processing several images, usually right after a field trip.
Let me know what you think, and if you think the post-processing it is up to the standards as end-result.
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So I've been trying to get motivated to photograph again. This time, a friend of mine (Kevin McNeal) who happened to be photographing around just gave me a call to join him to photograph along with a friend of his (Scott Pudwell).
We decided to photograph the coast around Santa Cruz, and following my suggestion we scouted several of the locations near Davenport: Davenport Beach, Sharktooth Beach, and Panther Beach. The sky was clean, and most of these locations require a stormy sky to complement the scene. After a quick discussion we decided for Panther Beach. As expected not a great sunset, but we tried to make the best out of it.
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