Some English Seascapes....

[luben]

Hi All,

Last night I had the pleasure of shooting with Gubbs for the second time. This time we decided to go further away from home - 114 miles to be precise to the Isle of Portland on the Dorset coast. After 2 1/2 hours driving we were there.

Unfortunately, the weather was not following the will of the weather forecasters & in typical British fashion was doing its own thing.

So we amused ourselves for a while by climbing all over rocks
http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814740
http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814740

and taking distant vistas
http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814743
http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814743

Then, just as we were about to give up, we managed to hit a bit of good fortune - the sun showed a slither of its power near the horizon. Luckily we were in place to capture the brief moment before it passed.

Then it was another 2 1/2 hours back home. Mind you, time in the car really does fly when you have a friend to talk to :-)

Here are my best captures from the evening:

1 - 3 Shot stitched panoramic of Pulpit Rock. Taken using my 20D & 17-40 f4L. Exposure 20 seconds, f11, ISO 100, RAW. Processed in Phase One Pro & Ps CS.
http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814256
http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814256

2 - Here are two very long exposure shots (around 3 1/2 minutes each). A B&W 106 ND filter was used to slow the shutter speed down. The rest of the exposure info reads f16 @ ISO 100.
http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814257
http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814257

http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814258
http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814258

3 - Finally, my shot of the night. A tidal rock pool in the foreground with the rugged coast behind it. A Hoya polarizer was used to minimise reflections from the surface of the pool. Exposure was around 1 1/2 minutes, f16, ISO 100.
http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814259
http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814259

So the shoot was salvaged & both of us went home tired, but satisfied. But there is a nagging thought - how much better the shots could have been if we had the correct light!!!

All the best

Luben

PS: Sorry for the lack of direct links, but they don't seem to be working right now with PBase.

[Harryb]

Hey Luben,

Great shots as always. Thanks for sharing them. Both Pbase and Smugmug were down today. Sounds like some kind of conspiracy to me. :):

[gubbs]

Hi Luben,

beautiful shots! Did you see the the sunset tonight? British weather :rolleyes
Thanks for everything I had a great afternoon!

[wxwax]

Beautiful shots, Luben. I really like this one - hard to believe it's stitched.

http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814257

[pete w]

Looks like you are getting the hang of the 20D. Like the Tidal Rock Pool, Isle of Portland, UK, 2005 beast of all.

[Nir]

Fantastic!! Beautiful shots!

[luben]

Hey Luben,

Great shots as always. Thanks for sharing them. Both Pbase and Smugmug were down today. Sounds like some kind of conspiracy to me. :):v

[luben]

Yesterday there was quite a sunset going on. Shame we didn't get lucky :-)

Talk to you later

Luben

[luben]

Beautiful shots, Luben. I really like this one - hard to believe it's stitched.

http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814257
Actually that one was not. The only shot that was stitched was this one:

http://www.pbase.com/luben/image/40814256

Thanks for looking

Luben

[luben]

Looks like you are getting the hang of the 20D. Like the Tidal Rock Pool, Isle of Portland, UK, 2005 beast of all.
That's my favourite one too.

All the best

Luben

[luben]

Fantastic!! Beautiful shots!v