This is my final image from Rebecca Spit on Quadra Island, BC. Really. Well ... for this year's trip anyway. Please click the image to view a larger version. This is a high dynamic range image made by combining 3 exposures in Photomatix. Then I brought the resulting HDR image into Nik Silver Efex Pro where I converted it to black and white and treated it with some … [Read more...] about Coffee Coloured Sunset
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Driftwood Art
The massive accumulation of driftwood at Rebecca Spit on Quadra Island, BC, is fascinating. But even better is all the driftwood art made by campers at the nearby campground. The beachfront campsites all have their own unique art. In one campsite a long time seasonal resident made this gorgeous carving. Please click the images to view larger versions. Our own … [Read more...] about Driftwood Art
Rebecca Spit Driftwood
Rebecca Spit has to be one of the most interesting beaches I have been to and its right here in my backyard! Well ... almost my backyard. It's about a 2 hour drive and a short ferry trip from my backyard which may be why I've only been here once before in my life. In addition to the cool rocks, I have never seen such an accumulation of driftwood. Even on Driftwood Beach … [Read more...] about Rebecca Spit Driftwood
More from Rebecca Spit
Today's image is from the same location as my earlier posts this week: Rebecca Spit on Quadra Island, British Columbia. Please click the image to view a larger version. The colours were wild for this sunrise. I actually desaturated the colours in this image a bit. In post processing I softened the sky and brought out the details in the rocks. I'm not finished showing … [Read more...] about More from Rebecca Spit
Using A Reverse Graduated ND Filter
I am finally starting to get the hang of my 2 stop reverse graduated neutral density filter which I have rarely taken out of the bag. Usually when the sky is brighter than the foreground I use my 2 or 3 stop graduated ND. The difference between them is that the regular grad ND is darker at the top and fades to lighter in the middle and clear at the bottom whereas the reverse … [Read more...] about Using A Reverse Graduated ND Filter