Photo Series: Sea Foam Swirls

You never know what the weather will bring. After a nightlong downpour, and drizzly pre-dawn, the skies began to clear at daybreak to herald a beautiful day for photography, starting with this series of photos from Cape Kiwanda. I played around with different lenses and perspectives, and two different takes on the same location are shown below. 


Sea Foam Swirls

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Location

Cape Kiwanda near Pacific City, Oregon

 

Technical Info

Canon 50d 

Tokina 11-16mm Lens, 11mm 

f11, 6s, ISO 100 

Filters:

3 stop Rev ND Grad

General Tip
For the one photo I've sold to a magazine cover (Curve of the Earth), I was very fortunate the magazine was willing to post-process the image to add more sky, extending the horizontal shot vertically, not only to fit the aspect ratio they needed, but also to add more negative space for their magazine content (Title, Article lists, ...). It was a great lesson since I hadn't thought to play around with negative space more often, and many people have a tendency to only shoot landscape shots horizontally.


Quiet Morning Waves

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The tide carried foam patches along the beach in these interesting abstract swirls.

Location

Pacific City, Oregon

Technical Info

Canon 50d 

11-16mm Lens, 16mm 

f/8, 5s, ISO 100 

Filters:

6 stop ND 

3 stop Rev ND Grad

Hope these tips help!

-by Laura A Knauth