single photos Sea Arch, Big Sur Coast by Edward Mendes

Artist: Edward Mendes;
ImageDescription: I never get enough of the Big Sur coast in Central California; it’s just one of those amazing places where you can continue to make new photographs for a lifetime. Which is good for me because this is one of my favorite places in the world and one that I come back to many times a year, either for family get-aways or to teach photography workshops?I was scouting locations before the start of one of workshops and decided to stop by my favorite sea arch at Soberanes point. The prior few days had been overcast but the cloud system had finally started breaking up and moving out of the area so I knew I had a chance to get some nice colorful clouds and some soft light on the north facing side of the arch.As always I arrived well before sunset to scout the location and choose my favorite composition, after a number of different compositions I choose this as the one I would stick with and began the wait for the light to come along. I made a number of exposures both vertical and horizontal trying to capture different wave action against the arch and the coastline, making things extra difficult were the high winds that slightly shaking the tripod, making this one of the few sharp images from the evening.Mamiya M64545mm LensFuji Velvia 100Polarizing FilterCokin 2-Stop Grad ND FilterBogen / Monfrotto Tripod and head;
Copyright: Copyright 2010 Edward Mendes / Edward Mendes PhotographyThis image may not be used for any purpose without the written consent of Edward Mendes;
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows;