Finally finished updating the landscape gallery on my main website. I have also decided to update the main index page as well with this image.
Worms Head at Rhossili Bay is always a great place to take landscape photographs. It is one of those places where there the horizon seems endless or as some call it a large open sky. The image is a good example of staying after the sun has set. Once the sun had dipped below the horizon the colours in the sky softened and intensified. Because the sea was in shadow it became much bluer in colour, and this was enhanced by shooting with a daylight white balance setting. No filters were needed.
Fall Bay in Winter
Fall Bay is a great little bay which always provides some great images. Here I went for a landscape image to show the winter storm and waves pounding the beach, but due to the large selection of boulders and rock formations detail shots are always an option. On the above image I used a 0.9 or 3 stop Hard edge Neutral Density Graduate filter to bring the sky closer to the exposure range of the sensor. In post processing I also darkened the sky further using the graduate tool in Lightroom as I felt the sky was still too bright. With strong wind blowing on the camera and the filter acting as a sail, camera movement was a problem. To reduce this I weighted down my tripod with my camera bag. It gave my back a rest as well!