Sausalito Sky - Marin County, California
The sun begins to win the battle with a clearing winter storm in the sky above Sausalito and San Francisco bay earlier this week. No HDR.
See the 1400 pixel version!!
www.flickr.com/photos/patrick-smith-photography/549783788...
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Details:
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Canon 5D mark II
Canon 17-40 @ 19 (fairly wide)
0.2-sec. exposure @F10
ISO 100
2 LEE ND soft-edge grad 0.9s (the big ones)
Lee filter foundation kit (for an onobstructed wide view at < 22mm)
No polarizer.
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop cs4
Small Slik Sprint mini II tripod
Manfrotto 322RC2 pistol-grip ball head
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The Story
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It has been a strange winter with lots of clear skies but strangely, lots of rain too. The storms are coming in fast, dumping a ton of rain and then quickly clearing out before sunrise or sunset. So unfortunately, the light has been rather boring most of the time this winter rainy season in California. I try to 'stock up' on good images that will last me through the dry summer months when the clouds evaporate, but pickings have been slim. March is the end of the rainy season so there is still hope that over the next few weeks, we will have some dramatic skies. There can occasionally be good clouds after that but the odds decrease until November.
Fortunately on this morning, the clouds stuck around for a dramatic sunrise and then were gone about an hour after I saw this view. I live across the bay about 20 miles (30km) away on the left side of this picture behind Angel Island. So I only go here when there is a decent chance of good light.
I chose a short exposure time here because there were these cloloful ripples in the water and no wind to mess them up. This place has great long-exposure potential as you may have see in other views from here. And I used a wide angle to take in as much as I could. It was so dramatic and the weather was mild and humid. I almost forgot to take the shot!
The map shows the exact location.
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Other stuff
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My pictures are featured on the front page of the
state Government. of California website and the new Governor, Jerry Brown's website too. Have a look! It is Flash with my pics cut into layers for a 3-d slideshow. If you are into building apps, the State has opened up lots of data to the public, so check it out!
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Resources:
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A great weather mashup map of the world with local temperatures, weather and nice popups. See where it is hot and not!
www.wunderground.com/wundermap/
Google Earth
earth.google.com/
Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.
Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your fave website)
www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=mtr
Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries have similar websites)
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.shtml?gid=235
Wave Heights (I choose 'North Pacific from Global')
polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/main_int.html
Or Here:
www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/RP1bw.gif
Photos of every inch of the California coastline from a small plane. Excellent for close in detailed views.
www.californiacoastline.org/
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landscape
seascape
sausalito
marin
san francisco
bay
clouds
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water
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angel island
bay bridge
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