From Second Beach

[Dave Johnston]

I am taking some sporadic stabs at processing images I collected during a trip to Washington in March of 2018. This one is from Second Beach in Olympic National Park, of Crying Lady Rock at twilight. At this level of incoming tide the beach is nearly flat and level and the breaking waves washed over it in a slow, laminar flow. I made a lot of exposures to try to capture both the motion and the texture. While this is nice in color, I think the B&W does a better job of focusing on the play of light and tones.

Twilight Crying Lady Rocks

• Dave Johnston
• Sep 15, 2019

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.

Dave

 

[AlanLichty]

That particular beach is actually quite well suited to silhouette shots that make good B&W shots. Excellent example here.

At low tide the waves leave some nice reflections and with luck hopefully few footprints. March is a good time to go to avoid them.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Very nice image, I like the textures

 

[Jim Dockery]

I love that beach. Nice work on this.

 

[Alisa]

This is a beautiful B&W!

 

[JimFox]

Super nice Dave! I think you made a good choice with the B&W as color can be a distraction some times. In this with B&W, the eye is forced to focus on and follow the shapes. Nice work!

 

[Dave Johnston]

Thanks Alan, Ben Jim, Alisa and Jim! Alan, you are right, there were few people on the beach in March. I was hoping for more dramatic clouds and lighting but skies were clear all three evenings I was in the area. But B&W allowed me to play with the "pure" tones of the twilight, and the reflective beach added texture. Can complain!

Dave

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice one Dave. The bare skies nicely handled via B+W. The textures in the water makes this image.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

That is really nice. Dave. And, BTW, I love your avatar. Pink Moccasin Lady's-slippers are one of my favorite flowers.