| Winter
storms bring giant waves to the California Coast. The waves are large enough
to force their way beyond the Golden Gate Bridge and into the San Francisco
Bay. It is a great time to photograph the waves crashing onto shore at
Fort Point.
Photo
Tips:
The
blue sky is enhanced with a two stop soft edge neutral density filter.
The filter helps balance the exposure between the sky and the water. It
gives the picture that "postcard blue" without using a polarizer. A polarizer
would take away the brilliant whites in the spray of the wave and give
them a muddy appearance. A polarizing filter used with a wide angle lens
can also make the sky look almost black at the top of the picture. Give
neutral density filters a try. |
