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This image is by Christine
Oliphant who won both the print and digital Progress
competitions in 2011
This image was accepted in
the Northern Counties International Salon of Photography 2011
and many other internationals.
“Katrya was taken on
31st October 2009 at the Goth Weekend at Whitby and has become
one of my most successful pictures.
“This was taken
at D’Amado, on the Alentejo coast of Portugal. Dark rain
filled clouds threatened to end any aspirations of getting a
decent sunset shot, but undeterred I thought if by any chance
the sky played ball I needed to be in position. As D’Amado is
on the west coast I knew that if the sun did make an
appearance I would be shooting into it and the rock formations
would be silhouetted against the sky. The tide was going out,
but I counted that every 7th wave was a big one and
would come further up the beach than the others, so found a
rather nice stone in a rock pool to use as my foreground
interest, and waited for the 7th wave. A few gaps started
appearing in the threatening clouds, just enough to show some
sunset colour, and choosing a slowish shutter speed to get
some movement in the incoming wave, I waited for my next big 7th
wave and pressed the shutter button. When doing long
exposures it is always hit and miss as to the patterning in
the water, but I was delighted when I saw that I had managed
to capture the water movement behind the rock but had timed it
so that the rock pool was still very still and clear in front
of the rock. Pure luck and fortuity in that respect!!
Shot in RAW, white balance
corrected in Adobe Camera Raw, slight rotation to straighten a
wonky horizon ( tripod sinking in wet sand). Nikon D300s,
Sigma 10mm – 20 mm wide angle lens, Lee 0.9 hard grad filter.
Aperture f13, shutter speed 0.5 s.”
Chris Oliphant |
