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B I R T H IIby ~PhilipMatthews

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Waterscapes

I wanted to try my 2 new Cokin filters. Cokin 671 and Cokin 668, both gradual colored filters i´ve found for 5€ each on a really great tiny photography store in Lisbon. Both used but in an excellent condition. ( [link] This is a link to google maps showing the location of the store. It´s in the building in the middle of the map )

Yesterday I found some free time in the afternoon, and went to the beach. Get away from the stress.

I saw this rock buried on the sand, and made me remind a photo I took some months ago in Peninha - "Birth" because it really seems like something breaching from the belly of Mother Earth.

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I used a tripod and a cable trigger for this one. This way I could achieve really nice results. Yesterday I´ve tried the same kind of photo but without a cable.. the photos turn out all blurred.

I´ve buried the tripod really deep in the wet sand because if I didn´t each time a wave came, the tripod would move.

I´ve lost my ND8 filter so I had to wait the sun go down to decrease the shutter speed. Only used a normal GND4 to gain more tonal range and darken the sky.

I used a technique I haven´t used for a while. The Cokin 671 was fixed in the filter holder. But I handheld the 668. Each time I pushed the button I moved the filter up and down in front of the lens, so the violet color could spread all over the photo and could not be noticed that easily, not like the red one that you can easily see on the sky. The mix between the red and violet result in a really cool sky color.

Canon EOS 350D
Sigma 10-20
10mm
Exposure time 1,3 secconds
F 5.6
ISO 400

Post-processing: PSCS3 Levels, contrast, sharpening, watermark tittle.
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This time I didn´t used a plastic bag like I use to, to protect the camera and lens. I didn´t get my material wet, but i´m finding some rusty screws on my camera. Most of my photos are taken near the sea, so I have to find a solution 1st to protect my camera more efeciantly and 2nd to get rid of that rust. Any suggestions?

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~burning-paper-hearts Oct 9, 2010

You really did an amazing job.
If I hadn't read the artist's comment field, I wouldn't have known that the "creeping fog" were actually splashes of waves.
cheers on that!

~PhilipMatthews Oct 11, 2010

Thanks mate, glad U liked it.
Thanks for the support.

!kkool Jul 15, 2010 Photographer

Wow this is fantastic great idea mixing the colours. I thought it was natural

Hey mate I noticed you have the same lens as me. I used to use my Cokin P series on another 62mm lens and I was wondering what series cokin filters you have cause I'm pretty sure they wont fit my new 77mm lens. If you can help that would be great

~PhilipMatthews Aug 4, 2010

cokin P series

!kkool Aug 5, 2010 Photographer

thanks a lot mate

It fits with a tiny bit of zooming

~ReachingFlames Mar 9, 2010 Professional Photographer

You used a cable, very good and indeed it's having much better results. Just wanted to say a selftimer is doing it too with me

Great use of the filters, I love it and I hope one day I can find and use filters like this too.

Great view, indeed you can compare this photo with the other Birth, hehe.

Cheers

~Yeoman2b Jul 25, 2009

Hello Philip,

You have been featured here : [link]

Have a nice week-end,

Emmanuel

~R-Desert-Rose May 30, 2009 Professional Photographer

love the pic
i liked that its not so sharp but also maybe if it was sharp it would of gave it more depth.
regarding the red effect was amaaing its what made it stand out
regarding what to use to protect
well i carry a towel although thats not the how to solve it but it does help
another thing is chack this one it might help in some way
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~Funtoon May 30, 2009 Professional Artist

I have featured your piece here [link]

~trinkaus-cc May 17, 2009

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