Foot Prints In The Sand – Sand – Photo

Foot Prints In The Sand

Foot Prints In The Sand – Sand – Photo

There are times when I’m not sure if I’ve overdone a particular theme or not.

In this case I wonder about the theme of the ocean, the surf, the sand… I’ve posted a half a gazillion pictures of these things in the last few months.

But then I come across another one that I like and because I am trying to post five days a week, it’s helpful to be able to fill in the cracks. Even if it is an overused and abused theme.

I Love Sand

Sand is a wonderful thing. It is a big part of why I like the ocean so much. Of course there are waves and seagulls and piers and other cool things, but the beach just isn’t quite as nice if there isn’t a span of nice sand.

Now there is another kind of ocean shore that I haven’t been overly exposed too, the rocky New England coast… I’m looking forwards to possibly meeting some of those shores this summer.

I Hate Sand

Sand is wonderful, like I said, but it is also terrible.

Sand gets into everything. Sandals. Hats. Clothes. Skin pores.

That’s the biggest problem with sand. It can totally ruin things. Especially camera gear.

Just a little tip, from me to you, keep your camera bag in a plastic bag when you bring it out on the beach. You can thank me later.

Technically – In Terms of Processing the Photo

This was a simple “click” exposure. I found the sand dune with the grass on top kind of intriguing. So I walked around it a bit and shot off a number of frames from different angles. This is the one that I liked the most.

In terms of post processing the image, it didn’t take too much in Lightroom. The exposure that was created in camera was actually pretty good. I think I pulled the highlights back just a bit, but not to much more than that.

The image was then taken into Photoshop. I created a duplicate layer and opened Photoshop’s filter gallery and played around with several things until I got a look that I thought was interesting…

I saved the image back into Lightroom and it was basically ready to go!

Thanks for stopping by everyone, I hope you have a wonderful weekend…

Eldon Yoder

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