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Beach and clouds #9

Photo of Llandudno East Shore beach with storm clouds and receding wave, North Wales coast

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Living near the North Wales coast, scenes like this are just 45 minutes away by car for me, so I can make the most of a weather forecast that says 'sunshine and showers'.

This is Llandudno's East Shore, on a particularly active weather day.

I took quite a few photos of this exact scene, giving me plenty of choice when it came to selecting the best breaking wave composition.

This was my favorite shot, with the clouds and wave arranged in the most complimentary postions.

I then post-processing the image to bring out the drama in the sky and sea.

No doubt I'll be back again when the forecast is propitious.

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Image data


Filename - beach clouds 09.jpg

Camera - Canon 5D

Lens - 24-105mm zoom @24mm

Exposure - 1/6sec @ f16, ISO100

Location - Llandudno East Shore, North Wales

This image - 800x533px JPEG

Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2

Comments - ND grad filter used to balance exposure between sky and land.