Another beach shot

[ashish]

C&C welcome

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured although that background looks a painted prop.

[bnnrcn]

IMO the scene doesn't look like a beach, may be an oasis in a desert

[Dave Humphries]

It is an intriguing scene Ashish, I like the composition and the subject.

Is there a reason for the low exposure and contrast?

Casually viewing the histogram, the brightest areas appears to be over stop underexposed and the black point is quite high too.

I assume this was a long exposure with a dark ND filter, as there also may be a colour cast - I assume that is the sea, in which case I would balance (in PP) to make the bright foam white.

EXIF data reads: f/16, 15 seconds, ISO100, Canon 7D at 24mm

At the risk of giving too many negatives in this post, if my guess is correct and this was (say) a 10 stop ND capture, I wonder if you had not used a lens hood?
I ask because there's the central area of the image is even more low contrast than the edges, which makes me wonder if excess light, perhaps even the sun, was hitting the filter or even the convex surface of the front element of the lens? (and causing this) If it possibly was, I suggest it is something worth avoiding in future - even if that means manually shading the front of the lens (e.g. with an umbrella, hand or whatever) while the exposure is in progress (won't matter too much if you miss the first second after starting the shutter).

I do hope that C&C is useful, please don't be discouraged - because everything I have mentioned can be fixed in post processing, especially if you shot RAW.

Best regards, Dave

[ashish]

It is an intriguing scene Ashish, I like the composition and the subject.

Is there a reason for the low exposure and contrast?

Casually viewing the histogram, the brightest areas appears to be over stop underexposed and the black point is quite high too.

I assume this was a long exposure with a dark ND filter, as there also may be a colour cast - I assume that is the sea, in which case I would balance (in PP) to make the bright foam white.

EXIF data reads: f/16, 15 seconds, ISO100, Canon 7D at 24mm

At the risk of giving too many negatives in this post, if my guess is correct and this was (say) a 10 stop ND capture, I wonder if you had not used a lens hood?
I ask because there's the central area of the image is even more low contrast than the edges, which makes me wonder if excess light, perhaps even the sun, was hitting the filter or even the convex surface of the front element of the lens? (and causing this) If it possibly was, I suggest it is something worth avoiding in future - even if that means manually shading the front of the lens (e.g. with an umbrella, hand or whatever) while the exposure is in progress (won't matter too much if you miss the first second after starting the shutter).

I do hope that C&C is useful, please don't be discouraged - because everything I have mentioned can be fixed in post processing, especially if you shot RAW.

Best regards, Dave

Hi Dave, Thank you for taking time out for the detailes analysis. I really appreciate it.

You are spot on in your assessment. I used a 10 stop B+W ND filter to get a long exposure in the mid morning light. The center of the ND filter had got misty and i did not notice it through the viewfinder and that is the reason the central part of the image has low contrast. In any case, I shot this in RAW format and will try to see how i can improve this image.

Thanks again for your inputs.

Cheers!
Ashish