I prepared my stuff last night just before going to bed and, well I missed a few things. Both of the lenses I was taking with me I have been using at Stanford games. I have been using the clear filters for that and forgot to swap or pack the polarized ones, this was mistake but, I did not realize until about 30 minutes into the drive over.
The morning was chilly, outside my building was about 36F and by the time I got to the beach it was about 48F. There was no wind at all and the sky was clear.
I was about 20 to 30 minutes late from my original plan. So about 10 minutes before I was in position the sun was already out, it remained behind the mountains before bathing the lighthouse and the rest of the installations, but the light had turned cooler than I would have liked.
I was using a smaller aperture on the lens, this was after the mistake of the low tide shoot from last month. Armed with my tripod I was able to do a better job this time. I'm not used to work with a tripod much, I feel constrained, locked in but, if you are going to do it you may as well do it right --except for the polarized filters.
I learned some, I think I will have to go back, watching the weather was important and it turned out great. The coast here can be fogy for weeks at a time, and I have to wait for the right weather pattern for what I want to do.
Before the sun I
Before the sun II
Sun kissed
Sun is out
Main complex
Technical notes:
Lens: Mainly 24-105mm but some were shot with the 70-200mm
ISO: try to keep it as low as possible
Shooter Speed: Slow, I was using a tripod and needed a low ISO for best IQ
Aperture: Looking for f/8 or a couple of clicks down to get the sharpest image possible
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