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Secret Bay


Secret Bay
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Copyright: Niek Bouwen (SunToucher) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 237 N: 3033] (11162)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-18
Categories: Seascape
Camera: Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 DC EX HSM, B+W ND 3.0
Exposure: f/16, 30 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Summer vacation 2009: USA
Theme(s): Your favorites, My favourite naturescapes [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-12-28 2:31
Viewed: 4398
Favorites: 3 [view]
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
While staying in the cabin at the Gahr Farm I read in a Portland informational magazine about the best beaches in Oregon. Since we were staying at the coast in the last leg of our vacation I was particular interested in what we could expect and find near Port Orford. One beach that really caught my mind was called Secret Beach.

Secret Beach is the unofficial name of a beach is located in the Boardman State Park and it directions to it are pretty vague. You need to find a very small parking spot near mile marker 345 on Highway 101. It is between Mill Creek and Miner Creek.

Eventually we found the parking spot and the trail to the beach. Arriving near the beach we noticed that there was a steep decline along the rocks to actually touch the sand. We decided not to descend because there was also a large family playing on this small beach. Instead I went up a cliff face to see what was hidden behind it. At the top I found this wonderful bay and I call it Secret Bay.

For this photo I used my 3.0 ND filter (10 stops) and made four different exposures with different shutter speeds so to treat the different light zones as good as possible. The shutter speeds were 20 secs, 30 secs, 60 secs and 120 secs. Back home I merged these exposures to one. For instants I used the 120 Secs. exposure for the foliage in the FG and the shadows in the rock. The 20 second exposure was used for the clouds. I guess I could have used one more exposure of more then 120 secs. since some parts still look dark.

Niek Bouwen Photography
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hello niek,
this looks like a perfect place for a holiday, i loved the pov, the image has 3d kind of appeal to it, well composed shot,
tfs & regards
pankaj

Hello Niek! Nice landscape. Superb POV and capture. Perfect contrast and sharpness. Nice colours. Good work. Well done!

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3396 W: 172 N: 3310] (10940)
  • [2009-12-28 4:36]

Hello Niek,
This looks like paradise, I wonder if you managed to climb down and have a swim? I love the Pine trees climbing down the rockside and the rocky little island - a fantastic place altogether and very well captured here!!
TFS and best wishes for the New Year! Kind regards, Ulla

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 3053 W: 3 N: 8715] (40574)
  • [2009-12-28 5:02]

Bonjour Niek,
A wonderful sight on this hidden bay, which seems still very natural and shows an amazing mix of sea, rocks and forest. Ans what a beautiful point of view you have chosen. Very fine landscape picture in your subtle personal style.
Thanks and kind regards
Anne

Hello Niek,
Beautiful photo, great POV.
Regards
Lucja

Looks like a beautiful mini-bay with a wonderful beach Niek, the trees and bushes in the FG provides the composition with great depth and the bright sky produces very nice shadows of the trees and rocky terrains. A perfect naturescape indeed!
TFS and cheers,
Mehmet

A superb image made from multi-exposures, Niek.
This is a difficult technique which you have handled very well in this composition.
The place itself is unique; I thought this kind of vegetation would be impossible by the seaside.
Thanks and wishing you a Happy New Year!
Ram

Hi Niek,
this place is like in paradise.
You had good luck to find it - and no people there, fantastic - so I'm right - it was in paradise ...
Greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • tuslaw Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2754 W: 282 N: 4931] (19883)
  • [2009-12-28 15:07]

Hello Niek,
A perfectly composed image with wonderful detail, exposure and color. This looks like a fantastic spot to spend the entire day at. You were very fortunate to find it void of anyone else, especially after seeing how beautiful it is.
Thank you for sharing your Secret Bay with all of us!!
Ron

Hello Niek,

A fine capture with such beautiful colors, details & natural setting. Well taken & presented. TFS & best wishes for 2010.

Regards

Umar

Whooow!
A really fantastic landscape.

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  • Mello Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 140 W: 34 N: 480] (2419)
  • [2009-12-29 20:38]

Wow Niek!
I'd like to be there right now!
I know a similar place in the south part in Brazil, but I wasn't able to capture that place like this one.
Your POV and technical management can show us the real view and we can almost touch this. Colours and volumes are also good.
TFS and see you in TN.
Best wishes,
Francisco

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  • horias Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 837 W: 58 N: 2084] (11033)
  • [2009-12-31 6:23]

Niek
I wish you a happy, healthy and successful new year 2010!
Horia

Wow Niek. This is wonderful! Aren't you proud of the progress you've made in photography? The blending of the four exposures is flawless. How did you do it?

Thanks for the directions to your secret bay. We just went past there but all was shrouded in fog!! Weather forecast said clear! I was so upset. I mean HEAVY fog for three days all along the coast. That is more a summer phenomenon. Oh well. We did get a bit of sun further south...and some neat photos of marine life (sea lions, elephant seals, harbor seals, otters, egrets, cormorants etc). I still need some more seascapes for my slideshow and this image of yours is motivating.

Ulla's comment re: going for a swim made me smile. Did you stick a toe in that water? This far north the Pacific can be quite chilly... numbing actually. I'm not that tough.

TFS your super image and info.

Evelynn : )

Hi Niek

3 hours editting time! Eecks you are patient. I have to say that is much more than I am willing to spend on a picture, but I can see that this one would never have come off without it.

Great composition, exposures and patience and Best wishes for the New Year.

TFS
Emma

hello Niek,
really wonderful place, you photographed beautifully with very good POV and DOF with natural well contrasting colors, it's a very fine landscape photo!
keep photographing! TFS
Nasos

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3089 W: 230 N: 6774] (23770)
  • [2010-01-18 10:46]

Hi Niek,
Good to connect with you again after a long absence.
Wow! What a beautiful spot.
The California and Oregon coasts are full of these "secret" beaches.
You captured this one beautifully, with a lovely composition.
Your technical notes went way over my head, but they sound very impressive.
I also enjoyed your website.
Take care and keep in touch.
ManYee

Beautiful scene.Nice captured.
Regards,
Sri

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