Back to the Beach, Part Two

The morning after my South Carolina Photography Workshop, I hopped in the rental car at 6:00 am and drove back to Hunting Island Beach to do some more shooting on my own. I had slept a bit too long and was afraid I was going to arrive late for the good pre-dawn light, but it was a moot concern; a thick fog had moved in overnight and was blanketing the island with a dull, even light.

Shooting the sky was no longer an option so I turned my gaze downward to the trees that littered the beach. I found an interesting grouping of stumps, attached my polarizing filter (to enable longer shutter speeds), and set my tripod into the wet sand.

Tree Stumps on Beach, Hunting Island State Park, SC
Tree Stumps on Beach, Nikkor 16-35mm VR @ 20mm, ISO 100, 2 secs. @ f/22, Nikon D700

I spent the morning walking up and down the beach looking for interesting subjects.

Hunting Island State Park, South Carolina, 2011
Tree Stumps in Sand, Nikkor 16-35mm VR @ 16mm, ISO 400, 1/60 sec. @ f/13, Nikon D700

It really was a surreal landscape.

Hunting Island Beach, Nikkor 16-35mm @ 16mm, ISO 400, 1/80 sec. @ f/13, Nikon D700
Hunting Island Beach, Nikkor 16-35mm @ 16mm, ISO 400, 1/80 sec. @ f/13, Nikon D700

That wraps up my series of posts about the SC workshop. Hope you enjoyed it!

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