Ketch the Sun

Transient winter afternoon sunlight breaking through the clouds and sea mists - lighting up a wooden gaff-rigged ketch in front of the Breakwater, at Brixham in South Devon.
Thatcher rock is the island in the distance (which is off the eastern headland of Torbay).


Pentax K-X
Sigma 55-200mm DC lens (at 200mm)
Cromatek circular polarizer
Hand-held
f/8
1/125 second

Pseudo-HDR from 3 split-RAW processed 16-Bit TIFFs (at -2, 0, +2) equivalents using Photomatix Pro 3.26.

Further work in Adobe Photoshop 6.0 including a blend with an Orton effect version of the HDR.

Camera:	Pentax K-x
Lens:	Sigma 55-200mm
Recording media:	RAW (digital)

Title:	Ketch the Sun
Username:	morpheus71
Uploaded:	18 Jan 2012 - 4:11 PM
Tags:	Boat, Breakwater, Brixham, Devon, English channel, Gaff rig, Hdr, Ketch, Landscape / travel, Morpheus71, Sailing, Torbay
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