Shaw’s Cove

A Visit to Shaw’s Cove Beach – with a Surprise Find

Published: Fri, May 24, 2019
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Landscape, Photography, USA
Tags: Laguna Beach, landscape, low-tide animals, Sea Star, Shaw's Cove

I had it in my calendar weeks ago: low-tide coinciding with sunrise on Tuesday, May 21. I picked a location and arrived to Shaw’s Cove just before 5:30am. I felt very lucky, because there were a few clouds in the sky, and the barely waning Moon was also setting. (I had chosen this location because of the Moon; I used an app called TPE that helped me pinpoint a good spot.)

My goal was to take landscape pictures as well as hopefully find some neat low-tide animals. Here are some of the earlier landscapes:

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Snapshots and Photographic Artwork

Published: Thu, Dec 15, 2016
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Landscape, Photo Technique, Photography, Photoshop, Sunset, USA
Tags: California, Photography, Shaw's Cove, Sunset
Yesterday I visited a nearby beach, and while I was mostly taking pictures with my DSLR, I also took a quick snapshot of the sunset with my phone. I posted it to Facebook, and many of my friends liked it. Here is the image I posted:
I came home with a few pictures that I wanted to post-process. I browsed through the images and chose some that 1. I thought had a good composition, 2. the water looked silky and pleasing, and 3. had both nice clouds and cloud reflections. Here are the two images in their original, RAW format (if you are used to seeing only jpg-s, these images will probably look really blah to you – and I agree; they are. RAW image files must be post processed.)
I chose two originals to create one final image, because I preferred the sky in the second one, but everything else in the first one. I composited them.
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