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How many of us look for photographic potential at our feet?
My wife Liz and I were strolling along the beach at Talace, North Wales when I spotted these birdie footprints in the blown sand at the foot of a dune.
There were human footprints all around except for this one patch of sand, so I carefully isolated the line of prints in my viewfinder, angling them from one corner of the frame to the other to create a bit of dynamic tension.
The actual photo I took was pretty flat, with very little contrast or saturation. That's good, as it's much easier to add contrast and saturation in post-processing than it is to take it out and I was able to create this much more dramatic version of the image with relatively little effort.
Filename - sand tracks 01.jpg
Camera - Canon 5D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 55mm
Exposure - 1/8sec @ f11, ISO100
Location - Talacre, North Wales
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2
Comments - Tripod, mirror lockup and cable release used to prevent camera movement.
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