Almost the end of August and with the sun high in the sky I head to Slapton Beach. One of my favourite places. Keen to enjoy what remains of the summer with a good book in my bag.
And as I settled on the beach, I looked out to the horizon. The Dartmouth Regatta was on, and there was a splendid array of sails billowing in the breeze. But they were a long, long way away. In my bag though I had my faithful compact Panasonic DC-TZ97, which at 24mm focal length captured this view:
Luckily the Panasonic has a huge zoom and at 734mm, this was what I could see through the lens:
Impressive! I also noted how the light changed when looking across the bay, and tried to look for a clear composition in the muddle of colourful sails. Here, I have just 3, all with blue sails, against a silvery sea:
My book now discarded, my photographer's brain kicked in! I couldn't resist walking all the way back to the car to get my Canon and my 100-400mm lens so that I could experiment further. I played with some in-camera multiple exposures, turning the camera to create the layers:
Changing the AWB (automatic white balance) add a depth to the blue, but maybe here the composition is too messy:
whereas the abstract nature of this image I find much more pleasing. I have the movement of the yachts, the various shapes of the sails, the texture and sparkle of the waves, and the different shades of blue to give it that warm summer feeling:
I was certainly not expecting to create such images when I set out for my day at the beach, but it shows what is possible when you respond to something unexpected!
Here is a link to Kim Grant's introduction to in-camera multiple exposure to get you started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gSBfoNRxXE
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