About the Image(s)

This image was taken on our recent holiday in Norfolk. We visited a little town called Happisburgh on the east coast where there are lots of old wooden groynes used to protect the coast from erosion. The image was taken with my Olympus OM-1 set on a tripod, as I was using a 10 stop ND filter for a long exposure to smooth the water. The camera settings were manual focus, f11, 30s, ISO 80 and +1 stop. I made the following changes in Photoshop after initial processing in Camera Raw.

- Cloned out the original bird as I didn’t like the position below the horizon.
- Replaced the sky as I wanted something a little more subtle than the fluffy white clouds.
- Added a new bird (a cormorant taken on the same day).
- Added a gradient fill layer in soft blend mode to lighten the horizon and darken the top and bottom of the image.
- Converted to mono using Nik Silver Efex.
- Did a bit of burning to enhance the shadows of the posts.
- Added a vignette using Nik Efex Darken Lighten Centre