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Ripples
This one took a lot of work and was worth it if only for the learning experience. I liked the combination of waves and ripples in the original photograph but there were too many blown reflections. This crop was about the only one worth working on. I’d been trying to brush the blown highlights out but that never seemed to work so I dragged a grad filter up and was surprised when that brought a better integration of the highlights to the rest of the picture.
Still an interesting shot, I think. I like the way some of the ripples are like wispy clouds floating above the rocks.
The rocks have eyes
which, I believe, are actually cockles.
This is one of those very few pictures that needed no enhancement at all. Anything I might have done would have wrecked the balance. It isn’t a great shot in terms of subject matter, not one I would add to a portfolio, but the crop, colour balance and lighting are just right.
Rock pool canyon
Held the camera down very low to this rock pool and shot along the water. The rocks are about eighteen inches high.
I made the usual corrections to enhance the picture but also dragged a graduated filter with lowered exposure down from the top right corner to the middle of the shot.
Have I mentioned that I like shooting rock pools? 
