The shipwreck

A shipwreck at the beach of Greek Peloponesse peninsula near Gythio.

A story behind: This is a shipwreck ones called Dimitrios.  Rumors say it was probably smuggling cigarettes when it fell into a storm and was abandoned.

Location:  Beach of Valtaki, about 3 miles northeast of Gythio, Greece.

Gear: Nikon D80, Nikkor 16-32 mm,10 stop filter.

Aperture: f/16


Shutter: 240 sec.
 
Exposure bias: +0,3 EV

Focal Length: 16 mm

ISO:250

Date: Saturday, 28th of September, 2013. Hour: 18.58 p.m.

Maciek.

Merzouga

A story behind: Very early morning. Just a few minutes after the sunrise. Cold wind blowing west from the Algerian border. 

A camel caravan passing the dunes of the Erg Chebbi.

I used the F-stop of 10 just to gain maximum sharpness. I shoot against the light to maximize the contrasts on the dunes. 
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Location: Merzouga, Morocco.

Gear: Nikon D700, Nikon 70-300 mm,

Aperture: f/10

Exposure bias: -0,3 EV

Focal Length: 300 mm

ISO: 320

Date Taken: Friday, May 3rd, 2013, 06:31

Maciek.

Against-the-light photography

A story behind: Against-the-light landscape photography has always been tricky. You can not choose to set a longer exposure because the human will not appear sharp. With a pool of water in front of you it is also very tricky to use the flash effectively since the flash light would reflect unnaturally against the water. All you can do is just to increase the exposure compensation a step in order to have some more light over the near subjects, paying attention not to burn the background. But the secret ingredient of this image was lots of patience waiting for sun to dive and a perfect reflection when the ocean breeze stopped blowing.


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Location: Porto-Matosinhos beach, Portugal.

Gear: Nikon D80, Sigma 10-20 mm

Aperture: f/13

Exposure bias: + 0,3 EV

Focal Length: 10 mm

ISO: 250

Date Taken: Wednesday, April 20th, 2011, 20:09

Maciek.