Andy brown
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The light straight into the lens make the details in the shadows very difficult to get.
I am sure you have got some NDF to get the movement of the water. Both, the first and the last one have some kind of beautiful threatening movement...
I lieve in Setúbal which is a town situated in a river mouth with large influence from the sea.
I sometimes go to nearby places where the ocean is just in front.
Yesterday my wife and myself we went to Ericeira in the west coast of Portugal a bit to the North. Ericeira faces the sea.
My sun - who is a completely mad man about sea, waves, water and connected sports - was there to make some kite surf. I was in a hill nearby making some shots using the Pana GX7 with a Nikon 200mm f/4.0 from 1974, Metabones in between. All shots @ f/8 and 1/2000s 200 ISO. Manual focusing with focus picking.
I made many pictures but I spoiled also many of them. The wind was so strong that, even using a solid tripod I couldn't avoid some shaking even at that speed !
Great shot Antonio.
You live in a great place.
Occasionally we get to see footage of Nazzare (?) with HUGE waves, what an awesome sight it is. Do you ever get there?
Interesting that you detect camera movement at 1/2000th. I was brought up on the old maxim of shutter speed must equal focal length at least. That one is out the window and I'm still trying to ascertain the optimum balance between shutter speed and ISO with both long focal lengths and macro, especially in low light.
I didn't actually use an ND for those shots, ISO 32 (effectively) and F22 plus polariser. I think I was getting shutter speeds of 1/15th or 1/8th. I was using cable release and electronic front curtain.