Nikon D810, 5.0 secs, f/20, 44mm, ISO 100

This image from Hunting Island State Park was almost unusable because of the blowing sand and drizzle. I was able to cleanup the larger specs using Photoshop’s Remove tool. This made the image suitable for website viewing, but no way could I print it at the native 20×30 inches.

Hunting Island: 32.342372° -80.452859°

Nikon D810, 1/15 sec, f/6.3, 120mm, ISO 64

Nice composition, poor execution. The background tree trunk looks sharp, the foreground branch does not. I should have focus-stacked this image with another image focusing on the foreground branch. The background sand and vegetation are nicely blurred thanks to the wide aperture setting. Overall, close, but no cigar.

Hunting Island: 32.342372° -80.452859°

Nikon D810, 2.0 sec, f/22, 38mm, ISO 100

The arched tree trunk in the center right of the image reminds me of some Loch Ness monster photos. Well, maybe a very stylized image of the monster. I pulled out my variable neutral density filter to decrease shutter speed to get some water blur.

Hunting Island:  32.342372° -80.452859°