Nikon D810, 1/125 sec, f/5.6, 120mm, ISO 800
This is one of those lucky images that I had no idea existed. I was at Hunting Island State Park photographing the driftwood ghost trees and started talking to a group of local photographers. After a while they asked if I had been to Coffin Point Road to see the Avenue of Oaks. When I replied that I had not, they gave me detailed instructions on how to get there. What a great discovery!
Avenue of Oaks (aka Coffin Point Road): 32.429314° -80.478825°
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°
