A week ago we had at the Camera Club a talk/Workshop on Landscape Photography. This was given by Roger, our Club Chairman who also has a favourite Storm Drain which he incorporates into seascapes at our local beach at Aldwick/Bognor Regis. I decided to have a go at it to practice some of the instructions given. For locals it is located at Aldwick at the end of Dark Lane. The day was actually very calm with little wind but a decent swell provided some good waves. I avoided any risk of getting wet by using a long lens at 200mm. The image was taken about 20 minutes before sunset so the longer shutter speed of 1/10 second was taken by setting aperture to f22.

The picture was taken with a Sony A550 with a Minolta 70-300mm zoom at 200mm. This was a single image taken with a tripod. The picture was first processed in RAW with a little extra exposure, recovery and clarity. The wood came out too dark so I processed in RAW a second time with a brighter exposure to produce a second image. Then the brighter image was pasted onto the first with a black layer mask. A white brush was then used to bring in the second exposure on the woodwork only. Nik Define was used for Noise reduction and Topaz Clarity for more detail. Topaz Adjust was used to warm tones. The heal brush was used to remove sensor dust spots.