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Uploaded 4-Feb-12
Taken 29-Jan-12
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Category:Scenic
Subcategory:Sunset
Subcategory Detail:
Keywords:Big Sur Carmel Monterey, California, Pfeiffer Arch, Regions, United States, blue hour, places, sunset
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Dimensions1000 x 667
Original file size109 KB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken30-Jan-12 03:11
Date modified4-Feb-12 15:29
Shooting Conditions

Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D90
Focal length16 mm
Focal length (35mm)24 mm
Max lens aperturef/4
Exposure30s at f/20
FlashNot fired
Exposure bias0 EV
Exposure modeManual
Exposure prog.Manual
ISO speedISO 500
Metering modePattern
Digital zoom1x
Pfeiffer Arch at the Blue Hour, Big Sur

Pfeiffer Arch at the Blue Hour, Big Sur

This Arch, located in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, is famous for the sunset light which streams through its opening every February. When I went to the beach to photograph the Arch, there were dozens of photographers making images of this iconic scene. Knowing that well after the sun has set can be the most magic time of the ending day, I stayed on the beach while all had left save myself and one other photographer. Many call this the blue hour. I steadied my camera on the shifting sands as best as I could and made three bracketed exposures to capture the different exposure values of the bright, dark, and shadow areas of the scene before me. I blended these three exposures by hand in Photoshop, creating a photograph which reproduces well the colors I saw at this most magic time of the day.