As I was doing my usual morning route around the town, this scene caught my eye. Fortunately, one of the Washington State Ferries happened by. This is kind of a longer exposure at 1.6 seconds which gives the ferry a bit of motion blur.
This was particularly gray day in the Pacific Northwest. So black and white is the theme. The boat launch at Manchester Beach has a spectacular view of downtown Seattle. Truth be told, clouds are better than a bare sky. The water was much calmer than normal for an October day.
There is a boat launch over at Manchester Beach that has a great view of downtown Seatte. However, the sunrise was obscured by the clouds and the scene was colorless. So, what do you do? Black and white conversion of course.
After I had captured the Sunrise Over the Marina photo, I was heading home to process when I noticed that the full moon was setting over the Olympics. So I made my way down to the boat launch at Tracyton. The clouds were obscuring the moon and The Brothers so I had to wait for…
After I had captured the Sunrise Over the Marina photos, I wandered around the Bremerton Waterfront just looking around when I saw this seagull perched on a post. I had to get a bit lower to put it in the right frame. Then I converted to black and white for a silhouette effect.
This was a spectacular morning down at the Bremerton Marina. I captured about 60 images here. My method is to take a photo about every minute or two and select the most dramatic of the set for editing. The colors are natural, I only used a bit of extra saturation. No more that +8 in…