Tomales Bay

Tomales Bay. © 2011 Michael D. Lewis

 

Description — This is Tomales Bay, adjacent to Point Reyes National Seashore in California.  The photograph was taken in August 2011, at around 8:00 p.m. local time.

Camera Nerd Info — Linhof Super Technika V 4×5 view camera, Nikkor-M 300mm f/9 lens, Fuji Provia 100F film, exposure 2s @ f/16, front rise.  The image is cropped.

Commentary — Although I opened the shutter for two seconds, I should have used one second; the resulting image was too bright.  I tried to correct it in post-processing.  Darkening the image also brought out some detail in the rising moon, which is not as obvious in this website JPEG.  Trust me.