I love visiting Grand Manan Island which located in the heart of the Bay of Fundy. I consider it to be one of the ultimate photography destinations. It is simply beautiful.
Normally, when I travel to Atlantic Canada, I dedicate one full day to spend on Grand Manan. I always take the very first ferry in the morning and after 2-hour ride I arrive at Grand Manan around 9am.
Loc: 44.600245, -66.904422
It is always foggy in the morning and you have to wait at least an hour for the sun to start burning fog away. Every time I visit Grand Manan, the fog starts to disappear from the southern tip of the island – Southwest Head. This is where I always drive after arriving at the island and start my photo exploration from there.
This year it was no different, except that it took almost 3 hours for the fog to completely disappear.
Interesting fact: The Grand Manan has free public WiFi access and it covers the entire island, it is extremely convenient when you travel.
Shooting & Processing
I took 3 bracketed shots on a tripod (-1, 0, +1). The challenge was to find big enough spot to set up a tripod.
I used single RAW image editing in Lightroom. I described the process in Introduction to Lightroom Rapid Editing System.
First I applied Lightroom preset Natural from my Landscape Collection and later I used TOOLKIT to adjust exposure mostly because the photo was a bit underexposed.
The Lightroom Preset Editing Formula: Natural (2, 9, 17, 30)
Deconstructing Featured Photo
- Camera: Sony a6000
- Lens: Sony 10-18mm
- Focal Length: 10mm
- ISO: 100
- Aperture: F9
- Shutter: 1/250
- Bracketing: 3 shots (-1, 0, +1 )
- Tripod: FEISOL Tournament CT-3442 – Check my FEISOL Tournament CT-3442 Review.
- Ballhead: FEISOL CB-40D
Processing:
Lightroom: import, tagging, preset based processing (Natural preset from Landscape Collection)
Photoshop: color correction, contrast, cleaning.
Photoshop Plugins:
- Topaz DeNoise was used to reduce digital noise (sky, water).
- Topaz Clarity was used to enhance details and boost colors (land, falls).
