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The exams will start in a few days and I am learning very hard. But saturday evening isn't the right time for learning, agree? That's what I thought so I thought I deserved some time for doing that what I love to do.

I took my bike and I headed to the Boulevard of Vlissingen. I wanted to shoot something else than 'just a beach'. As I was riding on my bike the wind started to blow harder en harder. When I arrived wind speed had increased to 8 Beaufort and waves were crashing up against the wave breakers, the dyke and the boulevard. When I was standing on this pier the wind came from the left so I stood next to my camera to prevent it from shaking. It was simply impossible to switch lenses because drops of salt water were filling the air. I was glad I had my rain pants with me.
Anyway, the city you see here is Vlissingen, a nice city with a nice boulevard. I prefer just regular beaches above boulevards, but this boulevard has a perfect ambiance and isn't as classy as Boulevards in other countries with Casino's etc.

It was hard to find a good composition. Of course I could take a picture of the pier right in the middle of the frame with the sea behind it (I did that) but it looked a bit boring to me. The clouds were moving rather fast heading towards me as I was looking to the little lighthouse. I thought that if I took a exposure that would be long enough the clouds would create perfect lines to it. I tightened up my aperture to f/22 and turned my polarizer. I was able to get the water incredibly light. But after taking one shot I decided to get the water a little more dark for some more contrast with the railing of the pier.
I know the pier doesn't really suite the composition. On one hand it creates a in my opinion good foreground, but on the other hand it point totally out of the picture so the composition isn't balanced any more. I thought I could crop it to square, but I think I liked it best this way.

After I was done with my shooting and it was getting real dark I had to walk quite a distance back to my bike. In the meanwhile the wind has increased more and more and I it was quite a struggle to get back to my bike. When I got to my bike I decided to ride to the cinema, which is approximately 200m further, to get some rest in the lee.

I darkened the sky in lightroom (I still haven't bought me ND-grads, but I'm still sure I need them) and corrected the white balance. After that I did a standard B&W Preset and I was done!

Description
The exams will start in a few days and I am learning very hard. But saturday evening isn't the right time for learning, agree? That's what I thought so I thought I deserved some time for doing that what I love to do.

I took my bike and I headed to the Boulevard of Vlissingen. I wanted to shoot something else than 'just a beach'. As I was riding on my bike the wind started to blow harder en harder. When I arrived wind speed had increased to 8 Beaufort and waves were crashing up against the wave breakers, the dyke and the boulevard. When I was standing on this pier the wind came from the left so I stood next to my camera to prevent it from shaking. It was simply impossible to switch lenses because drops of salt water were filling the air. I was glad I had my rain pants with me.
Anyway, the city you see here is Vlissingen, a nice city with a nice boulevard. I prefer just regular beaches above boulevards, but this boulevard has a perfect ambiance and isn't as classy as Boulevards in other countries with Casino's etc.

It was hard to find a good composition. Of course I could take a picture of the pier right in the middle of the frame with the sea behind it (I did that) but it looked a bit boring to me. The clouds were moving rather fast heading towards me as I was looking to the little lighthouse. I thought that if I took a exposure that would be long enough the clouds would create perfect lines to it. I tightened up my aperture to f/22 and turned my polarizer. I was able to get the water incredibly light. But after taking one shot I decided to get the water a little more dark for some more contrast with the railing of the pier.
I know the pier doesn't really suite the composition. On one hand it creates a in my opinion good foreground, but on the other hand it point totally out of the picture so the composition isn't balanced any more. I thought I could crop it to square, but I think I liked it best this way.

After I was done with my shooting and it was getting real dark I had to walk quite a distance back to my bike. In the meanwhile the wind has increased more and more and I it was quite a struggle to get back to my bike. When I got to my bike I decided to ride to the cinema, which is approximately 200m further, to get some rest in the lee.

I darkened the sky in lightroom (I still haven't bought me ND-grads, but I'm still sure I need them) and corrected the white balance. After that I did a standard B&W Preset and I was done!