Photos

Early dawn at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. This is the shipwreck of the Sitka, I believe, a masted ship that went down in the 1800's near the Au Sable Point light. The remains are located in just a few feet of water right on the beach. I hiked a good ways along the shore in the blackness of a cloudy night to get to this spot by dawn. I didn't know the exact location, so I was constantly pointing my headlamp out into the water, hoping to find it. I came across it just as the first light coming out. The dark clouds and long exposure really brought out the color of the Lake Superior waters. I shot a number of compositions as the light grew stronger, some of which I'm quite happy with. Compositionally, this isn't the strongest; however, I really liked the colors in the water. A CPL as well as a 2-stop hard NDG were used. Thanks for looking!

Note: I realize there is some lens distortion that is pretty obvious on the horizon, I just haven't gotten around to correcting it yet.