Dreams of the Sea | Fort Macon, NC
I shot this several weeks ago while waiting to present a workshop at the beach. I arrived a little early so I trekked up over the dunes. I noticed that some of the rocks from the Fort Macon jetty, buried last summer during beach replenishment, had started to reappear. What better place to take some cliche long exposures than there!?
This is a 5 second exposure, shot at midday through a 10 stop ND filter.
Waves in the Sand | Fort Macon, North Carolina
It’s a very foggy morning here in Eastern NC, so I thought I’d bring some clearer skies to your monitors today. This scene was shot at the end of last week at Fort Macon, NC. From late afternoon all the way through sunset; I don’t think that I’ve had the privilege to shoot in more perfect light.
This was shot with what is currently my favorite and most useful landscape lens in my bag- the 8mm Rokinon ‘fisheye.’ It’s classified as a fisheye, and rightfully so at 8mm, but there’s nothing fishy about it. At the right angle, there is little to no distortion on the edges and it is sharp as a tack. I shoot everything with it at f/16 and up and it produces the sharpest landscapes I’ve made. And at around $300, it’s an absolute steal! Keep in mind, it’s 100% manual, but it’s fun and liberating to not be tempted to fall back into what the camera thinks is best.
The shot: Nikon D90, Rokinon 8mm lens, tripod held and remote fired. f/16, 1/200 sec., ISO-200. 2 exposures, manually masked in Photoshop. No color correction.
©2012 Zach Frailey
treecylcing.
I recently viewed a very interesting blog post by Tim Gibson of NYCHDR in which he shared a collection of photos of abandoned Christmas trees laying on the curbs of New York City in his post titled Used and Abused. At the end he described the New York Department of Sanitation’s new Christmas Tree Recycling program.
This reminded me of a program in place here in Eastern North Carolina that I really took interest in when I moved here. Trees can be dropped off at Fort Macon State Park and then begin their new life as part of the dunes there. When I first visited the island back in February of 2010, I was very interested in the stumps of Christmas trees that I could see sticking out of the sand dunes. After a little research, I thought it was the coolest way to recycle your tree. All the images in this post were snapped last year when I dropped my tree off.
All photos are single exposure shots. Shot with back up Nikon D40 body, 18-55 lens.
One Of Those Days…
The North Carolina coast is a very unique place in that you can watch the sun rise and set over the ocean on any given day. Due to the curve of the Outer Banks, you’re able to watch the sun rise to the East and set to the West, both over the water.
This inviting pink scene was shot this spring at Atlantic Beach, NC near Fort Macon. Sunsets like this are common place all along this region from Atlantic Beach to Pine Knoll Shores all the way to Emerald Isle.
©2011 Zach Frailey
‘Solitude by the Sea’
©2010 Zach Frailey
I shot this at Fort Macon, NC. It has quickly become one of my favorite shots in my Project NC Coast collection.
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