Final 12 months throughout my summer time driving journey alongside the Atlantic coast of america, I stumbled upon a really distinctive place, one I had by no means heard of earlier than, the Assateague State Park in Maryland.
The park is situated on an island that’s 60km lengthy and fewer than 1km large. The island is separated from the mainland by the slender and shallow Chincoteague Bay.
Throughout our keep within the park, we had a novel alternative to camp on the seaside and spent hours bodysurfing within the huge waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
What was much more fascinating was to search out that the island is populated by wild ponies. I’m not kidding. We noticed them all over the place—on the seaside and even on the campground close to the swampy islands of Chincoteague Bay. They even tried to stay their heads in our tent of their ongoing seek for meals.
There isn’t a single model that everybody agrees on in the case of the origin of the wild ponies on Assateague Island. However the model I’m extra inclined to consider is that domesticated horses have been one way or the other trapped on the island over 100 years in the past. Since there are not any giant predators on the island, the horses flourished.
I took the featured picture on the western shore of the island that faces the mainland.
Capturing
Throughout our journey alongside the Atlantic Coast, I put my new Fujifilm gear to the check. At some stage in the journey, it was humid with numerous wet days and an extra of sand. I used to be blissful to have the climate sealed digicam and weather-sealed lens mixture, which carried out admirably in lower than very best situations.
Modifying & Processing
It was a single RAW processing workflow.
Lightroom (90%)
I stored the unique side ratio (3 x 2) however I cropped the picture barely to enhance the composition (The Crop Overlay Device).
Subsequent, I used Kodachrome preset from my new Journey Professional Package Assortment as the bottom for Lightroom Speedy Modifying. Then I used TOOLKIT to spice up the Distinction and the Readability.
The Lightroom Preset Modifying Method: Kodachrome (9, 17, 25, 33)
Photoshop (10%)
In Photoshop, I utilized the selective distinction to the foreground space and lowered noise throughout your entire body.
Plugins: DeNoise (noise discount), Topaz Element (native distinction enhance).
Whole time: 10min