Winthrop Beach Sunrise with Crescent Moon and Pan Motion

On a calm morning in March 2021, I visited Winthrop Beach at Cottage Hill, where many sets of small swells were rolling in. I arrived when it was dark, but during the transition from dawn to sunrise, and shot the crescent moon at 400mm first. Around the time I was done with the moon, the water was looking ideal, so I spent around 15 mins shooting as many pans as possible at 100mm. At that point the sky on the horizon was optimal, so I took frames of that as well at 100mm, bracketing in a vertical fashion to achieve extra height. To create this image, I merged the optimal shots of the various elements of the scene together in post process, capturing the feeling of the entire transition from dawn to sunrise that morning.

92.4 mpx, 8600 x 10749 px (24 x 30” @ 358 ppi)
4-stop ND filter (pan)

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