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A view from the top of the first ridge of the Abel Tasman National Park trail, looking back toward Takapou Bay. The trail carves out a deep section of the hillside as it wraps around the top of the hill.
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Coastal Landscapes. Rusted metal ore carts and other old machinery sit at the edge of the beach and the Pacific Ocean near Timaru, New Zealand, on the South Island.  The turquoise blue ocean and blue sky contrast with the rust-colored metal in the foreground.
Rusted metal near the Pacific at Timaru, New Zealand
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A view into the Caribbean along the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, near Isla Mujeres and Cancun.
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A view into the Caribbean along the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, near Isla Mujeres and Cancun.
Caribbean Coast near Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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Image Bank: Coastal Landscapes. A view into the Caribbean along the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, near Isla Mujeres and Cancun.
Caribbean Coast near Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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Image Bank: Coastal Landscapes. A view into the Caribbean along the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, near Isla Mujeres and Cancun.
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Image Bank Photography Tutorial: How to Photograph Coastal Landscapes

Manual Settings – ISO

ISO refers to the light sensitivity of film or a digital sensor. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive to light, and the faster you can expose film (or its digital equivalent). Digital camera manufacturers have exponentially increased ISO ranges for D-SLRs. This means you can take hand-held photos in light conditions that were simply not possible without a tripod. But the higher the ISO, the more grain and visual “noise” you’ll get in the image. I prefer to keep my ISO as low as possible, using higher ISO settings only when absolutely necessary. For bright outdoor light like the photos below, an ISO in the range of ISO200 to ISO800 should do just fine. For lower light or cloudy days, a slightly higher ISO1600 or ISO2000 may work better with your aperture and shutter speed.


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A view into the Caribbean along the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, near Cancun.
Caribbean Coast near Cancun, Mexico
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A view into the Caribbean along the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, near Cancun.
Caribbean Coast near Cancun, Mexico
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Coastal birds among rocks and barnacles along the Oregon Coast in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Oregon Coast, USA
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Manual Settings – Shutter Speed

Once you’ve set your ISO for light conditions, you’ll need to balance your shutter speed and aperture. You can start with either one and then adjust the other. Shutter speed is just that: how fast or slow the shutter is open and exposing light on your film or sensor. On a bright sunny day at ISO400, a faster shutter speed around 1/500 or even 1/1000 of a second will be a good place to start. Keep in mind that aperture settings and filters will impact shutter speed, so that is just a starting point. Experiment a bit with shutter speed. If your image is too bright or the highlights blown out, increase the shutter speed to take a faster image. Is your image too dark and the shadows obscuring detail? Slow the shutter speed a few notches.


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A view into the Pacific Ocean along the Oregon Coast in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Oregon Coast, USA
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A view into the Pacific Ocean along the Oregon Coast in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Oregon Coast, USA
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A view into the Pacific Ocean along the Oregon Coast in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Oregon Coast, USA
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Manual Settings – Aperture Basics

Aperture controls the size of the opening of the lens. A smaller f-stop or aperture number correlates with a larger opening. So f4.5 is wide open, letting lots of light in quickly. But f22 is a tiny opening, taking longer to expose because much less light is getting into the camera. But aperture does not only affect light exposure. It also impacts focus and depth of field. F4.5 will give you a very narrow depth of field, with most of the foreground and background blurred out with bokeh effects. F22, on the other hand, expands the depth of field, so almost all of the image will be in focus.

Manual Settings – Aperture and Depth of Field

Think of aperture as working in opposites. The larger the number (f-stop), the smaller the aperture. And the smaller the f-stop, the wider the aperture. Also, as the aperture opens up, the depth of field narrows, and vice versa. So as you narrow the aperture from f4.5 to f22, the focus area of your image expands, keeping more and more of your subject – or landscape – in focus.


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Rock outcroppings along the Oregon Coast in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Oregon Coast, USA
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Image Bank - Coastal Landscapes. A view into the Caribbean along the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, near Isla Mujeres and Cancun.
Caribbean Coast near Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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Image Bank - Coastal Landscapes. A view into the Caribbean along the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, near Isla Mujeres and Cancun.
Caribbean Coast near Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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Image Bank - Coastal Landscapes. A view into the Caribbean along the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, near Isla Mujeres and Cancun.
Caribbean Coast near Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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Image Bank - Coastal Landscapes. A view into the Caribbean along the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, near Isla Mujeres and Cancun.
Caribbean Coast near Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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Pro Tip – Polarizing Filters

Polarizing filters are my favorite piece of auxiliary equipment. They darken skies and water, and turn a glassy, reflective surface transparent. Polarizing filters remove or cut through polarized light in the sky and reflective surfaces. That’s what gives some of these images a rich, dark blue sky. It’s also why you can see right through the water in other photos. Sometimes you may want a reflection to show in your image. You can use a polarizer to maximize reflection, too. Just rotate the filter while looking through the camera to see the effect the polarizer will have on your image.


Image Bank - Coastal Landscapes. A close-up black and white image of a tall, white lighthouse along the Oregon Coast in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.  A thin layer of clouds is visible just beyond the lighthouse.
Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Oregon Coast, USA
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Image Bank - Coastal Landscapes. A black and white image of a tall, white lighthouse along the Oregon Coast in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.  The Pacific Ocean is visible beneath a thin layer of clouds just beyond the lighthouse.
Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Oregon Coast, USA
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Image Bank - Coastal Landscapes. A wide-angle view of Tunnel Beach and the Tunnel Beach Track South of Dunedin, New Zealand, on the South Island.  Large cliffs and other coastal scenery can be seen along the shoreline.
Tunnel Beach, Dunedin, New Zealand
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A close-up view of the cliffs surrounding Tunnel Beach and the Tunnel Beach Track South of Dunedin, New Zealand, on the South Island.
Tunnel Beach, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Coastal Landscapes. 
A wide-angle panoramic view of the pier and fishing boats off the shore of New Zealand's South Island.
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Lenses for Photographing Coastal Landscapes

I always take a variety of lenses with me, because I never know exactly what I may find. My preferred lenses are a 10-20mm wide angle, a 20-300mm telephoto, and a 200-600mm telephoto lens. This gives me the full range from 10mm to 600mm with three lenses. I have other macro lenses and combinations, but these three are my favorites. Ultimately, it is your shot, though, and you can use your lenses and other equipment to stage and photograph the type of shot you want to create.

Lens Effects

Take the rusting metal in the image below, for example. I could have used a wide angle to show more of the turquoise water and capture the objects more in context. Instead, I used a 300mm telephoto lens with a wide aperture to focus just on the one wheel while creating a nice bokeh effect behind and in front of the rusty steel. This not only blurs out the foreground and background. It also appears to compress the subject and pull it in toward the viewer. Using that particular lens gives the image a sense of depth and texture that would be lacking in a wide-angle shot. On the other hand, a wide-angle shot here would create a dramatic landscape. It would reveal the surrounding beach, expansive colors of the sky and sea, and reduce the size of the rusted metal objects in the foreground.


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Rusted metal ore carts and other old machinery sit at the edge of the beach and the Pacific Ocean near Timaru, New Zealand, on the South Island.  The turquoise blue ocean and blue sky contrast with the rust-colored metal in the foreground.
Rusted metal near the Pacific at Timaru, New Zealand
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A white lifeguard station sits at a San Diego beach on the Pacific Ocean near Pacific Beach and Mission Bay, California.
San Diego Lifeguard Station
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Coastal Landscapes. 
Four men, silhouetted by the setting sun, fish off a pier near Los Angeles, California and Santa Monica.
Fishing Pier, Southern California Coast
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Large, round, spherical Moeraki Boulders sit in sand and saltwater on New Zealand's East Coast, near the South Island village of Moeraki.
Moeraki Boulders, South Island New Zealand
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Coastal Landscapes. 
Large, round, moss-covered spherical Moeraki Boulders sit in sand and saltwater on New Zealand's East Coast, near the South Island village of Moeraki.
Moeraki Boulders, South Island New Zealand
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Coastal Landscapes. Large, round spherical Moeraki Boulders sit in sand and saltwater on New Zealand's East Coast, near the South Island village of Moeraki.
Moeraki Boulders, South Island New Zealand
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Pro Tip – Putting it all Together

The key to taking gorgeous coastal landscape photos is flexibility and creativity. Don’t go expecting to get just one, specific photo. Keep an open mind, and adapt to the conditions, the subject matter, and the unique features of the landscape. Bring a variety of lenses and equipment so you can adapt and create unique, beautiful images that respond to the physical landscape. Don’t try to force your images to look and feel a certain way, because you’ll inevitably be disappointed when light conditions change or weather shifts or some other variable out of your control occurs. One of the things I love the most about outdoor nature photography is the creativity it takes to really observe and then capture beautiful landscapes on film.


Coastal Landscapes. 
A view from the start of the Abel Tasman National Park trail, looking back toward the park's rolling hills and native bush. The Tasman Sea meets the dramatic peaks on white sand beaches that make a half-moon arch out to a distant point.
Abel Tasman Coast Track
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Another view from the first section of the Abel Tasman National Park trail, looking down to the Whariwharangi Bay along rolling hills and native bush.
Abel Tasman Coast Track – Whariwharangi Bay
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Another view from the first section of the Abel Tasman National Park trail, looking back toward the park's trail along rolling hills and native bush. Two hikers are visible walking down the trail.
Abel Tasman Coast Track – Wainui Bay
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Coastal Landscapes. Another view from the Abel Tasman Coast Track, looking down from the coastal trail along rolling hills and native bush to Mutton Cove.
Abel Tasman Coast Track – Mutton Cove
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Coastal Landscapes. 
Numerous rock outcroppings jut out from Cook Strait, leading away from the South Island.  The perspective looks out from atop New Zealand's Interislander ferry connecting the South Island and North Island from Picton to Wellington through Cook Strait.
Cook Strait between New Zealand’s North and South Islands
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Coastal Landscapes. 
Dark clouds hang low over silhouetted hills that descend into the straits leading from Picton to Wellington. The perspective looks out from atop New Zealand's Interislander ferry connecting the South Island and North Island from Picton to Wellington through Cook Strait.
Cook Strait between New Zealand’s North and South Islands
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