CaptureLight_71
Breakwater
It's not often I find myself planning for a midday shoot outdoors. Strong Westerlies had been forecast to coincide with a spring high tide around noon. Conditions sounded promising so I decided to head out in hope of finding a nice stormy sea and some big waves to photograph.
I arrived at my chosen mark to find a scene of chaos. It was extremely windy with large waves constantly crashing-in and sea spray going everywhere. Had a quick scout around and luckily found a well-sheltered spot that was close enough to the action. The light was changing all the time with scattered clouds moving across the sky, causing different parts of the scene to illuminate at random intervals. After settling on a composition I stuck it out for a couple of hours, shooting well over 100 frames - you know it's time to quit when you start to see demonic forms appearing in the waves 😉
My vision for this image was to capture the motion of a stormy sea using a mixture of fast and slow shutter speeds, so the different exposures could be blended together in post. It was quite a challenge with the light changing constantly along with all the chaos to hand. The final image was a composite of six exposures all taken from the same spot.
Breakwater
It's not often I find myself planning for a midday shoot outdoors. Strong Westerlies had been forecast to coincide with a spring high tide around noon. Conditions sounded promising so I decided to head out in hope of finding a nice stormy sea and some big waves to photograph.
I arrived at my chosen mark to find a scene of chaos. It was extremely windy with large waves constantly crashing-in and sea spray going everywhere. Had a quick scout around and luckily found a well-sheltered spot that was close enough to the action. The light was changing all the time with scattered clouds moving across the sky, causing different parts of the scene to illuminate at random intervals. After settling on a composition I stuck it out for a couple of hours, shooting well over 100 frames - you know it's time to quit when you start to see demonic forms appearing in the waves 😉
My vision for this image was to capture the motion of a stormy sea using a mixture of fast and slow shutter speeds, so the different exposures could be blended together in post. It was quite a challenge with the light changing constantly along with all the chaos to hand. The final image was a composite of six exposures all taken from the same spot.