A Stormy Sea

DAY SIX: After dinner, (at Mama DiMateo's -- which is consistently delicious) I convinced Adam to take me back out along the Park Loop Road so I could play around with some more long exposure shots of the rocks and waves.

 

It wasn't stormy or windy, so I didn't really expect to see big waves. But when we got to Thunder Hole, the ocean was really churning. I think we may have even heard what I would consider "semi-thunder". The waves were crashing over the observation platform. A few families with children were taking great delight in grasping the guardrail and letting the cold waves splash over them. They'd squeal every time the cold water drenched them.

 

I found a nice (dry) spot for my tripod and found a few interesting rock formations to focus on. The shots above and below are all 30 - 60 second exposures. I decided to do some of the shots as black and white. I'll post the color compositions later on.

 

After about twenty minutes it started to drizzle a little bit, so I had to pack up my gear and head home.

Done