Boulder Beach
This beach covered with large rocks is just a few km away from my town Hafnarfjörður.
The soft lava rock gets easily broken by the waves. Years later these pieces of rock get washed up on the beach again as rounded stones.
The ocean seems to deepen quickly at this beach and therefor the waves are more powerful than in other places close by. These waves have managed to build up quite a high pile of rocks.
On the top of this pile is where I placed my tripod. I took a few shots. The shot after this one was the last one as a surprisingly large wave crashed onto the rocks and got me and my camera equipment totally soaked with salt water! It was quite scary as the wave crash very powerfully just a few meters away.
But the most scary part is that for a while I thought that this had been the last shot that my dear Canon 30D had taken. But after intense drying and cleaning, it still works like a charm!
24. Oct 2008: Got my image on www.earthshots.org/2008/10/boulder-beach-by-orvaratli/
Boulder Beach
This beach covered with large rocks is just a few km away from my town Hafnarfjörður.
The soft lava rock gets easily broken by the waves. Years later these pieces of rock get washed up on the beach again as rounded stones.
The ocean seems to deepen quickly at this beach and therefor the waves are more powerful than in other places close by. These waves have managed to build up quite a high pile of rocks.
On the top of this pile is where I placed my tripod. I took a few shots. The shot after this one was the last one as a surprisingly large wave crashed onto the rocks and got me and my camera equipment totally soaked with salt water! It was quite scary as the wave crash very powerfully just a few meters away.
But the most scary part is that for a while I thought that this had been the last shot that my dear Canon 30D had taken. But after intense drying and cleaning, it still works like a charm!
24. Oct 2008: Got my image on www.earthshots.org/2008/10/boulder-beach-by-orvaratli/