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L A N Z - W A V E - W A T C H E R S

 

📍 Los Hervideros, Lanzarote

 

Here's another photo from last year's trip to Lanzarote. I have posted another photo from this spot at Los Hervideros, but I liked the wave surging in on this one. I don't like the harsh light that much though, but it did provide that small light prism in the wave. Swings and roundabouts I guess!

 

Here's some edited copy from my previous post which applies to this shot...

 

"While on my two-week holiday in Lanzarote, I scheduled an evening visit to Los Hervideros, when the tide was high and the waves were at their biggest.

 

When I arrived, the large car park was closed for a reason I couldn't quite understand. This meant that the road was chock-a-block with cars & camper vans. I had to take care to compose them out of the frame. A longer focal length helped with this, and it was something I had planned on to give adequate height to the volcanos - particularly the nearest, Volcan Bermeja.

 

Although not monster waves, I really got a sense of the power of the ocean here - as the surging water roared through the cave network.

 

Much like my trip to El Golfo (a previous post), the notorious Lanzarote winds proved troublesome. This time, offshore winds drove sea spray back onto my filter and buffeted the camera head-on. So I couldn't shelter it without being in shot myself. Of the 500 exposures I took, this was one of the sharpest combined with an interesting wave form.

 

Although I hoped for sunset colours, it didn't happen due to low cloud on the horizon... as it hadn't throughout my stay! I began shooting early, which was a good call as the best of the light was about a full hour before sunset. While I was set up, the light came and went with the passing clouds, so I picked my moments.

 

As expected, those pesky tourists were everywhere (wait... I was one too!), so a little tidying was required in post. I left in a group of people on the cliffside though, to add a sense of scale."

 

Canon 6D MkII | 24-105mm lens at 35mm | ƒ/16 | 1/30 sec | ISO 100 | Tripod | ND grad filter | Lightroom & Photoshop | Taken at Los Hervideros, Lanzarote on 15-09-2022

 

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Uploaded on June 24, 2023
Taken on September 15, 2022