steveblackdog
Tidal Rush 01
Another trip to Exmouth seafront on thursday evening and we were treated with quite a spectacle as the tide rushed in.
With one of the highest tides of the year, the speed with which it was coming in was incredible. I have witnessed the tide racing in many times here, but never with this much power except in storms, but it was a very calm and windless evening.
Seemed like an ideal time to get out the welding glass to slow things down and get some unusual patterns in the water. It was getting a bit close to sunset and the light fading, so rather than several minutes, it was time to up the ISO to keep the exposure to a more manageable 75 seconds :~)
It was enough to create the different levels that I had hoped for. Here the smoother water of the open sea near the horizon, then the dark tones of the rushing water heading up the estuary, finally in the foreground the turbulance created by the water cascading over the groyne and breaking on the rocks of the sea defences at the base of the sea wall.
Mission accomplished, but it didnt really show the power and force of the water, so I switched tactics to what you can see below.
Tidal Rush 01
Another trip to Exmouth seafront on thursday evening and we were treated with quite a spectacle as the tide rushed in.
With one of the highest tides of the year, the speed with which it was coming in was incredible. I have witnessed the tide racing in many times here, but never with this much power except in storms, but it was a very calm and windless evening.
Seemed like an ideal time to get out the welding glass to slow things down and get some unusual patterns in the water. It was getting a bit close to sunset and the light fading, so rather than several minutes, it was time to up the ISO to keep the exposure to a more manageable 75 seconds :~)
It was enough to create the different levels that I had hoped for. Here the smoother water of the open sea near the horizon, then the dark tones of the rushing water heading up the estuary, finally in the foreground the turbulance created by the water cascading over the groyne and breaking on the rocks of the sea defences at the base of the sea wall.
Mission accomplished, but it didnt really show the power and force of the water, so I switched tactics to what you can see below.