PHOTOG RA PHY MA STER CL AS S
Ideas I had for images quickly to capture had to depict the raw energy off a large number of frames ensuring I
disappeared as the tide marched further of the ocean. It had to convey a sense of caught all the action.
up the shoreline. Sketching with the drama. Sports and wildlife photographers
camera, the images I initially took went typically use this mode of shooting as
nowhere near capturing the spirit or it allows them to fi re off a large number
mood of the place. of frames a second. Before fi ring off any
To do that, I had to get above the frames I then turned auto focus off onurepict
incoming water. So, perhaps foolishly, I the camera and focused manually on2
climbed up across some wet rocks and a pre-selected point. Doing this meant
perched myself on the edge of a large To achieve this, I set up a tripod at its that auto focus would not get fooled
rock. Before and just below me waves lowest possible point of contact to the into tracking the splash from crashing
rolled in and crashed on the rock I was rocks.Then I attached a cable release surf, which may have resulted in a
perched on. A move two inches to the to my camera, and changed the setting blurred image.
right and I would have been shooting from single shot to continuous shooting. My second image is the result of this
portraits of fish! But the image I wanted Doing this would allow me to fi re effort. Here, the splash from the breaking
waves has been caught perfectly.The
splashing sea spray has created real
drama while the white of the surf adds
contrast and balance to the scene.
With what I hoped was an image or
two in the bag, I dropped back to the
beach in between the waves rolling in.
Before heading for home I sat for a
few minutes listening to the crashing
surf as dusk turned to nightfall. Slowly,
amidst the dusky light and with each
passing of the retreating waves, unseen
rocks began to appear.
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Walking bare foot into the water, I set up
a vertical composition at the base of one
of these large rocks.
Like a giant alligator’s head, it made
for an interesting foreground.With an
aperture of F13 and an exposure of six
seconds, I pressed the shutter as the
waves rolled in and out around the rock.
With that and before I got stranded
for the night, I headed for home. A
beautiful evening!
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