The Breakwater | Tuesday Nov 18, 2008
I was going to rename this "Break Neck Rocks" I am not all that pleased with this shot, It doesnt really say anything. However, Im posting it as I was nearly killed/drowned/frozen and arrested taking it!
The rocks are UNBELIEVABLY slippery (Thats a surprise) and my new Wellies dont have the best grip in the world. The waves would crash over the rock I was using as shelter and drown me and my beloved camera (hence the not so sharp image) It was also hard to get my tripod down as there wasn't a flat surface to be had anywhere.
To top it all-the local Policeman tried to tell me I couldn't be on the breakwater. As there were NO signs posted, I advised him that while I was inviting disaster, It was up to me to calculate the risk and "good photos only come to those that dare"-that should be my logo! He then told me that he wouldn't jump in after me should I be washed away, I said thats fine! He was pissed off enough to leave...I guess his donut sugar high was weaning.
Galleries: Landscapes
- Canon
- Canon EOS 5D
- F8
- 6 sec
- 22.0 mm
- 100
- 1.5
- Aperture priority
- Flash did not fire, auto
- Multi-segment
Sometimes you just have to do some not-so-vise things to get a shot, and standing on slippery rocks facing the waves is part of that.
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