A couple of seascapes from my recent trip to Devon. This is my first time using ND filters, first time using the 12mm in anger, and first time doing seascapes, but I'm fairly happy with these - It could just be the novelty of long exposures though. I certainly learned a lot, but still need to work on my compositions.
Ideally I need to get out by myself rather than have the Mrs and the dog waiting for me to finish!
Duckpool Bay by
jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr
I got thoroughly soaked while taking this one at Woolacombe. I had been there 20mins or so by that point and knew where the water was reaching, but a freak wave came and soaked both me and the camera! It wasn't just a little bit bigger than the others either, the normal waves were washing up the channels between rocks that were ~40-50cm high, usually reaching about halfway up them.
I was perched on top of those rocks, precariously balanced straddling one of the channels with the camera down between and this one wave not only completely covered the rocks, but soaked me to my knees! Not just a little bit of a splash - It full on washed over and I didn't see my feet for 10-15 seconds until it washed back out again. Crazy stuff. All I could do was lean down and hold onto the tripod so that a) the camera wouldn't get washed away and b) I wouldn't lose my balance.
Certainly an eye opener -
Stay safe out there people!
Fortunately, both me and the camera survived, and have both had a thorough clean.
Woolacombe by
jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr
Here's the exposure I was taking when the wave hit. I think I had just hit the shutter and it was mid-countdown when the wave hit.
Soaked! by
jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr
I then had a whole ordeal of trying to get back across the rocks after the sun had gone down, with a heavy pack on my back and boots full of water... Long story short I got a little bit lost, and a little bit panicky while scrambling across some huge 20ft+ rocks in the rapidly fading light. I got back to the beach entrance covered in sweat just as the Mrs was coming down to check on me. Could have been a complete disaster day, fortunately it just turned out a couple of shots and a story I can laugh at.
I'll definitely be showing the coast more respect in the future!