This one was from February this year. It had been a lovely clear blue sky day. Not great for landscape photography but a fine day for strolling along the beach in search of potential images.
I was returning to my car when I saw this image. The sun was still relatively high in the sky for my liking, but with the tide rapidly coming in, these rocks were not going to be visible for long so I went about making this image. With my camera ready it was then just a matter of timing to get the best waves breaking over the rocks.
This was my 2nd attempt, although I also made a 3rd exposure just to be sure. This is what I love about film photography; I only make as many exposures as strictly necessary for the job. With digital I find the temptation is to make many exposures and before you know it you end up with dozens of almost identical images to sort through back in the office.
Regrettably I only had my Medium Format camera (my view camera was locked in the boot of my car as I did not expect to see anything suitable to photograph seriously until dusk). While my Mamiya produces fine 6x7 transparencies, without any lens tilt it was impossible to keep everything in focus. I settled for a little blurring of the closest foreground rock in order to preserve sharpness on the horizon.
I was returning to my car when I saw this image. The sun was still relatively high in the sky for my liking, but with the tide rapidly coming in, these rocks were not going to be visible for long so I went about making this image. With my camera ready it was then just a matter of timing to get the best waves breaking over the rocks.
This was my 2nd attempt, although I also made a 3rd exposure just to be sure. This is what I love about film photography; I only make as many exposures as strictly necessary for the job. With digital I find the temptation is to make many exposures and before you know it you end up with dozens of almost identical images to sort through back in the office.
Regrettably I only had my Medium Format camera (my view camera was locked in the boot of my car as I did not expect to see anything suitable to photograph seriously until dusk). While my Mamiya produces fine 6x7 transparencies, without any lens tilt it was impossible to keep everything in focus. I settled for a little blurring of the closest foreground rock in order to preserve sharpness on the horizon.
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