Rocks and Surf Patterns, Navarro Headlands

I really enjoy working with subjects involving moving water, particularly near the ocean since the patterns described by the moving surf are especially unpredictable. Using large cameras like I do often means that exposures will be seconds long, sometimes into minutes. That is do to having to use small aperture numbers like f-32, f-45 and even f-64 to hold depth of field. Then the film I was using at that time had an ASA of 100, which I rated at 50 so I could get big fat shadow areas. So I would wait until things were amenable, meaning when I thought the surf would make a nice pattern, I opened the shutter and hoped! This one worked! I used a Toyo 45A camera, 210mm Sironar-S lens, a light yellow filter, to cut through some atmospheric haze and build contrast with the blue of the water, and Kodak T-Max 100 rated at ASA 50. Processed as normal using a Jobo processor.

4 Comments

What I like about this photo is the appearance of isolation of the center rock. The wave action and water spray filter, that is the sharpness in the static area contrasts beautifully with the softness in motion, or something like that.

Nice details.

Thank you. I enjoy it for those exact reasons.

Love this! Once again you managed to capture flowing movement contrasted with stubborn solidness! Nice work as always!

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