Porthcawl lighthouse, south wales
This is a place photographed many times, it's local to me but I always had an image pictured in my mind that doesn't just show the scale of the waves, but the scale of the wall and lighthouse and to do this I needed to shoot from down on the rocks as the tide was coming in. Once or twice I had to quickly move my gear as whitewater and seafoam came towards me. Challenges: we have a 4-5ft swell with a low high tide, sunny with rain showers. I had to wait for the sun to break through and light the side of the lighthouse whilst having a wave hit the wall.
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Having lived in Maine, I'm quite familiar with the large swell and tide phenomenon, and have had to take the same things into consideration. You have done a beautiful job of dealing with the challenges to create a beautiful B&W image!