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Refreshing.

Out picture hunting along the coast of Lanzarote on a hot day, Just the sight of the water splashing against the rocks cools me down, can almost feel the spray....
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Out picture hunting along the coast of Lanzarote on a hot day, Just the sight of the water splashing against the rocks cools me down, can almost feel the spray.
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Jul, 2016

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Behind The Lens

Location

This picture was taken near a beautiful little fishing village called El Golfo, on the island of Lanzarote. It is one of my favourite areas, the sea always offers some great photos of the waves breaking heavily on the rocky shore, on this session though I was looking more at some of the calmer areas, I wanted to catch the droplets and spray as close as posible without risking getting wet.

Time

It was a lovely warm afternoon and we decided to go to the south of Lanzarote to enjoy a rough coastline that has a few great black sand beaches and amazing views. Also a wonderful place to connect with the ocean.

Lighting

The natural light on this island is great, it charges your batteries and warms you to the heart but for photography it can be overwhelmingly bright at times, obviously if you stick to sunrise and sunset hours then its great but then I would miss the chance for shots like this with the sun high in the sky, I was actually using my hand as an extra lens hood.

Equipment

I used my trusty old Nikon D3200 with a Tokina 11-16mm and I used my tripod as a sort of monopod.

Inspiration

The ocean is often my inspiration in photography. Its power, its immensity, the ability it has to give or to take life. Normally I look for huge crashing waves or sunsets on empty seas and that sort of thing to express these feelings but sometimes I like to look for the smaller moments of the ocean, like this wave splashing over the rocks to fill the pools as the tide rises on a nice warm afternoon.

Editing

There wasnt much processing done on this particular image. I take my pictures in RAW so I allways give a little curve to add contrast, a bit of vibrance. This particular picture really didnt need much doing so I didnt. The light was so good this day it was the main ingredient.

In my camera bag

I normally carry just the things that I think Ill need according to where Im going and what Im shooting, for the ocean I take 1 lens, a tripod and an intervalometer, when I go out lightpainting is when my bag gets filled the most with lights, fireworks, color filters, light swords and all sort of fun things.

Feedback

The ocean constantly offers us opportunitys to make great photos, the best opportunitys come with the worst seas normally, the biggest waves, the wildest beaches and sometimes we can get too close in our effort to get that shot we want, so caution is necessary sometimes. I recommend checking the tides and weather reports just before each session. To catch the waves in their full use faster shutter speeds and experiment with the suns position to capture the explosion, its also good to take the photos in a sequence because we dont always see the best moment through the viewfinder.

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