Ocean Drama
One of the recent wild days on Wellingtons south coast (NZ)
One of the recent wild days on Wellingtons south coast (NZ)
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Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Aperture f/6.3 ISO 800 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 600/1 
Wellington, NZ
Jul, 2020Views
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February 20, 2021
Lively and impressive. Eyes follow the waves, expecting them to still move.
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Location
Wellington, New Zealand, has a beautiful southern coast. When the cold Antarctic winds blow from the south, the Ocean can be rather wild. That's when you find me there, hunting for beautiful seascapes.Time
This was on a windy day in early Autumn or early Winter, the Sun already low in the western sky and tinting the clouds in shades of gold.Lighting
It's tricky to get crisp photos of fast moving objects like waves in lower light. It takes some practice to predict when waves are slower in their movement - usually when at their low or at their peak. The latter is what you would want for such an image. Even though I shot at 1/500 second, this shutter speed is rather slow for waves and even droplets in mid-air.Equipment
Canon EOS 6D Mark II and a first generation Tamron 150-600 mm. This was handheld, no tripod (such a tripod would only be in the way when climbing around the rocks)Inspiration
The Ocean always inspires me, calms me down and 'shows' me my place in the vast universe. It teaches ua, like all of Nature, that we humans should stop thinking how important we are. Nature can easily exist without us, but we can't exist without Nature. This is something I want to show in many of my images.Editing
I edited this in Photoshop, to recover color and contrast of water and sky.In my camera bag
I don't have a "one-stop-bag". Since much of my work is rather specialized, I usually take one camera and one lens, usually, for one single purpose. This is also to keep myself from seeing everything through a lens. I did that before, but at some point I discovered, I do miss a lot of real life when only looking through a viewfinder.Feedback
Practice a lot, experiment a lot, find things that interest you in photography and start focusing on those. And also, don't forget to look up from your viewfinder sometimes. A beautiful sunset is a stunning thing to behold with your eyes rather than through a lens. You don't need to capture every little thing on camera. If you try, you will miss a lot.
