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Hole In The Wall Beach - February 28, 2009

landscape photo, black and white, ocean, sky, clouds, Davenport, California
Big On Black

Dynamics

Raced up to Panther / Hole In The Wall, for a little more exploration on the south end. Something I find interesting is how shots I have recently take are no longer available to shoot again...at least on these trips. Makes me realize just how dynamic the coastal and ocean environments are.

I mentioned in my last shot, that the sand deposits had covered up an earlier shot, taken just a few weeks ago. As I climbed up on the shelves where the crack from my last shot is located, I noticed a large amount of drift kelp and algae that was now up on the shelves around and in the crack itself. All part of the dynamic system, but definitely not something you want to look at hanging on your wall.

As is often the case, I ran around looking for some new compositions as the light was fading fast...and the sky was just mesmorizing. It was so, shall I say, dynamic! I kept watching it instead of shooting. Fine by me, as I was enjoying the moment more than the photography.

The swell and tide were low, so there wasn't anything too dynamic about it, therefore, I pointed my camera a tad more to the main interest, the dynamic sky.

Nikon D300
Tokina 11-16mm @ 12mm
8sec @ f16, ISO 100
B+W Polarizer
Lee .9 and .6 Soft Stop ND Grad Filters