Splash

[AlanLichty]

Sometimes when you are out along the coastline the light and scenery just doesn't cooperate to leave you with some grandiose scenery and if you want to shoot you have to look for the smaller features. I was thusly entertaining myself along the Oregon coast one day at Seal Rock just south of Newport and got some nice light on the waves crashing into the rocks.

Seal Rock Splash

• AlanLichty
• Aug 26, 2018
• 1

Wave action along Seal Rock State Recreation Site, Oregon.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Jim Dockery]

Nice one - perfect exposure to highlight the spray, but still show detail. If it were mine I might try working on the sky a bit to darken it and bring out a bit more contrast to show the faint cloud patterns.

 

[Ben Egbert]

I love these splash shots, especially when the light accentuates the white of the spray. Nice one Alan.

 

[JimFox]

Very nice Alan!

It's funny, you made it sound like shots like these are your last resort when shooting the beach, when for me down here in SoCal this type of a shot is the first thing I look for. Funny how we have different styles, and of course some of that is based on the beaches we shoot and how they are different down here compared to up there.

 

[Bob Denton]

That's a nice splash.

 

[AlanLichty]

Thanks for the comments. I will take a loot to see what else I might be able to tease out of the skies.

Very nice Alan!

It's funny, you made it sound like shots like these are your last resort when shooting the beach, when for me down here in SoCal this type of a shot is the first thing I look for. Funny how we have different styles, and of course some of that is based on the beaches we shoot and how they are different down here compared to up there.

I do look for nice rock shelves to get spray shots quite often and especially if I can get them with nice morning/evening light but those types of formations are not easy to come by along the Oregon coastline. In this case the beach is just that - lots of sand and only a few places where the rocks jut out to where you get good sprays. This set of rocks is entirely out in the water and I shot it with a 100-400mm lens.

In this case I had flat light and hours to kill before the sunset. Turned out to be a dud for a sunset with a heavy marine layer.

 

[egrimm]

Very nice. The light on the water is just right against the background sky.

 

[lionking]

Beautiful capture Alan!!