Spouting Off

[JimFox]

A couple of shots from Laguna Beach and down by the Montage Hotel area. When the tide gets high enough the water seems to spout out against the rocks.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

I like these kind of shots - esp. the first one.

I have been looking for a place to get this kind of light and light angle on wave sprays and sadly don't have much to show for it yet. I keep getting too far behind the spray and it gets captured as dark spots instead of the backlit water like you show in these images.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Beautiful, Jim.

 

[Tom Makofski]

Love the light in your 2nd photo.

 

[Bob]

Jim,
Really like these. Nice capture of the waves and the sun hitting them.
Bob

 

[JimFox]

I like these kind of shots - esp. the first one.

I have been looking for a place to get this kind of light and light angle on wave sprays and sadly don't have much to show for it yet. I keep getting too far behind the spray and it gets captured as dark spots instead of the backlit water like you show in these images.

Thanks Alan! I do keep my eye out when I am shooting at the beach, especially for a strong enough sun to backlight these splashes. I think for your area your beaches don’t seem to be as conducive to these types of splashes as your beaches seem to be longer beaches. Here in SoCal we seem to have shorten, steeper beaches with more rock shelves and cliffs where the higher tides can splash nicely.

 

[AlanLichty]

Thanks Alan! I do keep my eye out when I am shooting at the beach, especially for a strong enough sun to backlight these splashes. I think for your area your beaches don’t seem to be as conducive to these types of splashes as your beaches seem to be longer beaches. Here in SoCal we seem to have shorten, steeper beaches with more rock shelves and cliffs where the higher tides can splash nicely.

I was looking at the topography in your shot and scratching my head over where I can get something similar. There are some places like the Yachats area where this should be possible.

 

[JimFox]

I was looking at the topography in your shot and scratching my head over where I can get something similar. There are some places like the Yachats area where this should be possible.

Have you come and shot any of our SoCal beaches Alan? If not, then maybe you should plot and plan a California trip sometime?

 

[AlanLichty]

Have you come and shot any of our SoCal beaches Alan? If not, then maybe you should plot and plan a California trip sometime?

It's an interesting thought. I would likely plan around a CA1 route since I am not a fan of the Central Valley (non)scenery along I-5. I have been up most of CA1 from San Diego up to Morrow Bay and then from Bodega Bay to the N. end and have also been on US101 and I-5 from San Diego up to the Canadian border. Might be more interesting as a winter trip with some neat swells/breaks and passing storms.

 

[Shibu George]

Love it!

 

[Zeph]

I was looking at the topography in your shot and scratching my head over where I can get something similar. There are some places like the Yachats area where this should be possible.

You better act quickly "cause the sun is very far north to get this effect.

 

[Zeph]

The first with the stronger hydraulics and the comp leads my eye to the distant shore, where as the second keeps my gaze close in, with the inclusion of the foreground. The refractive color in the second is sweet.

 

[AlanLichty]

You better act quickly "cause the sun is very far north to get this effect.

Winter would give us a better angle for this.

 

[JimFox]

Winter would give us a better angle for this.

This was from July. To me, there is no best time of the year for backlighting wave splashes, it's all about the photographers positioning in regard to the sun and the wave splash. Typically down here there is always plenty of space to move around and position the wave splash at whatever angle you want.

 

[Ben Egbert]

I can watch spouting water lik ethis for as long as it lasts. This is a great example of the type and very well executed in both images.

 

[JimFox]

I can watch spouting water lik ethis for as long as it lasts. This is a great example of the type and very well executed in both images.

Thanks so much Ben! I enjoy watching it too, though it typically doesn't last long. Often these displays may only last 5 to 10 mins tops.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Thanks so much Ben! I enjoy watching it too, though it typically doesn't last long. Often these displays may only last 5 to 10 mins tops.

I know, but I often get to a place early antisipating the splash. There is a good one just outside our room in Yachats, and I have spent hours over the last 30 years watching it. We call it the bathtub.