With the storm now passed and all images processed, I find myself with nineteen images to share with you. I struggled with which to start with and then decided to display photos as the storm unfolded. So here we go with Day 1.
On March 6th, the storm was still offshore but the wind had started. I decided to head out with my son to Castle Rock at high tide to see if we could spot any big waves. As soon as we walked down toward the big rock, we saw the sea spray sail over the stone wall and […]
It’s Long Exposure Tuesday and this week features an image from Castle Rock taken on December 21st. I can’t remember if a storm had just come through or just left but the waves were pounding at Castle Rock. I decided to climb to the top of a rock for a more expansive view and had to watch for sea spray that was coming up to the level of the rock at one point! As the sun started to set, my exposure got longer and I ended up with this favorite that took 176 seconds to capture. Those crashing waves […]
Back to some recent images taken before the January thaw. On this particular morning, I again headed out in hopes of capturing some sea smoke. It turned out that my search was in vain but I did not come away empty handed. In fact, I witness (and captured) and incredible early dawn image that I’ll share in the next few days (you’ll understand why later) and then headed here to Castle Rock. I was surprised to see the tide pools had turned to ice and I quickly scampered […]
I haven’t shot a landscape image in a few weeks but that has ‘forced’ me to return to my archive of images and rescue some of these from the seemingly never ending waiting line before they see the light of day. In this case, the image from Castle Rock at sunset dates back to June 11, 2008! I had this image waiting to post but decided to rework it last night in preparation with some new techniques […]
