Erin was not on call this weekend for the first time in a while, so we headed out to the coast for the weekend. I’d heard about this cave and was eager to get down into it, and i’m happy with this photo but I think i’ll definitely have to go back. The swells were about 15 feet and at very short intervals, so my camera and I got soaked several times. I’d set up the tripod and take a photo quickly, and then have to turn and run up the boulders behind to escape the next wave. Unfortunately, I didn’t always make it.





Canon 5d Mark ii, 16-35mm lens, 2 sec at f/16, ISO 50

I made sure to arrive at the cave near the bottom of a very low tide, but the huge waves were still able to thunder all the way through the 200 foot long tunnel and slam into the rocks on the other side. Using Live View helped a lot in setting up the tripod and snapping a photo in the 10 seconds or so I had before the next wave hit, as I was able to arrange the composition and watch the waves at the same time. I’ll go back when a low tide coincides with smaller waves.