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Breaking Wave



Breaking Wave, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

Walking along the Marin Headlands cliffs between Rodeo Beach and Tennessee Beach, I was struck by the brightness of the breaking waves in the sunset light against the darkness of the shore in shadow.

Depth of field was not an issue. I spot metered for the brightness of the waves, made sure that a shutter speed fast enough to stop the motion of the wave was selected, and allowed the camera to choose the aperture.

[300mm in 35mm equivalent terms, 1/250 of a second at f/6.3 and ISO 100.]

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2 Responses to “Breaking Wave”

  1. Photoblog 2.0: » Photoblog 2.0 Archive: » Flight Says:
    September 28th, 2007 at 2:33 pm

    […] title=”photo sharing”> Flight, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The surf was crashing on the shore. Round the rugged coastline, I saw the keyhole above Tennessee Beach lit […]

  2. Photoblog 2.0: » Photoblog 2.0 Archive: » Wave Says:
    October 24th, 2007 at 3:10 pm

    […] a second and f/22 at ISO 100, tripod mounted.] Some related images: Wave (after Hokusai), Breaking Wave, Wave Tangent.

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