The tide was dropping at Sandy's early Sunday morning. I pass this familiar cove & wanted to see what I could pull out from this location once more. As the sun rose higher there were a few fairly large swells but noting "big". I decided to play around with my shutter speed rather than try for one of my "normal" long exposures.
After I set my tripod up & was ready, I waited & hoped for a larger swell that would break over the top of the rock on the beginning of the inlet & have the water cascade over the edge. Mother Nature did not disappoint! In fact she got my heart pounding with a rush, it's been a long while since I've felt that feeling! I had one hand on the base of my tripod ready to lift it up out of harms way as the rushing water funneled it way past me. Honestly the size of the waves were very BIG! I was standing on top of a rock with my knees bent to brace for the waters impact. A few of the shots were blurry as the water pushed my tripod back. Not to temp faith, I retreated as the swells got smaller & settled down.
When I was safe on dry land I noticed that the salt water had splashed on top of my XT2 around the ISO, shutter speed & exposure compensation dials. It was late & the beautiful golden glow had faded so I headed back to my car, but I noticed that fro some reason my tripod was a lot heavier?! Lifting it up near my ear & moving it side to side I could hear the salt water sloshing inside of the legs. I finally got to my car & immediately grabbed a bottled water & poured it over the top of the camera to flush out any salt residue that might get trapped under the dials. The Fuji XT2 is weather sealed , so I wasn't worried about pouring water over it. God I love my Fuji!
Aloha a hui hou my friends!
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