[Leica] IMG: On the edge of torrents

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Based on this image, it was worth it!

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
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YNWA









On Apr 6, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Richard Man wrote:

> My daughter and I went to the coast yesterday, which we usually do once or
> twice a year. I watched the waves coming over the rock "wall" with the sea
> palms for about 15 mins and found a spot about 25 feet from the rock wall
> for a photo. All these times, the wave only reached about 10 feet beyond
> the wall (yes, you can see where this is going, don't you?)
> 
> Then my daughter went back up for a moment, and I started to focus on the
> far side - the waves beyond the wall. This is with my head inside the dark
> cloth behind the 4x5 camera.
> 
> I saw a couple waves went over, and then I saw this big wave coming over on
> the ground glass and thinking to myself, hmmm... that wave looks kind of
> big... "Oh Sh*$%^t" and my legs got wet. Removing my head from the dark
> cloth, I saw that there were some spray on my camera and my camera bag 4
> feet further away got soaked.
> 
> Fortunately my film holders were in ziplock bags and they were OK. Some
> lens got some spray. I wiped them and dried them as much as I could. I
> moved back another 10 feet, finally took some photos, and watched the waves
> some more, and for another 30 minutes or more, no wave ever reached that
> far again....
> 
> In any case, when we got home, I disassembled, washed, and cleaned the 
> lens.
> 
> I hope this is all worth it!
> 
> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20130406-Scanned-19.jpg
> 
> -- 
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
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