Low tide at Hive Beach
09th October 2010
Today saw one of the lowest tides of the year at Hive Beach, uncovering the rock ledges half-way along towards Freshwater. It seems there also a low weather system out in the Atlantic, bringing in some strong Easterly winds and causing quite a swell. The nett result was a a fast moving tide, with strong winds (20-25knts) which meant the water was running up the beach a long way. As always with the waves, every 6-7th wave brings a larger, more powerful one, so today I got wet.
I ended up standing on the rocks below the ledge, getting covered in spray, and then a large wave would come through covering my boots completely and once, the water came up over my kness and up to the tops of my things. At that point not only did I decide I had probably had enough, but I grabbed my camera and tripod and headed for the beach as quick as I could.
The sun was coming out from behind the cluds sporadically and I decided to use the 10-stop filter for one or two of the shots, to create the misty effect. Mostly I shot with a 4-stop allowing for shutter speeds of 0.3 - 0.6 second to show the movement.
Despoite a host of walkers out enjoying the beach in the sunshine, I managed to capture a number of shots without too much interuption.
Hope you enjoy them. Here are a couple, but there are more on Flickr.
I ended up standing on the rocks below the ledge, getting covered in spray, and then a large wave would come through covering my boots completely and once, the water came up over my kness and up to the tops of my things. At that point not only did I decide I had probably had enough, but I grabbed my camera and tripod and headed for the beach as quick as I could.
The sun was coming out from behind the cluds sporadically and I decided to use the 10-stop filter for one or two of the shots, to create the misty effect. Mostly I shot with a 4-stop allowing for shutter speeds of 0.3 - 0.6 second to show the movement.
Despoite a host of walkers out enjoying the beach in the sunshine, I managed to capture a number of shots without too much interuption.
Hope you enjoy them. Here are a couple, but there are more on Flickr.