Oregon Shoreline
This image from the Shorelines Portfolio shows a stark contrast from the calm image that I posted yesterday. Using a faster shutter speed, I was able to maintain a greater feeling of turbulence in the ocean as the waves crash into the rock outcroppings along the shore. When photographing moving water, shutter speed selection is critical. Use a very slow shutter speed and all of the motion is smoothed out, sometimes to the extent of being mushy and washed out, lacking detail. Too fast of a shutter speed and every drop of water is frozen in space. The in between shutter speeds are what I usually work with, getting a perfect blend of detail and movement.
I had been to this location before at high tide, so arriving in the dark just prior to low tide this time, I had no idea what I might find. I was not disappointed. As the sun crept over the horizon, I found many tide pools filled with sea stars and other ocean life. I also found this composition waiting to be photographed. I love the still water reflecting the overcast sky on the dark rock in the foreground with the turbulence of a raging sea behind it. The image, to me, is all about turbulence in life and finding peace as we rise above it. Hindsight is 20/20. When rising above the trial, we look back and can see the beauty of where we have passed.
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