Angry Sea, Yachats, Oregon

Yesterday was a very wet day on the Oregon coast. We had rain and angry seas all day. After a trip to the Marine Science Center in Newport, hoping that it would dry out a bit, we headed to the Bayfront to check out some galleries. Still raining, so went went to Mo’s for lunch. While waiting for our meal, the rain stopped, for a minute. We decided to head south. We stopped at Seal Rock, a very interesting place when the light is right, but not today.

Driving through Yachats, we found a place where the waves were pounding into the rocks and creating quite a scene. The whole day the sea had been rough, and this was a perfect place to illustrate that. I climbed out on the rocks and started photographing, and then the rain came again. Trying to keep the lens dry was a challenge, and I lost a couple of pretty good images due to water on the splashing on the lens. The sky was pretty dull, so I tried to keep it out of the frame. The wave rolling in made a much more interesting background, as you can see here. Timing on this image was a challenge as well. Getting the waves rolling in the background at the same time as the water from the previous wave was washing over the rocks and back into the ocean was tough, but did happen just right on occasion.

This is an example of a time when many would give up because it is wet and cold and miserable. I have seen it many times. I am so glad that I did not give in yesterday. When a challenge arises, conditions maybe not optimum, I have found that if I reach into my heart go out with determination I can still create meaningful photographs. Persistence will always pay off.

More images available at MoffettGallery.com.