Waves!

The last week was perfect for seascape or better wave photography, strong winds from south west.

It’s the Praia Evarista again, yet I’m not done with this beach. The rocks are offering a wide opportunity for various compositions. So I was jumping from rock to rock. A tripod was no option, the waves were too fast and without I could move and hide faster from angry waves.

Creating perfect exposures was challenge, the light was changing so fast, because every big splash put the important parts of the scene in the shade for a few seconds. So I had to add some dogding and burning in the post process.

The colors are true, the Contax Distagon 21 renders such vivid colors that some people were asking which filters I have worked with. To tell the truth, there was one in front of the lens, a Zeiss P-Filter. The “P” means protection, nothing else. Sold by Zeiss to avoid scratches, dust and much more important for me – protection from the sea water, the salt will cause abrasion, which is very bad for any lens.  

I was very careful, had a little plastic bag wrapped around the Distagon from the step up ring to the camera body (pretty bad for focusing) and protected the whole camera with my jacket.

Camera EOS 5D, lens Zeiss Distagon 21mm f2.8