Slow panning waves

[Ken Rennie]

Assynt in NW Scotland also has beaches and the water, like the entire West Coast and islands has a green/ blue tone. I spent an enjoyable, but cold, hour trying to capture waves with movement and texture. This is 1/8s with a 200mm lens panning incoming waves, the strong offshore wind was ripping the tops off and keeping the front element of my lens dry. Ken

 

[Ben Egbert]

That's a really interesting technique and you have some nice results here.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice results. Your scene has the key to making wave panning work - a dark backdrop. I have tried doing this a few times but the smeared land in the background was too distracting.

 

[Bart Carrig]

Interesting strategy, and sounds like a great combination of events to get that beautiful result.

Bart

 

[JimFox]

This is a fun technique Ken. Not easy to pull off as it can vary so much from wave to wave. I like this one you got.

 

[Dean]

Ken,
Worked well.. this is very mesmerizing .

 

[lionking]

Great capture Ken.

 

[Mahikan]

Formidable!

 

[Ken Rennie]

Thanks everyone for your comments, info that may change your view of the image. The waves were only 3 ft (1m) high and this allowed to stand in the wash to get a better background only risking a mild wetting although my Wellington boots kept me dry. It is seldom this calm in Autumn/Winter approx latitude Bering Sea. Ken

 

[Beth]

it makes for a pretty sweet image. nice work.