Storm Drain
Once again, the storm drain structure on the beach in Ross Bay, Victoria. This photo is from Tuesday when we had quite strong wind blowing at the end of the day – I took this picture after work when it was gusting into the 60’s (kph). As seems to be usual in these circumstance, there were various technical difficulties which made it hard to keep things in focus. I rather like the soft focus of this long exposure, it goes with the waves and the clouds.
I can’t really explain why I have done a series on this feature, it is totally accidental and has to do with the success of one of the early pictures and the ease of access to this location and that it is along one of my travel routes.
You can find the other storm drain pictures through this link. Ross Bay Zigzag is from a similar vantage point as this image, but on a quiet day.
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Canon EOS 5Dmkii, Canon 50/1.4 lense, ISO100: f5.6, 0.6 seconds, Cameron Fader ND filter at about 2 f-stops of density.
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There’s real drama in this shot. The threatening sky and the seething water. The long exposure has really worked. Excellent shot
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Hi Andy – thanks so much for your comment. What I found a little bit out of place in this shot is the Olympic Mountains in the distance – its odd that they are not obscured by the weather.
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Wow!
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Thanks Katherine 🙂
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How utterly profound, dramatic and powerful! Wow, my friend, seriously… what a stunning, stunning image!!
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Hi Toad – thanks so much – what a fantastic reaction. I love it 🙂
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what will you do when summer comes and there are no more of these wonderful grey wintry seascapes and threatening clouds to delight your lens?
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Mario that is a great question and I have no idea at all. If you had asked me last September what I would do I would not have said “photograph that storm drain in Ross Bay”, that is for sure.
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Amazing image. The roiling sea and churning clouds are perfect foils for the storm drain. Beautiful composition. This might be my new favorite amongst your images.
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Hey thanks Ryan – you are allowed more than one favourite at a time, if you want 😉 I like this image too, it gets onto my list of ones that I like best.
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That’s good – I like to collect favorite things. My partner teases me all the time about my list of favorites. : )
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So dramatic!! It’s gorgeous!
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Hi Anne – nice to have you coming by 🙂 And thanks for the comment 🙂
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I really like this
A picture which captures the elemental nature of the ocean.
David
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Thanks David – when I see these relentless waves against a man made structure, I can imagine that structure eroding away in quite a short time.
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wow! amazing. I liked your creativity.
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Hi friendly – your comment went to spam again. I appreciate your comments, but apparently others must find your website too commercial or something and are getting you labeled as spam, so to keep some balance on this blog I have edited the link. Thanks for coming by, and for your comment 🙂
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che suggestione questo mare e queste nuvole, chi vuole aspettare che la loro forza ci trascini via….
that suggestion this sea and these clouds, who wants to wait until their strength there drag on ….
Alessandro
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Alessandro – it’s nice to have your comments again. Thank you. I like the way the clouds mirror the drain in some ways.
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thanks !!!
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Really love the mood of the photo.. looks awesome
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Thanks maenamor – the mood in the photo is rather nicer than it was on the ground, though I would not say the photo is telling a lie either.
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It,s a great shot caught it perfectly. It,s amongst the best ive seen this year for sure.
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Wow, thanks maenamor 🙂
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Really nice picture…it has real atmosphere.
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Welcome to my blog vivbao, and thank you for comment 🙂
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The water is beautiful in this shot especially where it meets with the hard lines and water flowing over the top of the concrete block.
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Hi Doug – I think that the hardlines against the water is why I am constantly drawn back to this spot, it seems to work in so many different ways.
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