New Wave

One aspiration in my recent Hawaii photo shoot was to capture dynamic waves. To a degree I achieved that. The Pacific waters were beautifully multi-shaded blues and there were many large waves, but they were not like the very large ones of Hawaii in the winter months.

Little did I know that in September in Rhode Island I would get my dynamic waves wished for in Hawaii. A tropical storm named Jose passed southeast of the coast but near enough to create abundant wave action with the bonas of very strong winds adding to the dynamism  by clipping off wave tops and creating spray.

I had the pleasant problem of actually having very many good photos to choose from the shoot. I had taken two lenses recently acquired: Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM and Canon EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM. Both lenses responded excellently to the challenges of the coastal storm action.

The currently posted photo was taken with a Canon 5 DS, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 100mm, f/14, 1/250″, ISO 160 processed with Adobe Camera Raw, DxO Optics Pro 11, using Photoshop CC (2017) with a gradient map and Color Efex Pro.