Big Swell @ Mahon Pool

A biiiiiiiiiiiiig swell was predicted for this weekend and it certainly did perform! I know you must be getting sick of Mahon Pool, thats ok.. I hope I am showing you the very different faces it can show depending on the weather 🙂 I headed down with my new partner in crime Dan, and found a Dave, an Ally and two Ed’s.

Lost

We got wet.. again.. things took a tumble.. again.. I broke the clip on my Cokin Z holder (but it was clean and some araldite should fix that up. One of the Ed’s lost the other Ed’s filter, and for some reason I saved Dan’s bag before my own! Never the less it was good fun, and also I am very happy I have now ordered my Dakine Sequence backpack!

The Mahon Pool really shows many different faces each weekend, and unfortunately no cloud once again! But it can be forgiven by the way the sea turned it on. The sets were big, strong and never ending.. even hours after high tide.

Everything is Alright

As a side note, you may wonder where I get the names for the photos from.. well 99.9% of the time it is from music.. and the music I listen too whilst processing. Processing is a tedious task, with multiple crops, re-edits, conversions and deletions. I am little funny with my photos, where as by I keep them all.. unless they are really bad. Why? I like to revisit and remember the specific morning, or try a new technique.

Caution

This was one of my first successful shots with my new Hitech 10 stop filter.. it almost looks like welding glass! It is a tricky mofo to use, key points being that in low light you have to either manually focus to infinity (which I cant currently do with my D40/10-20 combo…) or slide the filter in/out. Also the red colour cast is a pain, but for the most part only occurring heavily where the shot isnt exposed long enough. I think this will take some practice, and learning.. and some more practice!

We finished up the morning with the usual coffee and McMuffins (seems to be a trend ive got shrapnel on a Saturday morning) and getting to know a new face or two. Really very much enjoying these trips out at the moment, especially meeting like minded and fun people.

Next Saturday? Well.. got to go somewhere but I am thinking maybe somewhere new 🙂

I also captured some video with my HTC Desire of the swell, very impressed!

Big Swell @ Mahon Pool

Till next time..

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