Poseidon in Edmonds, WA

[StarShark]

It was a windy day on the shores of Edmonds, WA and rarely see the waves get this big.

Can you guys and ladies give me pointers on how I could have improve the shot or settings, if given another opportunity. I was standing on a bench shooting away and could not find anything higher. BTW this is straight from my CF card. Thanks in advance.



Camera Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture f/18.0
Focal Length 135 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire

[SwissJon]

About the best asvice I can give you here is "Move".

Shooting anything with an unintentional, unrelated forground that partially blocks the subject is going to leave you with a picture that doesn't look good. The cars in the foreground have really spoiled this picture, and that's a real shame. Going higher wouldn't have helped, you needed to move to a spot where the cars were not obscuring the view.. Try walking in front of them (with a rain mac on) and taking the photo from there.

[StarShark]

Yeah I know I should have moved closer to fire off a series of shots for a much more detailed clearer picture. I did move closer and closer from my original position but did not want to get drenched and have my camera soaked.

This is what the other side looked like.

[SwissJon]

See.. That's much more interesting because you can see it.

[EOBeav]

Agree 100% with Jon. Landscape photography has a lot to do with opportunity and seizing it when it comes.

[NgaiHill]

Your second shot is a vast improvement on the first. The light is great, you can see the whole wave and the building in the background gives good perspective of the size of the wave.