Surf Grass and Underwater Motion, Abstract Photo

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Surf Grass and Underwater Motion, Abstract Photo

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Latitude: 32° 49' 17.86" N, Longitude: 118° 21' 6.37" W, Coord: 32.82163°, -118.35177°
Filed under: Abstract on 4/28/2009

Today’s abstract photo was photographed at San Clemente Island. Early one overcast, dark morning at the south end of the island, I found myself drifting along the reef about 30′ deep, over a huge expanse of surf grass. Given the dim light the exposures were long and blurry, so I was looking for subjects that lend themselves to blur. The surf grass was swaying back and forth as swells passed overhead — why not shoot the grass? I had just started shooting digital underwater and had an epiphany (which are few and far between in these parts): if I just look at the photo after I’ve taken it, I can make adjustments and take it again, better. So I did just that, using the histogram and the little LCD display of the image I had just taken to adjust things until the exposure was dialed in, trying for the longest exposure the light would allow (probably about 1/2 second). I sprayed a few hundred shots around the surf grass bed. Upon returning to the boat I found I had a few keepers. Abstract #3 in a series of 15:

Surf grass on the rocky reef — appearing blurred in this time exposure — is tossed back and forth by powerful ocean waves passing by above. San Clemente Island. San Clemente Island, California, USA.
Image: 10237
Common name: Surfgrass
Species: Phyllospadix sp.
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

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