{"id":64,"date":"2005-06-02T10:02:03","date_gmt":"2005-06-02T18:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/portfolio\/seagrass-in-motion\/"},"modified":"2021-07-15T08:08:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T00:08:56","slug":"seagrass-in-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/seagrass-in-motion.html","title":{"rendered":"Seagrass in Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"

One morning while diving at San Clemente Island I was struck by the lackluster light. It was cloudy and dark and I had yet to find any exciting subjects to shoot. I was spacing out in the shallows watching the kelp fishes meander among the weeds when I started fiddling around with long handheld exposures trying to find something interesting in the motion of seagrass as it was tossed about by passing swells. Here is what I got:<\/p>\n

\"Surf<\/a><\/p>\n

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.
\nImage ID: 10240<\/a>
\nSpecies: Surfgrass<\/a>, Phyllospadix<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: San Clemente Island<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Surf<\/a><\/p>\n

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.
\nImage ID: 10237<\/a>
\nSpecies: Surfgrass<\/a>, Phyllospadix<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: San Clemente Island<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

A garibaldi fish (orange), surf grass (green) and palm kelp (brown) on the rocky reef — all appearing blurred in this time exposure — are tossed back and forth by powerful ocean waves passing by above. San Clemente Island.
\nImage ID: 10238<\/a>
\nSpecies: Surfgrass<\/a>, Phyllospadix<\/i><\/a>, Hypsypops rubicundus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: San Clemente Island<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Surf<\/a><\/p>\n

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.
\nImage ID: 10247<\/a>
\nSpecies: Surfgrass<\/a>, Phyllospadix<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: San Clemente Island<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

These photos were quite simple to expose and I shots hundreds of them on the dive, throwing away 95% of them upon review and ending up with a few worthwhile keepers.<\/p>\n

Nikon D100, 12-24mm f\/4 lens, f22 at whatever, available light.<\/p>\n

Keywords: motion, blur, time exposure, seagrass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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