After the storm
by Patrick O'Healy
January 29, 2016 in Antigua in the Caribbean I set my alarm for 5:30 and trudged down to the beach from our cottage. After crossing the beach I headed up the hill to the road that leads to Devil's Bridge, a blowhole, which seemed the best close location for the sunrise. By the time I reached the road it started to rain. I turned and started down the hill fearing the damage to my equipment. Halfway back down the hill, the rain abated, so I turned around went back up. I walked a hundred yards or so and the rain resumed and was pounding. I ran to an old food trailer, (I just posted a photo of it in POP Photos), and stood in the lee of the driving rain. I tucked my camera and tripod up into the remains of the canvas canopy and put my bag with other equipment on the tire. I tried to stand close to the trailer to avoid the rain, but all the rain from the roof poured down on me. Consequently, I stood about a foot from the trailer and got soaked to the bone while waiting for the sun to rise and the rain to abate. I could have wrung out my clothing I was so wet. Absent this food cart, my equipment would have been soaked. But, the good news is that the rain again abated and I was able to shoot the sunrise.
Nikon D4 Nikkor 24-120 27mm ISO100 1/30 f/13 RAW White Balance Auto Processed in LightroomCC2015, PhotoshopCC2015, NIK and TK. Thank you for your feedback.
Comments
4 commentsWhile a pleasant scene, my eyes are drawn to, and stuck on the blown sky part of the image. I checked the values and a large chunk of the blown sky is fully at 255,255,255.
I tried to follow the left edge and wanted more room to meander through the scene. Any more room there in the original frame?
Ed