Onslaught

Excerpt from an upcoming blog :

It's been a rough month for my body. First there was a back injury, followed by a bout of bronchitis and most recently a knee PC ligament strain. Fortunately the former two have largely resolved and the latter is on the improve. Enough for me to venture to a coastal location that I consider Australia's premier destination for seascape photography, Cape Woolamai. Despite my highest regard for this location, it's been 5 years since my first and only visit to Phillip Island.

It was clear that sunset was going to be workable rather than brilliant. I was going to have to take matters into my own hands, get into the thick of things and make the most of some foreground wave action. I wedged my camera backpack some metres behind me in my 'safety zone' and worked out an exit strategy should things get too hairy. Before long, I'd been hit square in the chest by waves and knocked over several times. Fortunately, I managed to put my body between my gear and the worst of the seawater as well as hold up the tripod and camera out of harm's way. At one point, my backpack was seen floating in a pool of water and had to be repositioned. The session turned out to be one of the most trying in my career, constantly running back and forth, taking shots then scrambling away to higher ground.

Canon 5DMkIII, 16-35mm, ISO 400, f4, 0.5s