Taken in Norfolk at the weekend this little beauty nearly cost me my gear.....
The next wave to come in swept at least 4 feet further up the beach than any other and swamped my tripod. Leaving me rapidly rolling back out of the way
I'm pleased with the image though so it was worth it
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 700 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Posted by David Taylor on October 20, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Well worth the risk, IMHO. A great POV. Excellent capture.
Posted by Craig Jones on October 20, 2009 at 3:17 PM
Love the POV Graham and the pose caught is great .A little tip for your tripod;wash it in warm water,dry it at room temp, use a clothes brush and brush the sand from the threads on the tripod, apply WD40 on the threads/joints and the tripod will be fine as sea water is very corrosive
Posted by Peter Edge on October 20, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Really nice Graham. I bet you wouldnt take the same risks with a 1D markiv at 4500 quid.
POV works very well here, plus it was useful to have you as the barrier otherwise I too might have got wet.
Posted by Fran French on October 21, 2009 at 2:30 AM
A dangerous business this photography lark, but this was well worth the risk, nice one.
Fran
Posted by David Sewell on October 21, 2009 at 4:09 AM
Great capture, well worth the risk. Useful tip from Craig as well.
David
Posted by Marcus Conway on October 21, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Great POV Graham
thanks for the tip too
Posted by Phil Shaw on October 21, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Craig Jones said:
"apply WD40 on the threads/joints"
Not sure what type of tripod you are using, but this advice is certainly not universal. The best thing you can do is to dismantle the tripod if you can, put all the parts (bushes etc) in the dishwasher (including the use of normal dishwasher detergent and water-softening salts), allow all parts to thoroughly dry and then lubricate with a very light application of white lithium grease (not the spray stuff) as used on cycles. Then reassemble. Sea water is very corrosive, as stated, particularly to aluminium and aluminium/magnesium alloys. You need to remove all the salt from the tripod and disassembly is the only way to do it effectively.
Will clean it, but not sure it will corrode.....thanks for useful advice though
It should be fine as long as you don't leave it ages between being imersed and being overhauled.
I've had my Gitzo CF in the sea on lots of occasions, sometimes almost completely submersed up to the top plate. Following the procedure above by Phil S. every now and then brings it up like new.
Best just to fully extend the lower legs when in shallow water, saves taking the whole lot apart too reguarly and a quick rinse off with clean water will suffice.
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11 repliesThe next wave to come in swept at least 4 feet further up the beach than any other and swamped my tripod. Leaving me rapidly rolling back out of the way
I'm pleased with the image though so it was worth it
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 700 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
POV works very well here, plus it was useful to have you as the barrier otherwise I too might have got wet.
Fran
David
thanks for the tip too
"apply WD40 on the threads/joints"
Not sure what type of tripod you are using, but this advice is certainly not universal. The best thing you can do is to dismantle the tripod if you can, put all the parts (bushes etc) in the dishwasher (including the use of normal dishwasher detergent and water-softening salts), allow all parts to thoroughly dry and then lubricate with a very light application of white lithium grease (not the spray stuff) as used on cycles. Then reassemble. Sea water is very corrosive, as stated, particularly to aluminium and aluminium/magnesium alloys. You need to remove all the salt from the tripod and disassembly is the only way to do it effectively.
It should be fine as long as you don't leave it ages between being imersed and being overhauled.
I've had my Gitzo CF in the sea on lots of occasions, sometimes almost completely submersed up to the top plate. Following the procedure above by Phil S. every now and then brings it up like new.
Best just to fully extend the lower legs when in shallow water, saves taking the whole lot apart too reguarly and a quick rinse off with clean water will suffice.