Reader Photo: Catching waves pulling back
Tom Setterlund was drawn to the scene by the sound.
While taking part in the Worldwide Photowalk 2015 in Rancho Palos Verdes, Setterlund made his way down to the shoreline, making long exposures of the waves. As he walked farther east, he noticed a steep, six-foot drop-off.
“As the waves recede after hitting those rocks they make the most unusual sound,” he said. “It is very loud, as the rocks wobble and knock against one another in the receding water.”
Looking down, he took a series of photos using a variety of exposure times. The resulting image makes the moving water seem more like rolling fog.
Setterlund used a Nikon D750 to make the image.
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