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Wave Battering Newhaven

EXPLORE 11 June 2021

Another one from Friday 21 May when there was exceptionally strong winds for the time of year with gusts up to 60mph. The weather was not ideal with rain forecast to arrive by afternoon which luckily did not materialise on the South Coast as it broke up before arriving. The tides were not ideal either with high tide due at 19.45 when on an overcast day it would be quite dim. Nevertheless I headed to Newhaven, East Sussex for some giant wave pictures. I took 900 pictures over nearly 3 hours

The location at Newhaven on the South Coast has the advantage of a wide and high shingle beach providing a safe location to take pictures even in a fierce storm. This particular picture taken from a little further inland on a low ridge. The wall is a breakwater for the harbour and with a serious storm massive waves come in from the SW and hit the breakwater also creating a lot of backwash and turbulence. This picture was taken about 3 hours before high tide.

The picture was taken with a Sony A700 with a Minolta 75-300mm zoom at 210mm. Taken handheld No chance of a steady tripod in those conditions. The image was processed first in Camera Raw Editor. Then it was Topaz Denoise followed by Topaz Clarity and Topaz Adjust for more detail. Next I added a brightness adjustment layer for selective adjustments using a layer mask. Finally I converted to mono using Topaz BW Effects

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Taken on: May 21, 2021

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Camera: Sony DSLR-A700, f/11.0, 1/2500 sec, 210mm (=315mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSLR-A700
Lens:	75-300mm F4.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	1/2500 sec
Focal Length:	210mm (35mm equivalent: 315mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
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