JACK LARSON PHOTOGRAPHY
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Almost Died
Posted by john4jack (Corvallis, Oregon, United States) on 9 January 2011 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
When I was taking shots of this bridge, a huge wave came barreling in from my back. I was down by those large pieces of wood on the rocks near the creek. I wanted to get the entire bridge and up the creek. The water came up to my crotch both coming and receding. It took all of the strength that I could muster to stay upright. People die regularly from that kind of stupidity. "Never turn your back on the ocean!!" (Many of you have spoken about the power of the sea displayed in this series. As the saying goes, "You got that right!!")
Nikon D700 1/160 second F/7.1 ISO 400 85 mm (35mm equiv.) |
@Scott F. Schilling: thanks. i'm fine. i have shots of that entire area flooded.
@Franz: it's what can happen when you get in a zone
@DULCIE: bill had gone back to the car to get something. however, i could easily have waited for him to come back and spot me. i simply wasn't thinking; that's what was stupid.
@Alivia: all i needed to do was wait for bill to return from the car and spot me
@Magda: actually a lesson re-learned
@Ronnie 2¢: After my near-disaster, Bill came down and took his shot.