17 Mile Drive

17 Mile Drive Seascape Waterfall, Pacific Grove, California

I was going to post an entry about the first day of my trip last Monday but realized it is on my laptop so I'll have to get that online tomorrow hopefully. For now, here is a photo I took from 17 Mile Drive last Wednesday night. I was standing about on top of this rock formation about twenty feet above the surf. However the waves were so powerful they were actually flying higher than I was! I was only a few feet away from it so I made sure to keep a close eye on the wave action while shooting. I never got wet but when the waves are that powerful you must be cautious. Some of my photos of the same composition have such a big wave explosion that water is all you see. This was definetely a thrilling night for photography.

To get this picture, I was standing elsewhere where there was less wave action going on. I stopped shooting to observe other areas where there was more happening. I noticed a pattern going on with the waves where they would build up higher and higher until it flowed over this rock depicted in the above photo. The waterfall only came every few minutes and only lasted about five to ten seconds at most. I only managed to capture it twice before it got too dark.