While taking photos of the Grange Jetty I played chicken with the surf with an unexpected surprise.

As each wave receded back into the ocean I’d follow it down as far as I dared and set up the camera for a long exposure capture. Sometime I got the shot but more often than not I’d pluck the camera and tripod from the next advancing wave just before it hit right in the middle of an exposure. On one occasion I noticed that if most of the exposure was complete then only the jetty lights would be smeared across the image.

Having seen what chance showed me I purposefully set up the ensuing shot. 25 seconds of exposure followed by 5 seconds of painting Grange Jetty with its own lights.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 568, Painting Grange Jetty’ 30s f/11 ISO100 15mm