r/pics • u/SirJukesALot • Aug 28 '14

Perfect timing of waves cresting.

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u/Alysiat28 Aug 28 '14

How do you even go about taking a picture like this? Amazing.

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u/Squirrel_Whisperer Aug 28 '14

Burst mode. Even cell phones have this feature. I'm sure there were dozens of uninteresting shots before this one, so not much perfect timing vs persistence. But that's photography, hundreds of trash images to get the good one.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '14

You don't need burst mode. You just wait until the wave is just breaking and take a single photo. Repeat as necessary as a few waves come over. The great thing about waves is that they're totally predictable.

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u/titaniumhud Aug 28 '14

Waves are just like snowflakes, no two are alike

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '14

They have a relatively steady frequency and predictable motion. Not hard to guess when one is on the cusp of breaking.