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Lots of excellent surfers were out on Saturday at the Juno Pier surf spot in South Florida. Hurricane Irene left plenty of great waves in her wake. Waves of this size are not a regular occurrence in South Florida so everyone comes out, surfers, observers and photographers…I had a great time watching and shooting. Pura Vida!

Lots of surfers came out to the Juno Pier to surf the waves brought to South Florida by Hurricane Irene.

Lots of surfers came out to the Juno Pier to surf the waves brought to South Florida by Hurricane Irene.

Good conditions brought lots of surfers out to ride the waves brought to Juno Beach Florida in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

Good conditions brought lots of surfers out to ride the waves brought to Juno Beach Florida in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

The conditions were great for photographing the surfers that came out to ride the waves left in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

The conditions were great for photographing the surfers that came out to ride the waves left in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

The conditions were great for photographing the surfers that came out to ride the waves left in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

The conditions were great for photographing the surfers that came out to ride the waves left in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

The conditions were great for photographing the surfers that came out to ride the waves left in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

The surf action was non stop at the Juno Pier in Florida thanks to waves brought in by Hurricane Irene.

The surf action was non stop at the Juno Pier in Florida thanks to waves brought in by Hurricane Irene.
Just in case you want to shoot some of your own pix, here’s what I used. A Canon 5D Mark II body with a Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L zoom lens, a tripod (monopod would be better) and a polarizing filter to bring out the color of the water. In some cases I added as much as one full stop of exposure to compensate for the polarizer. I shot in shutter priority mode, and used iso settings between 160 and 300, that gave me f stops between 5.6 and 9 depending on the shot.
You can see more of my work, photography, art and design at my website, G2GVisions.com, and at my Fine Art America Artist website.
Here are some pix from Delray Beach on Friday evening in the wake of Hurricane Irene. Sorry about the noise in the photos, I got to the beach pretty late and ran out of light. It was beautiful out there…
I ran out of light, but the surf and surfers kept on! Keep on keeping on!
This weekend in southeast Florida was unusual in that we had waves, big 5 to 6 foot waves. Exciting stuff for all of the surfers in our area. This only happens once or twice a year, and only when the weather is just right. The weather was just right this weekend and people were loving the big, crashing waves. They were such an incredible color too, it looked like they might have gotten some of their color from the sand they picked up as they came roaring toward the shore. That picking up sand business is not such a good thing, the erosion has been out of control this weekend too.
Of course I had to head out to the beach with my camera, and big, heavy 100-400mm lens which let me get in pretty close on the surfers and the surf. I had to shield my lens from the salt, the wind was kicking up pretty good out of the north. I actually just pulled the bottom out of my camera bag (it was a small one) and used it to semi-protect my lens from the onslaught of salt. Even though my camera and lens are weatherproof, I try not to abuse that. In fact, it’s a very good idea to clean your camera and lenses when returning from a shoot at the beach. You don’t want to leave all that salt on your equipment.
I can’t seem to go anywhere that an osprey might be without seeing one, so I’ve included some pix of a young male osprey that circled by me several times on Saturday and another one came by on Sunday. What a beautiful sight silhouetted against the deep blue sky.
We had a really great beach weekend. The surf looked more like Daytona Beach than Delray Beach, ok, I’m pushing it, but one can dream!
Check out the sights for yourself!