Sometimes the photographer is faced with a tough moral decision. When you sense imminent danger, but you also have the chance to capture a great image, what do you do? Well, of course you go for the image....as the photographer did in this case. Now to be clear, I was only one of two photographers in this particular situation. The subjects were actually posing for what I believe was another family member. I, realizing that something juicy was about to occur, quickly pulled the camera up to my eye and grabbed the shot. If the lead photographer was choosing to discount the vulnerability in which he was placing his subjects, who was I to challenge that?
Ha ha, I'm with you Ron. Never let a photo opportunity pass you by. They will always get dry again, but if you miss the shot it has gone for ever. Did you get the photo of them being soaked too?
I'm definitely with you on this one!! My daughter gives me a hard time as once I photographed my cat up a tree warding off 2 foxes - instead of going to his rescue!! I'm pleased to say the cat won the stand off :)
Interesting dilemma. Philosophers could debate that question for generations. But there's not arguing that your timing of this shots was just perfect. Nicely done.
You did do the right thing the timing, focus and composition is excellent Ron, seconds from disaster springs to mind, its funny how someones pending doom makes us smile, with more time to set your camera continuous shooting mode would have produced an interesting result for sure:)
@taffy@dianen@shannejw@sunnygirl@redy4et@novab@onewing@gilbertwood@mbrutus@pcoulson@imnorman@mwhipple Thanks to all for the fun comments. As so many asked, I did stick around long enough to see whether they were swept away by the waves, and happily, although they got a little bit wet, they did not get soaked. They definitely were not expecting a rogue wave to come crashing down on them though. Sadly, I did not get a follow-up shot. Next time I'll follow through!
