Moeraki Magic

Boulder and Pebbles

When the weather forecast is horrendous it still pays to go.  That is certainly the lesson from this weekend after Amy and I headed to Moeraki on Saturday.  We had spent the last couple of weekends doing jobs around Ashburton and were keen to get away for a night despite the torrential rain that we have been having.  The met office were only promising 1 thing, more rain, but we still felt the 2 hour drive south was worth making if only for a meal out at Fleur's Place.  The boulders of Moeraki are a well known site and good stopping point to break up any drive along the east coast and a place we ourselves have stopped at several times.  Many images have been made of these peculiar spheres and I hoped to have a proper attempt myself.

Wispy Water

To say the sun made an appearance in the afternoon would be an overstatement, lets just say the cloud thinned a little but this still improved the 2km walk along the beach.  Lots of other people had similar ideas with it becoming apparent this evening was going to be the battle of the tripod!  I had in mind the shot I was after and with the tide out there were only a few boulders still in any amount of water so I made bee-line for the three in a row, beating the others who were just mooching around.  Another solitary boulder was the next subject and again with ND filter in place I could get just the movement that I was after.  Darkness was closing in but there was time for 1 more shot on the walk back with a rocky section of shoreline providing some nice foreground interest and leading lines.  I often just take what I can get but it was really nice to spend some time setting up the shot and really thinking about things with no rush.  Considering the weather I was pretty pleased with outcome too.  Oh yes, and the meal at Fleur's was very tasty!

Submerging