During the Xmas/New Year holiday period I was able to do some large format (5x4) photography in and around Petrel Cove at Victor Harbor on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. As this is my local area it is easy for me to get to the location and set up the camera before sunrise, which is just after 6am.
The conditions in this area changed over the holiday period. The River Murray's flood waters have reached the southern ocean and, as a result, the seawater around the coast of Victor Harbor has become quite brown and full of weed. The gusty, gale force, south westerly winds in the first week of January created a lot of foam along both the foreshore in Petrel Petrel Cove and along the western coast rocks to Dep's Beach and beyond.
at Petrel Cove: Sinar f1, black and white film:
On a couple of mornings it was impossible to walk along the coast rocks around from Petrel Cove as the waist high foam covered the littoral zone up to the base of the cliffs. The foam was very sandy.