Surf at Cape Disappointment, Washington, 2020

[• SUBJECT •] A black and white fine art landscape photograph of the surf and lighthouse at Cape Disappointment, Washington.

[• EXIF •] Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 24-70/4 S lens, ISO 64, 70 mm, ƒ8, 1/200 second.

Early 2020 brought a combination of high tides and stormy seas to the Southwest Washington coast. This weather brought exciting wave action to the famous surf viewing area at Waikiki Beach in the Cape Disappointment State Park. 

Over the weekend, hundreds of photographers converged on this location to shoot their ocean surf photographs. 

Because I arrived later in the day, the only position I could find to shoot was in a precarious position on a pile of wave swept driftwood logs. I had to keep one eye out for the occasional sneaker wave that would require me to grab my tripod and vacate to a safer spot.

Out of hundreds of images captured that day, this was one of the few photos that had the location and height of the wave that appealed to me.