Hurricane Katia: How I got the shot. Brian Noel, Sebastian Inlet, FL run on ESM.com

                                                                                     Photo: by Shane Leon

The shot above really shows how a fisheye lens can really distort wave size and make things look a lot different than shooting other angles.  The top photo was ran in ESM as a feature on Hurricane Katia along with the ones below.  Brian Noel, Tanner Strohmenger, Matt Oberman, Cheyne Cottrell and I traveled up to Sebastian Inlet very early in anticipation of the rising swell of Hurricane Katia.  Upon arriving at the beach we were pretty disappointed with the dismal conditions and nearly drove back home.  Instead we made the most of it and I went out for a swim with the crew.  Only to find out that the moon jellies infestation was in full effect and all of us were itching within minutes.  I had to get creative and told Tanner and Brian to pull in on the inside bowls.  My friend Shane Leon, caught a shot at the same time of the shot published above, so you can really see how it went down and how tiny the waves were.   Shot with a Canon Mark 3, Tokina 10-17 mm lens inside an Aquatech DV4 housing and LP1 port,  1/1000 sec f10 manual focus, ISO400.  Good work Brian!