Down to the Beach After A Storm

Today we'll walk down to Plum Island beach right after this weekend's nor'easter departed. Winds were gusting at least to 50 mph. Click on photos to see larger version in source (usually flickr.com)

This is in the Federal wildlife reservation on the southern end of Plum Island (near Newburyport Masschusetts). The website:
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/parkerriver/
Photograph data: Canon EOS 5D, Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/12.9, Focal Length: 26mm on a Canon 17-40mm f/4L.

On the beach a savage wind was driving the sand down Plum Island beach:



Ouch! This is no time to be changing lenses on your dSLR unless you want a sensor full of sand. Therefore, either bring a point-and-shoot or two dSLRs already wearing the lenses you want to cover the range. For example, my full-frame Canon 5D usually has the 17-40mm to cover the wide end and my crop-frame Canon 40D usually has the 24-105mm (=38-168mm in 35mm equivalent) or an even longer telephoto. Therefore, no lens swapping!
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More beach pix after another storm, taken 03-Dec-09, including a surf rainbow:



More surf pictures (04-Dec-09):

Bottle-green water

After the most recent (03-Dec-09) storm