
Photo of the Day
I am still keeping to my theme of Halloween posts, but after seeing the devastation in Ocean City I felt that I needed an extra post today. When you hear about a hurricane for some reason you are concerned, but at the end of the day it doesn’t personally intrude on you so it becomes just another part of the news. Hurricane Sandy was becoming that very quickly for me. You can only watch weather people on a beach getting slammed with waves so many times before you become accustomed to it. Maybe even numb. This storm really hit home when I saw the pictures of the Ocean City Pier, and other parts of the town that had been destroyed by the hurricane. I spent a great week there this summer so the pictures kind of brought the destruction to my front door so to speak.
This is the pier that was destroyed, and it has a funny story that goes with the picture. When you are on the beach you don’t normally have everything that you need on you. In fact when I went for a walk shooting that day I didn’t take a lot with me other than my camera. When I came to the middle of the pier I saw the yellow sign that you can see ahead that said that you needed to pay fifty cents to pass through. Of course I did not have any money on me so I had to just settle for the picture that you see above. It is kind of humbling to be a man in his mid thirties that can’t even pay the fifty cent toll to walk through the building. The next day I was sure to grab my wallet before leaving, and I was able to pass through. This is not the greatest technical picture in the world, but it has a great meaning to me.
Technical Data
This picture was actually shot from over the railing without looking through the viewfinder. I am normally very good at this, but for some reason my skills failed me here. It took a good crop and straighten to get the picture right. This picture probably would never have seen the light of day if not for the hurricane taking part of the pier down. It was really meant for just my own purposes. Of course now I had to fix a picture with no clouds out over the ocean. It looks a bit flat, but you have to shoot in the conditions of the day. I had many thoughts of getting up early to get this pier during the sunrise, but I never got up early enough to make the drive to the beach. Maybe I will get the rebuilt bridge next year.