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There were two days of high winds this week but only one of them produced onshore waves. I hiked to the beach west of the Grand Marais campground to photograph the waves breaking on the point.

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This point has a small cave that makes incoming waves explode into the air.

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As the sun started to go down I took photos at longer exposures to create motion blur. This one was taken at one twenty fifth of a second.

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I slowed it down to one fifth of a second which added more motion blur.

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As the sun set I went to a full second exposure which captured the beautiful colors of the sunset along with motion blur in the waves.

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This was my favorite photo of the day as the alignment of the waves created a striking composition. You can see the Sawtooth Mountains in the distance.

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