Wild Waves in La Jolla

When I heard about the big storm in New Zealand that was pushing monster waves towards the California coastline, I knew that there might some good photo opportunities coming up.  While the biggest waves hadn’t come around – they wont until Friday – I grabbed my camera and headed down to the cove to watch some waves bat up against the rocks.  While the waves were not as big as I expected I did find a place just south of Children’s pool where the water geysered up every time a big wave hit the rocks.

This was my last photo of the afternoon.  As I snapped the picture, I realized I was too close to the edge and the wave came tumbling down on me and the camera.  Now the D700’s are built rock solid with good proofing however I think I may have inflicted some long term damage on it.  It remains to be seen.  In any case, I got an ok photo of it.  And if the camera does go kaput, I am looking for any excuse to upgrade to the D3.