I have been wanting to shoot long exposures in relatively bright light

Lately, I had been wanting to shoot long exposures in relatively bright light, so I bought a couple of 9-stop ND filters (Hoya ND 400). Recently, I spent part of a late afternoon ankle to thigh deep in the Pacific, snapping photos of the wreck of the Peter Iredale at Fort Stevens State Park. Besides the cold water, it was a nice day at the beach: hardly any wind and nice blue skies. The most difficult part of the shoot was trying to keep the tripod steady during the long exposures. Here is my favorite shot from the shoot.

I was also having a hard time keeping my son, Bobby, out of the frame. He wanted to climb the rusty wreckage in his bare feet!


After shooting the shipwreck, I sauntered up the beach to the dunes, where my kids, Bobby and Maggie, as well as our German exchange student, Hanna, were jumping off the dunes. Here's a few of Bobby and Maggie . . .


And here's Hanna flying high:


Who says you can't have fun in the cold on the Oregon Coast?