I get many questions about how I created this shot. It's a long exposure (25 seconds); I had my flash in my hand and after I started the exposure I hit the truck once from the side, then ran in and did another flash from each headlight pointing back at the camera. It took many attempts to get the lighting right and the angles of the headlights correct so that they looked like they were in the right spot. I think it may have been easier to use an on-board camera trigger and put two flashes in the headlight sockets that would automatically fire. But that would have been tricky too.
I'd been to the East side of Lake Winnipeg about five times trying to get the shot I envisioned of a backlit wave. One time the tide was out, one time the wind was the wrong direction, one time the sky was cloudy, etc. I did a lot with a fast shutter speed that froze the wave in the air, but I also like this one with a slightly longer shutter speed that let the water blur a bit.
An amazing area with caves and crevices, near Pine Dock, Manitoba. This is a seven shot panorama and it really bogged down the computer during processing. I was already back in the car when I realized that I forgot to put something in the shot for scale; these walls are about 6 meters tall. This photo was selected to appear in McNally Robinson's book titled Manitoba by Manitoba.
