The passing of time
It somehow seems fitting that as I was processing this image I was listening to the soundtrack from Inception. Let me explain why…
When you’re taking a long exposure image you’re capturing something that in a way is not really there. You’re capturing the passing of time and with it the effects it has on the environment. Imagine being able to take a really long exposure image (and by really long, I mean something that spans a couple of thousand years!) of this same rock. You would probably be able to see how this rock in the middle of the pounding waves has changed over the years, becoming smaller and eroding because of the ocean and the winds. That’s why long exposure images are so appealing to me – because every time you take one it’s like photographing time.
As for the location, the image was taken a couple of years ago on a very windy day on the Portuguese coast.