Kah Kit Yoong's Image

Hanson Bay on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, faces the Southern Ocean and the full force of its massive swells and storms, which blow in from Antarctica.

'The tide was too high for the first two shoots,' says Kah Kit, 'but on the third, at sunrise, there was a storm.' As the dawn light filtered through the dark clouds, the tide was low enough for him to stand on the rocks. But rain and sea spray were a huge problem. 'I had to keep wiping the lens and filters,' says Kah Kit. 'In fact, saltwater damage caused my camera body to stop working altogether after this shoot.' The slow shutter gave the ethereal effect he was after, as if the sea were draining away at the edge of the world.