# @noahwetzel on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaCKHDYF2OT
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67322978-noahwetzel-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-26T03:17:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Noah Wetzel (@noahwetzel) — https://gondola.cc/noahwetzel

## Caption

Swipe | This was my first night shooting in Spain. Believe it or not, I rarely get to shoot as a photographer. When I do, it’s often painful to muster up the motivation to start that process of work. On this particular night in late April on the Northern Coast of Spain, the forecast didn’t look promising and I nearly called it.

There were a number of people at the best locations, so I just took it all in, didn’t pull out my camera at all. I placed my bet that folks would leave once it started to get dark and the tide began to rise to noticeable concern - darkness always scares off most people, even experienced photographers thinking “that was it, the sunset didn’t happen, time to wrap it up and get out of here while I can still see a little.” 

With this approach, avoiding the congregations of eagerness and fomo, I figured I would be able to shoot not only one location while everyone was distracted, but perhaps even return to this arch location in time for a late sunset.

Sure enough, everyone left the main double arch I was initially focused on, and I was able to shoot my first frames of the night unrestricted. With the tide rising quickly, I packed up and started the hike out. Within a few minutes I was back at this arch location that was packed with people earlier. Just as predicted, it was a “late burner sunset” as I call them - sunsets that take 20 minutes to pop after sunset, getting better and better until the stars are nearly clear overhead. 

This was such a breathtaking scene, a hole of sunset light cast onto the Atlantic Ocean in front of me. The subtle sunset tones were fading by the minute, and the tide was rising quickly - racing across the beach on the high waves surging every 30 seconds or so, leaving my tripod submerged by nearly a foot of rushing water. I was able to shoot a few 30 second, 40 second and 50 second exposures, using a Reverse Graduated Neutral Density filter to darken the sky on the horizon line where it was brightest and evenly expose the foreground. 

It was true night and I was soaked hiking out, but my cup was full. This was exactly the experience I needed. 

#españa #spainphotographer #asturias #spain #spainart

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spainphotographer, spainart, spain, españa, asturias

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