Folly Beach Pier
Charleston, SC,
FOLLY BEACH PIER
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF FOLLY BEACH PIER
This wonderful location is in the heart of the South Carolina Low Country. Folly Beach Pier is a 24 ft. wide, 1,045 ft. long fishing pier that stretches into the Atlantic Ocean 15 miles south of Charleston in the small tourist community of Folly Beach.
Originally built in the 1930s it has been rebuilt a few times after being damaged by hurricanes and a fire over the years The current pier and tackle shop were built in 1995. The pier, its undercarriage and surf can create wonderful compositions. I would consider this primarily a sunrise location that looks best with colorful clouds.
Photos and location summary by Darron Franta
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I would rate the difficulty of this trail as a 1 on a scale of 1-5 (with 5 being most difficult). Once you park your car, you will have anywhere from a two to five minute walk to the sand underneath the pier. The toughest part of the hike... if you want to call it that... will be getting the sand off of you and your tripod. However, there is an outdoor spigot shower available for public use at the beach entrance that will come in handy when you are done.
For the most part, this shot is pretty straight forward.
The morning I visited the pier, the cloud cover was quite thick, and I thought I was going to get skunked on having any type of visible sunrise.
However, due to not having a sunrise that really popped, I spent much of the morning using a slow shutter while focusing on the pier's undercarriage to capture some nice images with perspective.
This location is primarily an ultra-wide to medium telephoto spot (depending on the composition you are looking for).
The main image below was taken @ ISO 100, f20, 15mm at 1.3 seconds to smooth out the water.
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