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Living in Dunbar on the East Lothian coast in Scotland we get to see all types of weather.   I love watching and hearing the waves crashing on the rocky shoreline between Dunbar and Belhaven and the sea is the main reason we moved here nearly four years ago from landlocked Grantham in Lincolnshire. Yesterday evening was a great combination of strong winds whipping up big waves and a low sun creating fantastic side lighting.  I took the Fujifilm X-T2 and the XF100-400mm lens onto the cliff top walk to take some shots of the waves as the broke over the rocks at low tide.  It is also a powerful reminder that the sea is beautiful but also very deadly and I had no intention of getting down on the beach to a closer shot. The result was some spectacular waves hitting the rocks with the low sun providing the perfect lighting conditions.  I set a fast shutter speed of 1/2000 to freeze the waves as they burst over the rocks. ------...

Some Fujifilm products come with a WR label which stands for 'Weather Resistant'.  The X-T1 and the 16-55mm f2.8 and 50-140mm f2.8 lenses all come with this WR label but I always try to protect my camera gear from the weather as much as possible. However yesterday morning during Free Practice for the final European Le Mans Series race of the 2015 season the weather provided a good test to the WR claim.  I still had the cameras covered when I was walking but when shooting the camera and lens were exposed to the heavy rain and high winds. The conditions were certainly a challenge for the photographer as well and I think the cameras performed better than I did in the heavy rain and wind.  At least I know that the WR label on Fujifilm products actually means what it says.  I will still try to protect my gear as much as possible but if I do get caught out in bad weather in future at least I will have the confidence to know that the cameras will continue to functi...