We were out just trying to get normal night surfing shots in Waikiki one night, my friend brought out his waterproof Nikonos flash to experiment with. The swell started to die, and it got cloudy, so we were about to head in, then it started to rain. I’ve taken a few backlit photos in the rain before, but never in the middle of the ocean. I had my buddy with the flash position himself on the other side of my friend sitting on his surfboard, I took a long exposure (on bulb) then yelled over to my friend to pop his flash, I was insanely stoked with the result.
