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Hand Moving Through Clear Water with Light Patterns (San Jose del Cabo, 2023)

6s 2.7K 59.94fps People San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
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About this clip

A hand moves through clear water, creating ripples and light patterns on the surface. The water's surface shows shifting caustics as the hand enters and exits the frame. The sequence captures the motion of the hand and the resulting disturbances in the water.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, documentary texture, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing a close underwater detail from San Jose Del Cabo with a human hand disturbing clear water.
Edit role
This six-second clip works as a brief insert, transition beat, or sensory cutaway between wider ocean or pool shots, using the hand and rippling caustics to add tactile motion.
Visual details
A hand and fingers pass in and out of the frame above or within clear water, with soft beige and greenish tones, shifting light caustics, surface ripples, and no visible face or full person.
Shot mechanics
The composition stays tight on the water surface with no horizon, placing the hand near the frame edges or center while the background remains an abstract field of refracted light and cloudy water texture.

Tags

underwaterhandwaterrippleslightcausticsmovementclearsurfacereflectionmotionsubmergedfingerspoolcalmdisturbancehand movementclouds

Shot slate

Resolution
2704 × 1520
Frame rate
59.94 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
84 MB
Location
San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2023
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

3 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

A partial hand enters from the left edge over clear rippling water in San Jose Del Cabo, with soft caustic light and muted beige-green color.
The opening frame shows the hand only at the edge, leaving the water texture and light patterns dominant. (0:00)
A dark hand silhouette appears near the upper frame over clear San Jose Del Cabo water, with refracted light patterns spread across the background.
This moment gives editors a clean hand-and-water detail with the subject high in the composition. (0:01)
The hand is cropped along the top edge as clear water below shows shifting caustic patterns and diffuse warm-green tones in San Jose Del Cabo.
The cropped hand creates a transition-friendly frame while the water surface remains visually consistent. (0:02)

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