Ocean Fury!
Uploaded: September 08, 2005 15:00:27
Photographer's Comment
I found this incredible vantage point that allowed me to overlook the crashing surf at nearly eye-level. The inherent danger, of course, was that I was risking a lot in camera equipment to take the shot. A huge wave could swamp me at any time. I kept looking over my shoulder, ready to flee the rock should the big one roll in. During my intervals on the rock I fired off rapid-bursts totalling around 150 shots in 10 minutes as the sun sank beneath the horizon illuminating the crashing waves. Of all those images only one was exactly what I was looking for, as an explosion echoed off the far rocks. I used only a polarizer to cut the coastal haze and water glare and shot every image at 1/4 seconds so the crashing waves had maximum visual impact. Captured on Fuji Velvia 50.
Jill Odice
September 08, 2005
Viveca Venegas
September 12, 2005
Kerry Haines
October 21, 2005
Sara And Dick
October 23, 2005
Robert Mann
October 23, 2005
Terry L. Ellis
October 23, 2005
Rakesh Syal
October 23, 2005
Carolyn M. Fletcher
October 23, 2005
John Rivera
October 23, 2005
Sandy Landon
October 23, 2005
Evy Johansen
October 23, 2005
Shelly A. Van Camp
October 24, 2005
Serena Pierce
October 24, 2005
Theresa Marie Jones
October 25, 2005
Ronda Chatelle
October 25, 2005
William S. Briggs
October 25, 2005
Incredible capture. Well worth the wait! Congratulations on the Grand Prize. #1998959
Lani T. Broadbent
October 25, 2005
Kay E. Mahoney
December 20, 2005
Stacy Lankford
July 04, 2010
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