Breaking Surf

[Don Lacy]

While Irene passed by me about 150 miles off shore she still managed to really turn up the surf. This image was created three days after she passed I had gone to beach on the second day but the surf was to dangerous in this location to attempt photography.

1D MKIII, 17-40 f/4 at 17mm, 1/10s at f/16, Manual Mode, Evaluative Metered, ISO 100, Tripod, Shot in live mode with 2 stop hard edge grad.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Wicked cool Don!!!! For a 1/2 second I thought pano.....but the sky is well balanced with the FG and this works well with all the elements placed very well in the frame and great timing too! A winner all around!!!

[dankearl]

Incredibly cool shot.
Just perfect shutter speed for this. Slow enough to blur, fast enough to make you think you
are going to get hit by the wave.
Congrats on a GREAT shot.

[Rachel Hollander]

Well done! Really shows the explosive power of the waves. Nice colors and mix of apparent textures too.

TFS,
Rachel

[Dave Mills]

Hi Don, at first I was thinking pano as Roman stated but the more I looked at it the more I liked the sky transition from light to dark. To get the sun between those two waves I'm sure took some patience and very good timing.
Nicely handled technically with the grad working well. Good one!!

[jack williamson]

Just an oustanding image, maybe the best I have ever seen of breaking waves! Your ss was perfect, composition and sky are right on. A pleasure and inspirational to view.

Jack

[Judy Howle]

Incredible capture of the breaking waves and an outstanding composition! Very nice all around.

[Don Railton]

This is inspirational Don, to the point where I must go down and check out our surf tonight...

DON

[Robert Amoruso]

I agree, perfectly executed.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Beautiful work Don! You nailed the crashing wave at the perfect moment!

[Harshad Barve]

This is insane Man
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

This is super work Don...

[Garry Gibson]

I really love this shot! It totally captures the moment with great clarity.