For the "inland people" -- breaking waves

[Blue_In_AK]

Do any of you other coastal people have some?

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Come on ... I know some of you guys have waves

you can show me.

[RagingInMiami]

2. I got some

These are on South Beach on a windy day. We don't get Hawaii-size waves out here, but they're good enough to surf.

I like your wave pictures, especially the one with the wave crashing against the rock.

[Blue_In_AK]

3. Cool ... I guessed you'd have some surfers

There were some guys trying to surf on those waves at Venice Beach too (above), but as my husband, a former surfer noted, "they couldn't catch a cold." Obviously rookies. You can see them kind of floating around in the distance. The top picture was further north on the California coast.

[ConsAreLiars]

4. Sunset Splash (Rialto Beach, Olympic N.P.)

[RagingInMiami]

5. That's an awesome shot

What kind of camera were you using? It looks like the camera would have gotten wet.

[ConsAreLiars]

6. Thanks, I made the image with

a Nikon 8008 and 80-200/2.8 lens, almost certainly with a polarizer. And it has gotten wet on many occasions. Shorted out something at one time but it recovered. Parked the tripod and myself against the back of a large rock that the waves were breaking over and waited for a proper splash to refract the sunset light.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. That's a FABULOUS photo.

I'd die for that. N.P?? Where's that?

[ConsAreLiars]

8. "N.P." = "National Park"

Olympic NP is in WA state and includes a fair stretch of the Pacific coastline on the Olympic Peninsula plus most of Olympic Mountains. A wonderfully diverse variety of (relatively) undisturbed ecosystems with many treats for the nature photographer.

[Blue_In_AK]

9. Oh, of course .... duh!

I was actually there a couple years ago. We traveled all the way from Santa Barbara to Seattle along the coastline, including that corner of Washington. I guess I was thinking "Northern Province" or something.

[superconnected]

10. ohhh, Iove this picture

I mean I LOOOVE THIS PICTURE.

[ConsAreLiars]

11. Thanks. I've been trying out my image processing software on it -

trying figure out what techniques do what. The only useful thing I've accomplished so far is less sharpening during size reduction, reducing it to 1/8 original size instead of 1/10th, so 64 pixels get averaged into 1 instead of 100, and putting a soft border around it. I think it is an improvement:

[Blue_In_AK]

12. Cons, how can you improve upon perfection?? n/t

[ConsAreLiars]

13. Well, the frame was a bit clunky.

Maybe I'll have to a fancy one like the pros use.

Here's the link to the photo.net image that seems to be well regarded by some folks there: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3382398&size=lg

[MissHoneychurch]

14. I am an inland person

took this on one of my trips to Savannah, Ga.

Tybee Island

[superconnected]

19. This ones very nice

I haven't seen b/w waves before.

[MissHoneychurch]

20. Thanks

since I started taking b/w pictures I wanted to take pics of waves. I love the ocean, just don't have much opportunity to get to one :)

[RC]

15. Waves like this?

[Samurai_Writer]

16. From the Treasure Coast of Florida...

[Ms. Toad]

17. Victoria, B.C.

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(I almost entered this one in the May contest, but decided it was mostly light and not enough shadows.)

[TahitiNut]

21. (oooh) I like that one.

The glowering clouds on the horizon (far shore?) are awesome. The angle of the light reminds me of "Victory at Sea."

[Ms. Toad]

22. Thanks.

I'd been looking off one side of the boat for whales, and turned around to catch a glimpse of that amazing scene. Got a couple of whales, but nothing as nice as horizon.

[Princess Turandot]

18. here's a few..

perhaps not as wild..

St. Maarent



St. Petersburg

[lakemonster11]

23. Not technically a wave...but in the same spirit.

Yesterday in Madison Park, Seattle.

[Blue_In_AK]

24. Is that your foot? n/t

[lakemonster11]

25. Nope, I was smart enough to stand on the step above...

:)