Light Speed

This is amazing James, specially the leading lines in the front
love this buddy

James, the way you captured the flow is very interesting, there is a lot of dynamic in your picture!

Peter

The receding waves simply draws us into the frame, leading to those rocks. Very dynamic. Neatly composed image, James.

Very nicely captured James. This draws your eyes perfectly into the BG. Excellent image.

This is really cool James. The larger version really makes me feel like I'm moving towards the rocks/sea. I like the colors and comp. No nits from me.

I have a soft spot for these type of images (probably 'cause I live so far away), and this is one of the better ones. Works from fore to aft...no suggestions from me!

This is beautiful! The lines fill the foreground so well and the soft sunrise colors are lovely.

Really nice lines, light, and color in the sky. A dynamic drive to the center. Really well done.

Love the lines! Very cool image.

I don't see any info on focal length, f/stop and shutter... ?

The only thing I wish was going on would be a color dominant other than yellow...

Lovely! Very nicely composed in every aspect. Only one very minor nit would be that the inclusion of the rock formation on the left does result in a slight imbalance compositionally.

I really like the comp and motion of the water as well as the reflected light. Since the lines all lead to the BG rock formation I wouldn't mind seeing a bit more detail there as well as a bit sharper.

Great capture, James. Very well compose. The foreground doesn’t get any better.

Thanks for the great comments everyone!

Mark, sorry I forgot to list the details of this image; At the time I was a "Sony Guy", using a a700 small frame camera, this image was taken with a 10-20mm lens @ 10mm/1sec/f22/ISO100. I have to say, that the a700 held up well, because later on that trip, I got hit with an "over head" wave up in Olympic NP!! And the camera continued to work for 1 year!! I am now moving to Nikon (D3s) which is on the way

As for color, the raw file only contained the range of yellow/orange I had to work with.

As for for detail on the distant sea stacks, they were in the shadows still from the rising sun behind me. I did what I could to bring out as much detail from a single image. I am in the process of learning of to blend images in photoshop, so in the future, I could improve an image like this one, I sharpened as best I could without getting to much "halo" on the sea stacks.

I realize the small sea stack on the left does make the image a bit uneven, but the cresting waves on the far right in the distance help a bit to offset that issue.

amazing indeed

perfect exposure effect here

well done

Awesome! I really like to scroll this up and down fast and watch it alternately recede and burst out of my screen. Very nicely done.

Hi Tony, that is an effect I had not tried !!! Thanks for the comment !

Excellent technique and result.

Very Dynamic image James. Love the sky color and how it works with the FG.

Very cool, great leading lines in this!

You don't get better leading lines than this. Beautifully composed and balanced, and I like that the colors aren't too in-your-face.

A breathtaking image. Looks like you set the camera really low.

Really digging the lines on this. Good work!

Wow!, a very striking image, love that foreground
Well done.

Geoff.

Super comp and exposure James, looks great. Love the surf lines.

Gary.

I've been working with waves and slow exposures, but I haven't been able to make an image like this. Immediately loved it! The flow lines and exposure looks absolutelly perfect.

James,

Classic seaside motion image and crafted wonderfully. The low angle perspective is key in making this a success. No nits or suggestions from me.

Lon

Hi Rodrigo! Thanks for the nice comment! How about I come down to Chile and work on it together

I have always wanted to get down there to see the coastline and the Andes !!

Talk about leading lines. Those are killer, James. I would be curious to see how this look as a B&W.

Hi James,
Again, congratulations on the great result of this slow exposure coastal picture.
Being taken in the Pacific Ocean, this kind of light only happens really early in the morning and guess it took a little while to find out the exposure time that will leave these water trails at that early hour. Great work.

As for Chile, there are many places to wonder about, from the coast of the Pacific Ocean, to the heights of the Andes, down to glaciers down south and the driest desert in the world up north. Just let me know
As for BC, I loved it! I visited Vancouver and north up to Williams Lake a few years ago in the fall. Also incredible country and wonderful to visit. Also visited Oregon two times, last time on 2007, but went flyfishing to the Deschutes area.
Cheers-

Rodrigo, thanks for the information :) I am planning a trip down there maybe in 2012 to South America and Antarctic Glad you have been up to where I live, BC is quite nice, as is all of the Pacific Northwest.

Mat, I tried the conversion to B&W, it is interesting, I may post it tomorrow I do like the color version better.

Thanks again to everyone for their comments