(Click on the image above to see a larger version.)
After I shot my prior post, I hung around for a while enjoying the wave action; this image was taken right at an hour later. I’ve seen great wave action crashing against the bluffs before, but I’ve never seen the effect captured here (at least not this dramatic).The swells were timed so that as a wave would wash back from the sandstone, it would collide with the next wave coming in. Every 10 minutes, or so, a set of larger swells would arrive, and the effect was quite dramatic. The massive boom it would make was pretty cool.
This is a bit of a companion to the only other time I’ve been at the coast for large swells, when I caught some good ones at Shore Acres. I prefer the Shore Acres image; it has trees, and they help give a frame of reference that’s missing here. If you look close though (better in the large version), there’s a sea gull in the upper left corner between the camera and the wave.
Comments
19 commentsThe image above was the largest wave I captured, but there were many more with fascinating shapes. (Curls, fans, spades, etc.) Here's an example of one in color for comparison.
Good evening John,
This image has quite the impact on myself, and I rather enjoy this dramatic image. The boom is well placed in the frame, and there is a nice amount of depth. The depth helps balance out the boom for me, and this must such an awesmome place to take in. I now have added this place to my must visit list.
Sweet capture!!!!
John: I've only been to Kiwanda once and the ocean was almost dead calm. This makes me want to revisit in foul weather sometime. Great capture of a fine moment.>=))>
This is really special. Worth the wait.
Beautiful images, John, both the b&w and the color. To me this one is a bit better than the one you posted last week. I went through your website gallery and really enjoyed those images.
Hi John,
really like the B&W image - excellent capture and wonderful composition!
Cheers, Mark
That wave looks really impressive, you captured it very well! Must be an amazing sight to just sit there and watch these giants form. The structure in the sky is also very interesting. Lots of details, but not so much that it draws the attention away from the crashing wave.
Excellent! I like this a lot. The B&W presentation works great, the comp is very well balanced and the whole thing works really well.
John:
I prefer te B&W image you have here. Great catch. Have been to Kawanda and seen some nice surf, but not the particular break position you have here.
Cheers: Tom
John:
I prefer te B&W image you have here. Great catch. Have been to Kawanda and seen some nice surf, but not the particular break position you have here.
Cheers: Tom
Powerful image John. This works well in B&W.
Holy cow! Gull or no gull, this is spectacular! Great timing, composition, light, shutter speed and processing.
Love the color but B&W is more powerful. The gull adds that sense of scale... an incredible image in ever aspect
Spectacular John. Love the high drama of the crashing wave and the wet rocks make a sweet b/w presentation.
John, I sure like the explosion of surf here and going b&w lets that dominate. The textures and shapes of the shoreline ridges leading into the distance are The gull even looks like a gull in the larger version. Just scrolled down to the color post and while that curled splash is neat, I like sense of energy in the b&w version.
John:
I like this image a lot more than the similar vertical in color. However it is interesting that Color images with warm tones appear to recieve a lot more views.
With B&W the moniker "Lesizmore" often applies.
Regards: Tom
Sick timing. Dig!
Hi John! This is a fantastic image! The B&W conversion is excellent. Congratulations on the WP!
Wow, what an explosion! Awesome!