January 26, 2020 —Black Sand Beach, Vik, Iceland
The North Atlantic shows no mercy because it has no mercy.
(Nikon D850, Tamron 100–400mm f/4.5–6.3 Di VC USD G2. Post-processing in DxO PhotoLab 3.1; Editing in Adobe Photoshop.)
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California based fine-art photographer featuring abstract, impressionist, and minimalist seascapes — near and distant — and floral-based images.
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Stunning wave photo, and indeed, only (some) people can show mercy…anything else does as it is programmed to do.
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Thank you — and very true.
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Froth and foam are common enough in such photos, but being able to capture the solidity of the swell behind them, and the spume blowing off the top of that mountain of water, certainly evokes the power of the sea — and a memory or two.
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Thanks very much, Linda. Inspired by the work of Rachael Talibart, whose advice is “just keep shooting.”
https://www.rachaeltalibart.com
Definitely evokes memories and emotion. I’m developing a wave portfolio — slowly, because it hasn’t been very stormy on my home turf surf in California.
But the surf in Iceland was very supportive of my project, so maybe there is some mercy after all.
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The angry sea.
Excellent work, Michael.
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Thank you very much, sir.
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The spray became a momentary cloud. It was the first thing I saw, and for an instant I thought I was looking at a picture of clouds.
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I suppose it could be classified as a very dense, very transitory, very local cloud.
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We can see that its brevity didn’t cloud your judgment.
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Splashé
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Now you’re cooking !
AK
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I love it, Michael, there’s the fury. Something about the crashing waves in the foreground and that plume together….
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Thank you. I think the multiple planes add to the feeling of relentlessness.
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Yup!!
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This exquisite shot makes me shiver!
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Brrrrr! It was cold, being Iceland and all… 😉
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Hahaha, yeah, I suppose it was! 🙂
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This is a great capture of the unmerciful crashing surf, Mike. I like the huge spray and all the rolling smaller waves preceding the much larger splash. Very nice.
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Thank you. There are more, which I might post now and then. I’m slowly building a wave portfolio. They are a counterpoint to the horizons.
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Wonderful picture of nature showing us it can be beautiful and at the same time show no mercy. Thank you for this great photo, and please keep them coming.
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Thank you very much. I definitely will keep them coming. Thank you very much for the follow. If you explore the blog, you will see quite a variety.
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