Eye of the Monster by Punaguy

Photography • Sea/Undersea • posted on Dec 16, 2006

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AlooooooooHa! The weekend is finally here and I was up and gone before sunrise cause the winter surf is here and pounding. The day was really overcast and quite bad for shooting, but hey, I ain't complaining, it beats the hell out of working! Here is a view the boogie boarder in the foreground gets to see as he negotiates the swells that are constantly rolling in. As you can see he is a dot in the water compared to the size of the incoming wave. Along with the big waves comes the treacherous current and rip tide. Trying to stay out of the impact area was quite a feat on this day. I will post more of this day tonight...Thanks for having a peek and hope you all are enjoying the weekend as much as I am.... P.S. I have resorted to putting my name on my images in hopes that it may thwart others from "Borrowing" my images without permission...seems we have a had a rash of this kind of behavior from other sites...check the forum for more info...Aloha~

Comments (31)

thevolunteer

5:05PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

Wow, fantastic effects. Love the "extra" wave on top of the surf. Simply beautiful. Glad you got to get some rest. Aloha

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Apophis906

5:07PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

Oh thats such a cool shot, what a view.

cvip

5:21PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

very, very good!!!!!!

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Debwhosmiles

5:42PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

Looks very dangerous...but beautiful from afar. I can imagine the roar that came with the wave... Wish I were there~ =)

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Ionel

5:55PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

Fantastic!!!

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Biffowitz

6:32PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

Looks like a whole lot of fun, and danger. Fantastic capture!

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sharky_

6:41PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

That boogie boarder is fish bait! And we were just talking about rescuing people in distress. Hope you got your swim suit on. Fantastic capture. Aloha

kjpweb

7:24PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

Great capture - and the colors at the fringes of the big wave are just breathtakingly beautiful!

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kansas

8:10PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

WOW! Hope that fellow doesn't get swallowed up by the surf and tide. Magnificent photo/surf.

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ysvry

8:11PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

great wave shot.

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kimariehere

8:29PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

OMG!! WHAT A SPECTAULAR WAVE CAPTURED !!!! atunning ocean photography and as an ex surfer girl i can so appreciate this!!! AWESOME!!!!! .... love ittt!!! hehe that guy is going to get pounded there, he dosnt look ready ... lol!!!... beautifully done DAVE !! ***** ~~~~^~~~~ ~!!!

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Sans2012

8:34PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

Stunning bro! Man I coulnt even paddle out in 2 foot swell lol. Cheers for sharing this magic capture.

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zoren

9:05PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

kowabunga!!!!

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Cullen

9:07PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

Dave, you've still got it! Nice capture, and I bet the next shot continues this evolving story.

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easyjobrob

10:03PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

OMG what an awesome capture!!!!!!!!!!!!

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amberlite

10:16PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

what a marvelous wave of color! aloha

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Corwin13

11:31PM | Sat, 16 December 2006

Nice shot and wonderful colors!

Valerie-Ducom

1:20AM | Sun, 17 December 2006

Wowww, awesome picture on this wave and so beautufl color and composition!!! Good day ;)

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Littlejock

3:23AM | Sun, 17 December 2006

This is one of the best pics of waves you took. JUST PERFECT Out of range the blue colors and the timing to capture that. Super photo

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razzell2

5:37AM | Sun, 17 December 2006

SWEET!

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nongo

12:19PM | Sun, 17 December 2006

LOL @ sharky!!!!!!! This looks so beautiful & dangerous for that guy, I'm sure he's just lovin' it though!!!!!!! superb image!!!!!!! Aloha!!!!

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CavalierLady

2:18PM | Sun, 17 December 2006

Unbelievably gorgeous blue color and the mist flying back from the top of the wave is amazing. Superb image!

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gs1953

4:31PM | Sun, 17 December 2006

Inctedibilmente spettacolare!

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avalonfaayre

8:36PM | Sun, 17 December 2006

WOW! Extra super one! Can't believe the size of that wave! The blue is spectacular!

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MaydaMason

1:49AM | Mon, 18 December 2006

the sense of scale in this shot is impressive! waves in my lands may arrive to 50 cm when the sea is really bad! :) superb!

TerraDreamer

9:38PM | Mon, 18 December 2006

Amazing. You can see him looking straight at that wave!

admaldo

8:07PM | Tue, 19 December 2006

Beautiful and eerie at the same time. Great photography, Dave.

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mps

2:00PM | Wed, 20 December 2006

Wonderful shot.

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TwoPynts

8:59AM | Thu, 11 January 2007

Again, what an amazing sequence of surf shots. The selective coloring is just gorgeous. I am honest when I say you should try to make a gallery show out of them. I realize surf shots might be pretty common in your parts, but the quality of yours sets them apart. Aloha Dave!

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