Sometimes Nature Makes Difficult Pictures by anahata.c
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This is one messy shot!
BUT: It's dramatic. So here it is...
The big lights were really there, but got blurred because I didn't have a tripod:
No tripod means Blurs-ville.
But it's huuuuuge---so please zoom and scroll.
And these suckers hit me 2 seconds later---you know what it's like to be hit with 40,000 tons of freezing water? Ay ay ay...
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Thanks for your wonderful comments to my (weird) "City Life": You've all been grand!
Mark
Comments (19)
designem
Great capture. I guess you have to risk life and limb for the memorable pictures!
lisalisette
I thought is was manipulated!... GREAT shot.. very impressive :))
Campo-Diaz
Awesome work as always.
magnus073
Mark, this is a fabulous looking capture that was well worth the sacrifice providing you don't get sick. Saying it's dramatic is almost an understatement, as this wave has a truly ferocious appearance. Thanks for sharing, and I hope you had on a rain jacket out there ;)
Sea_Dog
Great shot - I see no problems with not using tripod. Still a very powerful seascape. Well done.
durleybeachbum
A tripod is just something else to carry and get in the way of terrific spontaneous shots like this!
photosynthesis
Yes, a little blurry & the whites are blown out, but so what? You've captured the explosive quality of this water in a very dramatic & immediate way. And you exposed yourself to being pummeled by this force of nature? That's above & beyond the call of duty...
LivingPixels
Awesome powershot love the power of the ocean its power is mighty awesome! love it mark!
flavia49
fabulous capture
goodoleboy
Say, not a bad freeze shot (pun intended) of half of Lake Michigan, as its thunderous waves mercilessly batter the shoreline, Mark. And the zoom posting is huge, limitless in its horizontal scope. I like these kind of pics with awesome waves, drops and all, plus your camera did an amazingly cool job of capturing it at a relatively slow 1/200 of second shutter speed. Actually, you can manually increase the shutter speed to 1/500 and beyond, which negates the use of a tripod. But, how you came to the relatively exact estimate of 40,000 tons of water, is beyond my ken.
auntietk
Crap, Mark! sputter sputter I zoomed and got a face full of FREEZING water! Half of Louisiana is awash now. (Oh never mind ... half of Louisiana is always under water.) :P This is a fantastic capture, full of life and movement and action and power. Outstanding! Now hand me a towel, will ya?
dragonmuse
Gorgeous. I love spontaneous shots. They tend to be very full of life.
bebopdlx
Great shot.
beachzz
Holy Moly, I zoomed and now I'm soaking wet and freezing!!! Your lake speaks volumes and it just told me off in spades. This foto just rocks, it's full of everything nature has to offer and then some. My ocean's pretty big at times, but this is a freakin LAKE and it looks like it could go a few rounds with any thing thrown at it. GREAT shot, as if you didn't know that I LOVE it!!
odie
A teacher, a photographer and a pianist walk into a bar.... They see this photo on the wall, bigger than life, and they all agree it is packed with EMOTION, especially since the 3 people are one and the same - and a Pisces to boot. I see a keyboard on the left. The music pours out and splashes into the most marvelous and intense sounds creating such beauty. What am I listening to? My first thought was Grieg, Concerto A minor. Then I asked a friend of a friend who knows piano concerti and here is her "gut feel" response. "If it is the “impact moment” of waves crashing, then consider Argerich’s performance at 4:56 of this passage in 3rd movt of Tschaikovsky. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBnzQEFDW04 If it is a series of dramatic waves, then the opening of Brahms D minor, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWRhkKlBzPE". My final thought is that the photo should not be hanging in a bar at all, but rather, in my office so my budding musicians can view it with the same emotion that I do. :-) Bravo, Mark. I love it and how it makes me feel.
MrsRatbag
How can I follow any of the above? No words are left...all I can say is WOW. In your face, literally. I hope your camera didn't get too wet!
helanker
Now this is a really dramatic shot, Mark. You froze the time, but not for long and got wet to the skin. YIKES ! But you got a magnificent shot of the cold lake sending its cascades to the coast. Superbly done :-)))
sandra46
superlative work!
bmac62
Ay, ay, ay...I feel your pain:) The smashing crescendo caught in mid-air! This is the type of picture I always hunger for but rarely, rarely encounter. Great job Mark. Obviously I am far from the only one to feel exactly the same way. So we often wonder why you choose to live in a furnace 5 months of the year and in a freezer 5 months (we give you constructive credit for nice weather 2 months of the year) and this must be why...photos of your lake living on the wild side. Nicely done sir.