Head over Heels
Jul 15, 2022 10:37:45 #
Thanks Paul for starting this section.
This image was taken in Newport Beach at a place called the 'Wedge". As the name suggests, it is a wave wedge with the Newport jetty on one side and the beach on the other. When waves come in from the west or northwest, they're squeezed into a smaller and smaller area forcing the wave to rise. The beach there is steep, so the waves rise fast and hit the beach hard. Waves 10-15' are not uncommon, and they can easily get bigger that. While it does cause some injuries, more often than not, it just injures more pride than anything else, as in this case. This wave lifted the bodyboarder up, flipped him over leaving his looking kinda silly on the beach.
There was not a lot of different colors in the original image, but the B&W version added a little more drama.
Any constructive critique is certainly welcome.
This image was taken in Newport Beach at a place called the 'Wedge". As the name suggests, it is a wave wedge with the Newport jetty on one side and the beach on the other. When waves come in from the west or northwest, they're squeezed into a smaller and smaller area forcing the wave to rise. The beach there is steep, so the waves rise fast and hit the beach hard. Waves 10-15' are not uncommon, and they can easily get bigger that. While it does cause some injuries, more often than not, it just injures more pride than anything else, as in this case. This wave lifted the bodyboarder up, flipped him over leaving his looking kinda silly on the beach.
There was not a lot of different colors in the original image, but the B&W version added a little more drama.
Any constructive critique is certainly welcome.
Jul 15, 2022 10:52:21 #
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Jul 15, 2022 14:27:07 #
SalvageDiver wrote:
Thanks Paul for starting this section. br br This... (show quote)
No critique needed, just compliment of a great shot! BTW, Is that another body in the water to the left of the bodyboarder?
Jul 15, 2022 14:46:11 #
Jul 15, 2022 14:56:46 #
gmontjr2350
Loc: Southern NJ
SalvageDiver wrote:
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Awesome!!!
George
Jul 15, 2022 15:24:20 #
azted wrote:
What is there to critique? Your timing was perfect!
Thanks for the compliment. It was an interesting day that day, the waves got bigger and continued bouncing people off the sandy bottom.
Jul 15, 2022 15:26:41 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
High drama grabs me immediately!
Thanks Linda, it was a rough day some of those surfers. As the waves got bigger, the drama got more intense, but I missed getting those images.
Jul 15, 2022 15:28:38 #
RonDavis wrote:
No critique needed, just compliment of a great shot! BTW, Is that another body in the water to the left of the bodyboarder?
Thanks for the compliment. That is another swimmer in the wave. He was body surfing without a board. He was waiting his turn to go on another wave.
Jul 15, 2022 19:41:32 #
SalvageDiver wrote:
Thanks Paul for starting this section. br br This... (show quote)
Excellent. Any critique would be silly.
Jul 15, 2022 19:45:53 #
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Jul 16, 2022 12:24:09 #
SalvageDiver wrote:
Thanks Paul for starting this section. br br This... (show quote)
Wow, that's called being in the right place at the right time.
Jul 16, 2022 15:02:40 #
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