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Awesome.... cheers Jana

This is unreal, such wave is impossible. I can?t imagine this is not manipulated.

However, great photo, well-done.

I would like to catch such a wave someday.

The guy in there he was ok after this ? I like the waves also but this one .....

Neat pic. Glad Im not there. Hehe Leanna

Everything is rushing to go down but you seems so relax in capturing this scene. Great capture and nice vignette. It really worked in here. Regards and more photos to come. 10/10

 

I really love the comments by thoses that don't live on the coast. There are so many who have never witnessed the power of the ocean. I can't imagine. Great shot to build appreciation of the sport. Yes, it's real people. Nice shot, from your neighbor in Monterey.

 

 

 

......TOTAL BUTT PUCKER.......

oh my god... :) EN.

Quite amazing, that's a huge wave! and a great picture!

So glad that I cant swim, dry land for me! just superb. were did you take this shot?

Whoa. Where to begin? Perfect light. Gorgeous detail in the highlights. The blue/gray color tones are delicious. Technically this is superb. You can read a number of interpretations into this. The impossibly fragile nature of man against the snarling beast of mother nature. Does the crest on the wave not look like a mighty jaw about to close on our friend, swallowing him forever? Does his sideways glance, not looking directly at the wave, or at least directly at the part of the wave we, the viewers are seeing, seem to convey a bit of indifference or contempt, as if to say, it's not thaaaat big. He appears to be leaning forward slightly, moving towards what should be run away from, challenging the swell to do it's worst. Or is it the steady gaze of knowing that the chaos will only last a few seconds, nothing to be too worried about. It will pass, like most everything, in time. Whatever it is, I can certainly tell you that you'd never catch me in a position like that. Thanks, MP.

hell yeah- superb

Definitively one of my P.Net favourites.
Great capture, congratulations.

I find this image very humbling, it kind of strikes me personally.

Regards

I look for eye-catching, dynamic images, that readers of newspapers and mags will stop to look at in awe.

This one just about hits the spot! Congratulations Chuck. Would love to hear from you at chris@solentnews.co.uk.

Superb capture.

Stunning.  Waimea shorebreak I assume?