water troll...

awesome shot. how were you able to get in so close under the curl?

How did you get there?

amazing shot, water has beautiful sense of heaviness and movement.

Tough shot, how do you keep away from getting run over by the surfer or breaking your neck in the surf AND shooting a nice photo?

Superb, Great, Spectacular!!!

 

Paolo

Did you save your camers ?

I love this very much

The majority of you don't think of these images as art, but I hope you can

appreciate just how hard it is to nail one of these. And much thanks to those of

you who do!

Excellent!

Man! Real action going on here! Just 2 thigns: for me the framing is a bit tight, especially at bottom left. The distance between the board and the frame is too small. Second, the lighting on the surfer is too dark, but I se your reasons to keep him like that and not to lose the incredible wave! Good capture of a spectacular moment. Cheers,

Reaaly good action & hard to get shot.

Fantastic treatment of a usual but always challenging subject. Composition is amazing.

A tad underexposed but I alway like a good "tubed" shot. Nice work!

 

Terry

Wow! I like the tight framing; I think it adds to the claustrophobic feel.

Awesome action photo!

this is an amazing capture

Here's another that's better than the PoW, in my opinion. Both were taken in a very tight tube, and in both cases the wave was breaking left to right facing onshore. Here the surfer is coming toward you, but I don't feel that it is any less dramatic because we can't see him trying to shoot the entire curl, since we can see the wave closing down behind him.

 

Yes, this is art.

excellent shot, and nice light looks like a room of water

...WATER BEAUTIFUL IN TEXTURE&COLOR.

IF THIS ISNT ART THEN MONA LISA ISNT ART....

DAMMIT..HOW??????????????????????

HOW DO U TAKE THESE MAN....WITH THE KINDA EXPOSURE, THE CRISPNESS..AM TOO FLABBERGASTED

"The majority of you don't think of these images as art..."

 

Than the majority are silly. One of my many and varying definitions of art is something I would want to put up on a wall and look at repeatedly. Given that, this (and many of your other pix) is (are) definitely art.

Great shot. What an amazing angle. I suppose I would ideally like a little more space included at the bottom, but well, life is not always ideal - especially in such conditions, I guess.

David, if this is not art then WHAT??? YOu are AMAZING!!! Keep it up and PUBLISH!!!

Hey, David. Gee, right in the thick of the curl! This must have been a thrill, not to mention how tough it is to get these shots. After seeing the film, "Riding Giants", I can totally appreciate this.

 

Curious though: Why did you crop it in such a way? I'd like to know what the original image had in it.

 

Also, we have thousands of members here. Best not to make a blanket statement about the majority!

 

Regards,

Maria