Long Point - Nevis

OMG, Tony.  Here's proof that successful photography some times is a matter of perfect timing.  It almost looks like the wave is being held in position by an invisible barrier.  An amazing capture . . .

Michael - thank you very much for your very kind endorsement. I was lucky because a friend introduced me to this small black sand beach which is quite difficult to find and the conditions were very favorable and nobody else was here because Nevis has a wonderfully long white sandy beach called Pinney's Beach.  If you are ever at Pinneys and you are offered a 'Stinger Bee' drink, be careful, because they are deadly and sneak up on you. I know! 

I'm with Michael on this one. Amazing!!!!  Perfect capture and perspective.   AJ

AJ - Many thanks.

I would also like to thank those that rated:

• AJ Bart
• Giuseppe di Pietrantonio
• Joscelyn Sylvester
• Michael Linder
• Michail Lipakis
• Sharon W
• Su dawen
• Tomasz Czajkowski

I would like to thank the additional raters

I like the perspective,dof and compositon

Tony, you made excellent use of wide angle to create a strong foreground with interest everywhere the eye moves through the frame. Nice light too. Well done.

Mehmet - Thank you for telling me what you like. That is always useful.

David - Thanks. This represents what I saw and I like to stick to that modus operandi as much as possible. At one point I use to wonder if an image had to be 'well saturated' to gain favor with the majority of viewers. A couple of weeks ago I saw a landscape image on a well known photography magazine that was quite saturated and wondered if that was a trend.

All the best and thanks for your generosity.

Perfect composition, excellent use of the wide angle lens and a nice image.

Cheers.

Bela thanks.

Like two worlds -  one atop another.  I appreciate the exif data for a clue to the incredible depth of field.  Excellent work, Tony.  Do you have any memory of your focal point?

Wayne - thanks for your generous rating and supportive comments.

I do remember the focal point. Because I work mostly with the sigma 10-20mm, it was set slightly past the infinity mark (I can only speak for Sigma and this lens) and at f13, based on experimentation I don`t suffer too much from digital diffraction. If my closest point to the lens is more than 2 feet, then this works well for me. If I get down close to the camera limit of about 1 foot, then I have to take two images with 2 different focal points and then manually blend them with photoshop. There is an image where I was down close to the minimal focus distance (9.4 inches) for this lens and needed the two focal point technique . It is embedded in this link  and something I practiced 2 days ago.

I've always gotten by with the 18mm lenses, but shots like this make me want a 10mm!  Beautifully done.  Back in the 4x5 days I could use a 90mm lens and tilt the lens board or camera back to achieve focus from very near to infinity.  A 10m lens on a dslr can achieve the same thing.

Thanks. Well my lens is lying in the cupboard while I use the Nikon 20mm f1.8 on the Full frame camera.