Rough Sea

[André]

Waves near St. Ives in Cornwall.



Cheers,
André

[habakuk]

Ahh. Sometimes it takes a while until comments come in here. This is the prize of the small community...

Now, let me see... I always become silent when looking at a scene like this: the waves splashing over the rock. It is so full of dynamics so full of change, it is a pure symbol of nothing staying the same, of evolution and being in the process. In the same time, I see endlessness, incredible time horizons, I am tempted to think "endless, always, eternal". This is what makes such scenes special to me.

From top to bottom: first I detect the not yet perfect aligned horizon. Especially from the first to the second frame. Then I see the need for space. I think that wave really needs more space to give me a feeling of bulding up, crashing and flowing out again. I like the sequence, but would like to see more space in between the single frames. I also see not much reason to keep the foreground rocks, I am all happy to be left "in the water" right from the start (the bottom) of the picture.

Love the colors... I can hear the roar and smell the salty breeze...

cheers
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[aprilS]

This triptych brings to mind what I've been reading about still photography being superseded by video in the near future. Yet at the same time, it makes me think back to motion studies done by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1800's!

I can appreciate that the intent is to (re-)create the experience of being there. And in this image, like the fact that it makes me slow down to consider/remember just what it was like I last saw waves crashing over rocks...

[Ted Byrne]

I can hear everyone seeing your triptych. And I can see them feeling the deep dull shudder of the smashing sea. On my wall, this triptych would shake the room and create a background noise that would calm the blare of the city outside.

Nicely done.

[Theo]

Man wish i could see this in person well maybe someday! I like it a lot very clean can almost hear the sound of the waves. About the only think i could see for improvement is to extend the time between waves so you get a complete picture.

[André]

Thank you very much for your comments. I see most of you have some nice thoughts about waves and a rough sea :-)

I see the problem with the horizon. I fear it is below the resolution of PS's ruler. I will have to think of how I can improve this.
I chose to leave the lower stones in the frame to add some more depth and also to get a nice square picture with not to much of the not so exciting sky.

I have a lot more of these images/series. I will have a look for them as time allows.

Cheers,
André