Pacific Window

Hawaii's coastline is pounded regularly by high swells and because of it's location in the pacific is hit by rain showers on a daily basis, saying it is a very wet during this outing would be an understatement. While visiting the island it experienced some of the highest surf ever recorded. Despite the closed beaches and flooded roads I was able to get over to the north shore on the island of Oahu to grab some photos of big surf surfers. Of course just my luck the authorities weren't allowing anybody in the water for practice no matter how famous they were. In order to get any sense of scale in a wave photograph it helps to shoot across the wave but I couldn't find an open spot to shoot from. OK, time to start thinking outside of the box, or window as it turned out. I scoured the area and found that the authorities where only closing public beaches so it was time to hit the spots in-between. I found an open (flooded) turnout and made my way down to the shore. I happened to see this willow swaying in the wind right off of the beach so I made a photo. I think what caught my eye here was the shape of the framing that looked like a curling wave crashing down on the beach. unfortunately there was a exorbitant amount of material floating on the water as a result of the reef that was being ripped apart by the relentless surf, but i really liked the shape of the rocks in the foreground so I waited around awhile hoping for a ripper of a wave to pass through the window but again the conditions weren't cooperating. Oh well, time to go back to Hawaii. Hope you like it. :)

 

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