Solaris Photographia
Ocracoke Storm II
Posted by Brian (West Lafayette, United States) on 28 August 2007 in Landscape & Rural.
A tumbling sky kisses the sea over the Outer Banks.
Lost Valley from Kamloops, BC, Canada
This is FANTASTIC! Did you do much pp to this? I really like the feel of this photo!! The waves against the shoreline was captured wonderfully! You really have a great balance of light in this photo! What an amazing picture!!
28 Aug 2007 5:58am
ColNed Pictures from Amersfoort, Netherlands
Cool shot, I like this one better.. it shows the POWER.....
28 Aug 2007 7:07am
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
A great shot! it really shows the power of nature in a beautiful way.
28 Aug 2007 9:17am
Lorraine from Canada
Oh Brian, moody and perfect...How extraordinary simplicity can be...
28 Aug 2007 9:55am
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
Oh man! Great, great capture! I love weather like this. We've had boringly calm weather around here for too long. I want a small, manageable storm...
28 Aug 2007 11:24am
Janice Thomson from Courtenay BC, Canada
I agree with the others - the atmosphere captured in this shot is wonderful Brian.
28 Aug 2007 2:09pm
Brian from United States
LV--I did very little PP on this image. I increased the saturation slightly and sharpened it. Other than that, it's pretty much what came out of the camera. It was a great experience to be caught up in this storm on the beach. It was actually very warm (about 85 degrees), and the sea was also pleasantly warm. What you don't see here is a group of surfboarders who were riding the waves a little further down the beach.
28 Aug 2007 2:43pm
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
very nice image, I like the "angry" sea and the clouds
28 Aug 2007 3:06pm
Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom
Don't you think those fantastic clouds look just like a huge wave about to break onto the shore!
28 Aug 2007 3:23pm
Amir from X, United States
Another great semi-HDR shot from you. Love overcast and dark skies.
28 Aug 2007 3:38pm
Brian from United States
Ian--indeed they did look like that. I was surprised that they held no rain; they just swirled in the wind.
28 Aug 2007 3:40pm
Brian from United States
Amir--Thanks. The skies were a real inspiration that day. I wish I had carried a different (more capable) camera that day!
28 Aug 2007 3:44pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Thats great, the cloud is more like an incoming wave than the waves, superb.
28 Aug 2007 5:47pm
Aayawa from Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The picture grabs you by the... throat and says "look at me"
Well done
28 Aug 2007 7:04pm
Rebel Szczesny from Big Apple - NYC, United States
Beautiful composition. North Carolina's finer points of intrest.
28 Aug 2007 7:44pm
