As The Waves Crashed Around You

Posted by Chris Pereira (San Jose, CA, United States) on 4 November 2009 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

The sunsets never were so bright.

Matt at Ocean Beach, San Francisco. 3.2 second exposure with a monopod.

k@ from Paris, France

What, Chris, this sunset is real beautiful thanks to that diagonal of light caressing the silhouette - bravo*

4 Nov 2009 5:23am

uvaraj from New Jersey, United States

wow ! lovely colors and nice silhouette. Well done...

4 Nov 2009 5:51am

Chris from Saratoga, United States

The lighting on the waves is awesome!

4 Nov 2009 6:03am

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

Oh my goodness, Chris! This is simply gorgeous! And as k@ said the silhouette and diagonal are what really make it. Top-notch work matey!

4 Nov 2009 6:13am

Farnaaz from Iran, Iran

"... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life , your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy ; And you would accept the seasons of your heart , even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields ...."

4 Nov 2009 7:06am

Anina from Auckland, New Zealand

WOW!!! This is amazing!!! The silhouette and tones are beautiful. Great exposure. Very well done :)

4 Nov 2009 7:11am

Tamara from Aarschot, Belgium

Beautiful gold shades on that marvelous ocean view ! I love the calming effect of this photo. Really well done :)

4 Nov 2009 7:19am

Dulcie from Danville, CA, United States

Wonderful ambiance. The waves look like an abstraction. You have a beautiful effect in this image.

4 Nov 2009 7:24am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

wonderful orange. very smooth.

4 Nov 2009 8:50am

Fusao from Tokyo, Japan

fantastic !
like a dream.

4 Nov 2009 10:44am

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

mmmm nice and smooth, bravo

4 Nov 2009 11:19am

Viewfinder from Bradenton, FL, United States

Awesome. Looks like a person deep in thought about something.

4 Nov 2009 11:36am

Veronelle from Lens, France

ho nice sunset

4 Nov 2009 12:17pm

MARIANA from Waterloo, Canada

Wonderful ! Fantastic compo with these lines separating sand, water and sky , but still in one great harmony ! 5 *****

4 Nov 2009 1:02pm

Ralph Jones from Detroit, United States

Beautiful silhouette Chris.

4 Nov 2009 6:00pm

Christel from Köln, Germany

Good evening Chris,
It is beautiful how you play this moment and the colors. This recording is brilliant and I like it very well.
Dear greetings Christel

4 Nov 2009 6:30pm

dideban from mashhad, Iran

visionary

4 Nov 2009 8:31pm

roy from ostend, Belgium

Soft and warm, nice shot

4 Nov 2009 9:46pm

Tammy Warren-Cricket from United States

Wow, what a peaceful image. Very pretty processing.

5 Nov 2009 6:05am

@Tammy Warren-Cricket: actually thats pretty much what came out of the camera, [i used a monopod to get the blur]

Xerophytes from London, United Kingdom

WONDERFUL shot! I love it!

The color orange is perfect. Waves - perfect. And the subject, man staring on the wave is perfect!

Very dramatic.

5 Nov 2009 8:42am

Bill from Pacific Northwest, United States

Nice ethereal effect.

5 Nov 2009 9:53pm

Ardan from Streets of the, Philippines

the blur in this image makes it more interesting. great photo. :)

10 Nov 2009 7:50am

Canon EOS REBEL XSi
16/5 second
ISO 100
18 mm