10 great examples of wave photography

Louie Imaging
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Marcus Revertegat
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Daniel Bos
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Morgan Maassen
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John McCormick
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Geoff Quinn
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Aziz J.Hayat
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Bill Dalton
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Matt Madden
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Steve Garrington
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You can always share any wave photography you did with the community through the comments. If you haven’t so far, I hope I inspired you enough.

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  • http://photographybydlm.com/ Dustin

    The title should be “10 great examples of wave photography and crappy over-processed HDR .” Actually none of those “HDR” shots are real HDR anyway, since you wouldn't really be able to freeze the mothion of the waves/ocean, so they are more likely one RAW file processed in Photomatix or similar software. Really ADIDAP? There are waaaaay better great examples of wave photos in the ADIDAP group and on flickr. BTW, I'm only talking about #5,6, and 10. #7 is a great photo, but seems really out of place in this set. #1 is great as well but to me it's not really much of a wave photo.

  • Dustin

    BTW, I thought i'd clarify something to the owners of those pseudo-hdr photos. Those are all really great shots on their own. I was only referring to the PP technique used. Those shots could stand on their own without the over-saturated “hdr” look and be very good photos. #6, especially, is one I would imagine seeing in a surf mag if it were not over-processed.

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    Thanks. Keep our Ocean clean!

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  • Gcquinn

    So I went to Dustin's page and there it is — a beautiful, beautiful photograph that is photoshopped if not near to death, at least a lot. Lol. But I think Dustin has a point, up to a point. These are all powerfully composed and would stand on their own and I am certainly guilty of overdoing it But Geez Dustin,I look at an old Ansel Adams print and its Photoshop City (without the photoshop). I mean look at Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico: Its lightening of the clouds here, and of the foreground there and darkening a bit in other places and developing 2 plus. The original photograph — a nice composition, the final print — a poem on the human condition, the little houses the shining crosses, the vast universe above. The wave on Dustin's shot is somehow emerald green, and lighter here, and redder there and a nice effect in the end and maybe more powerful than the original shot. Of all the shots, you are probably most correct about mine — its grainy and the land colors are off a little– it was shot a little dark in low light and there wasn't a chance for a second shot (the wave moved, the guy moved). But there's something about it more than I understood when I shot it and something that transcends its many failings (for one thing, people keep paying me for it). So you have a point. I am not sure, though, that I agree with you on the other work here: Daniel Bos' looks like its right out of the camera — perfect and extraordinary. The enhancement of the others work to make them extremely powerful. That little guy on that huge blue wave. Wow. And finally a thought about HDR — I hate the idea of turning a photograph over to a machine — I've never used it — I do like it when its used subtly (see the later work of “Stuck in Customs” on Flickr). Anyway, I think you've got a point …. to a point.

  • Meredith

    Gorgous pictures. It is crazy how you can catch that in a second.

  • Dustin

    You're completely right about that photo Geoff. I had tried a bit different PP with it, and by the time I finished and put it up on the site, it just looks too “shopped”. Finishing up classes over the last few weeks has kept me from taking the few minutes to take it down and put the other one up. That photo of mine was actually the first thing I thought about after posting this.

    You're completely right with your point about Moonrise. I had the pleasure of seeing the AA exhibit a couple years back at the San Diego museum of photography They had 3 or 4 prints of Moonrise that were printed throughout the years to show the progression of how AA manipulated the image more and more each time. I've done a fair share of darkroom printing so totally agree about pretty much any photo being manipulated to a certain extent.

    In the end, who cares I guess. We are outdoors photographing something we are interested in and enjoying it, right?

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