Restless Shoreline

[churly]

I went out to try to shoot the swell coming off of a large low pressure system south of Greenland but ended up in a major struggle to keep the salt spray off of the lens in a heavy wind.  I resorted to crouching behind a rock shooting close in shoots of the shore.  These are from Cape Spear, the easternmost point in North America.  I would appreciate opinions on what does and doesn't work on these.
Chuck

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

My responses are quite visceral. I find the first two quite frightening. I feel myself and my camera being swept off the rocks by the surf. The third one feels as if it was taken from a slightly safer place, out of the direct reach of the waves.

Powerful images. I'm glad you made it back safely.

Eric

[Paulo Bizarro]

Good series, my favourite is #1: depicts the power of the crashing waves, plus the water receding/going over the rocks.

[Bob_B]

Neat series. You certainly captured the force of the wind-blown waves. To my eyes, your images move from quite chaotic to calmer in three steps. The first has too much high frequency noise for my taste, but as I say that's strictly my opinion. The third is a bit too calm to convey what I believe was happening, but the second one has just the right balance. I hope this helps, and thanks for sharing.

[francois]

Eric is spot on, nature can be mesmerizing with its violence. Fear often comes later. This set of photos is a perfect exemple.

Well done, Chuck!

[churly]

Thanks for all of your insights!  I hoped that a bit of the action carried through into the images.

Bob_B - I was wondering about that.

Paulo - The rocks are of Avalonian affinity, so they are loosely related to Iberian side of the conjugate margin.

Chuck