The Beach Motion. A spectacular place on the west coast of New Zealand. I spent days here trying to get the right light and never having it come at the right time. You have to time low tide with sunset and good weather. On the South Island, that's a tall order. I was not so fortunate, but my patience did lead to alternates. As the tide came in the entire beach became covered with water when a set of large waves came through. The surf would die for a few waves, and then heavy waves would come in. This allowed me to run out to a jutting rock and get on top of it in between sets. The big waves would splash up towards the camera, so obviously this was a concern, but I was able to snap this one off without getting too wet. It came out nicely, and as you can see this is actually with the waves coming at me during the photograph. It's a single shot with minimal processing to bring out the shadows and contrast. Sometimes almost nothing is needed when nature throws you a bone.
