Approaching

Carmel River State Beach, CA

The rocks in the distance are Point Lobos. The water in the foreground is the Carmel River emptying into the ocean.

I love the way waves look that final moment before they curl and crash.


45 comments

Larry Bosworth wrote...
Wow, Sabine, this is lovely! The last two tags, cracked me up, but there's so much going on in this image - it's AWESOME!

John Shafer wrote...
Crazy! Is that a sour apple Jolly Ranchers wave?

Sabine wrote...
ha! John, thats totally what it reminded me of!

pointer007 wrote...
It makes me think of some kind of wild and exotic drink - slurp;-)

Debi wrote...
Oh wow! Great light on the wave! Excellent shot.......... -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

DeAnn wrote...
wow.. crazy angle.. its a wall of water!! the sun through it is great too!

Nigel wrote...
Is that a giant electric eel? I love the processing. Loads of fun. -- Seen in my contacts' photos. (?)

Kathleen wrote...
I just saw that they're next to each other in Karma! I love yours, love the light, and it's so fun and colorful, like waves of Hi-C flavors! Gorgeous coastline you've got over there. :-)

Stefan wrote...
Nice how the light shines through the wave! Really beautiful green tones here! I like the sky, too! Well done! Your KARMA Group

Tamsin wrote...
Great processing Sabine, even if you did "process the crap out of it". It looks incredible, love the green - it's like there is a spotlight running along the underside of the wave. My son thinks it's "cool" too and he's pretty hard to impress, so big compliment!

Jim wrote...
wow! Incredible colors. Nice shot!

aj94 wrote...
fantastic. the light is great!

Bailey S. wrote...
Awesome colors. Good processing...I dig it. I also love how the waves look right before they curl. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

Summer n Rose wrote...
Wow! What a shot indeed! I can't figure out how you did this but it looks awesome.

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Summer n Rose wrote...
This reminds me to go to Point Lobos during spring break!!

marc crumpler wrote...
Great job on the processing. Looks fantastic!

Sabine wrote...
Summer N Rose - I used lightroom and tweaked the tint on the green. I think I also up the vibrancy on the green and took it down on the blue. I'm not sure though. Mostly I fiddle with all the slider thingies until I see what I have been looking for. But the main reason the photo is possible is because I used a 1/1250 shutter speed.

Mark Griffith wrote...
Wow, its nice. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

pointer007 wrote...
Your shiny sparkling wonder is in Explore! Cheers! -- Seen in the interestingness archives. (?)

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hexaplex21 wrote...
Excellent!

Kay wrote...
Super delish! So translucent and sparkling! v

John wrote...
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Sean Mantey wrote...
Thats amazing. Never seen anything like it.

jaciii wrote...
wonderful in lots of ways.

Larry Bosworth wrote...
Hey, Sabine number 39 on Explorer! Congrats!

Kirk wrote...
Wicked green in the wave, very cool shot. Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Eye Candy!, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group. -- Seen in the interestingness archives. (?)

Matt Haddaway wrote...
Stunning shot! The light and color is amazing! Seen in Explore

Eileen McFall wrote...
Wonderful composition, exposure, color and light. Great job on this! I saw it in Explore--congratulations!

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Sabine wrote...
denis is making me hungry

Chris Farrugia wrote...
Impressive picture! came across this pic at www.thousandpics.com :)

Cris A. Moon wrote...
cool green and blue wave! i've never seen anything like this!:-)

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Gustavo Nardelli wrote...
wow

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Stephen Moore wrote...
congrats on explore! I love the pp!! This is an Amazing Shot! Please consider adding your photograph to the group Amazing Shots!! -- Seen on the explore page. (?)

John wrote...
Wow - thats very cool...such intense color and interesting light - beautiful really! -- Seen in my contacts' photos. (?)

Mábel wrote...
Very, very good! I like colours. Your photo is good. Please add this goog photo to Good photos, no people. Read rules.

Lisa wrote...
Ha Ha looked at it close and it still looks good!

Judy and Paul wrote...
Oooo! What an interesting image! Love the way the breaking wave is lit. Judy

mrmojo53 wrote...
brilliant. abstract. so strange. and very interesting to see Point Lobos in the distance.


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