In a little dingy, our group of six explored the coves and caves in southwest Kauai. The bobbing made focusing the camera difficult. I caught this wave smashing into the cliff. It was an imposing sound. The wave dissipated into a spray that covered our faces and clung to our hair. Is it possible to wear the power of nature? We did that summer morning.
Cindy Bruchman 
Must have been a powerful sensation!
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To all my senses. 🙂
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Nature never fails to impress, and you captured that well, Cindy. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Thanks, Pete!
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Wow!
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I took hundreds of shots, but with the boat wobbling and turning, this was one of the only ones that came out. Thank you, Sue!
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Well, it sounds like a challenge!!
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Gorgeous! And those crashing sounds are so full of energy. But also strangely calming to me.
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It’s where I would chose to live if I had the $. Right on a cliff top.
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Yesssss! Nice!
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I am ready to go right now!
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That’s the shame with trips. They end too fast and you are left with a picture. I’d go back in an instant. 🙂
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Terrific phot and love the thought of wearing a bit of that power!
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Thanks, John. I couldn’t help but to be energized by the experience.
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Fabulous!
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Thank you, friend. I wish I could have had something in the shot that gave the cliff and the wave perspective. It was probably 100 feet or 0.03048 Kilometers high. The cliff was enormous.
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Maybe next time get a couple off the boat and have them stand on that little rocky outcrop at the bottom left of the cliffs, that’ll give you some scale 🤣
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Ha ha. Sure….
BTW, on the way back from this adventure, the boat returned and we passed a huge Tiger shark! I’m so glad we passed him AFTER the snorkeling.
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AH! The ocean. Anywhere. Primal.
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I know they say “ashes to ashes, dust to dust” but I think we humans have more of a connection with water.
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“Is it possible to wear the power of nature?” I read it several times and each time it sent shivers down my spine. What a wonderfully powerful and provoking metaphor (and question)! The rock in the photo (clearly depicting the breathtaking power of nature) was able to. Thank you for such a vivid and thought provoking question and imagery, it’ll stay with me for a long while.
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Well, gosh, thanks for the kind words. I was going for that — the metaphor, the idea of wearing that energy — glad you saw it my way, too!
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I’m jealous!
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Says the man who lives at the edge of the ocean! I’m jealous of YOU. 🙂
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hahahaha
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Take a look at that shape again. It looks like an elephant.
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Hmmm. Can’t see it. But I’m glad you see something more than the rest of us.
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There’ll be some kind of formula as to how many times you have to photograph crashing waves before you are happy with the result. I reckon it’s at least twenty that you delete for every one you keep.
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Oh, at least! Remember the days of rolls of film. You take a whole roll and pray for one or two decent shots?
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it is so difficult to communicate the full impact of such an image. nature refuses to be captured.
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Yes, I couldn’t agree with you more. Videos or movies featuring the violence of nature still can’t capture the horror/majesty of it. My favorite genre in literature is Naturalism. Special authors are close at revealing that power in a way that I can see it, smell it, feel it.
I listened to Ian McClellen read “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” today. Oh, how I love how the ocean is portrayed in his ballad.
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Wearing the power of nature – I love that phrase. Beautiful photo, Cindy.
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Thank you, Jennie. 😊
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You’re welcome, Cindy. 🙂
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Beautiful picture as always Cindy 🙂 Happy 2020 and keep up the great work as always 🙂
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Come back soon. I have a L13FC for you. 😉
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Happy Birthday Cindy.
Are the comments enabled on today’s L13FC post? I can’t see them?
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Eegads. They were visible to me, I have no idea why it wasn’t enabled. I went to quick edit and it should work now. Please, come over. I value your opinion on Sam Mendes. 🙂
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