Raves & Rants . . from Penzance

Surfers in crystal clear water It was a bit of a long shot really, to get a photo of a meandering basking shark at sea level from an aircraft 500ft up, doing 100 miles an hour.  So it needed a long lens, duly poked through the opened plane window, a steadying hand against the wind rush, and a firm grip on the camera body to make sure it didn't plummet onto one of the surfers below.   Turns out it's actually quite difficult to shoot a slow moving object from a fast moving one, but with the aid of some very skillful manouevering from the pilot, there were a few shots in the bag at the end of the flight.   I'll put the results up here, and on Ocean-Image.com  after certain publications have publicated over the next couple of days.  But in the meantime, I can share the one above, showing the clarity of the water down here, as some lucky longboarders share a crystal clean wave on a white sand beach. Return to Ocean-Image.com

With the dread dark days of winter upon us ( it's the shortest day of the year tomorrow) I seem to be surfing the net more these days than actually physically surfing waves. I've never seen how sitting motionless squinting at a screen, clicking away in a darkened room is in any way similar to surfing. However I was quite happy to encounter this online, rather than in reality! This is from Freaking News , a site where people take a news photo and apply their Photoshop skills to it. See the original photo here . Return to Ocean-Image