What NOT to do at the beach

BridgeCity · February 14, 2005

This shot was taken on the Oregon Coast. A couple of my friends decided they wanted to get as close to the rocks as possible! Turns out, they got a bit too close, and I was luckily ready with my camera to capture the moment!

Enjoy

http://bridgecitystudios.smugmug.com/gallery/392863/1/15666914/Large

Sorry, I dont know how to post directly to the post :cry

GREAPER · February 14, 2005

Cool shot... were they hurt?

look at option 2 in this thread to answer your posting questions.

BridgeCity · February 14, 2005

Test!

BridgeCity · February 14, 2005

Perfect Thanks!

Just had to un right-click protect my gallery to do it

wxwax · February 14, 2005

Great capture! They'll treasure that shot for a long time. What a great pose that guy has.

ginger_55 · February 14, 2005

Isn't there some reason you could think of to ask them for a redo?

Great photo, I love it!

ginger

Steve Cavigliano · February 14, 2005

We lose a lot of tourists this way....lol
But, it does keep the Coast Guard busy

Great timing and a great pic to show your buddies when they try to act smart with you....lol At least you showed enough sense to be away from the water while looking through the viewfinder. You came out dry and with a super shot. They came out wet and, most likely, with soiled undies :lol

Good one ^5 Thanks for sharing,
Steve

digital faerie · February 14, 2005

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

But, it does keep the Coast Guard busy

Great timing and a great pic to show your buddies when they try to act smart with you....lol At least you showed enough sense to be away from the water while looking through the viewfinder. You came out dry and with a super shot. They came out wet and, most likely, with soiled undies :lol

Good one ^5 Thanks for sharing,
Steve

3 cheers for capturing the unexpected! what a fun shot.

BridgeCity · February 14, 2005

Just an update:

Noone was hurt. The gentleman with his arms flailing tragically lost his cell phone in the encounter, but everyone survived.

There were many laughs and celebrations after we all had realized the potential seriousness of the day's activites

Thanks for the kind words! We all feel very fortunate that we now have documented proof of a presumably unbelievable story

Angelo · February 14, 2005

a once-in-a-lifetime kinda shot. kudos for being armed and ready. very nice as are others in the gallery.

GSPeP · February 15, 2005

Great shot

They'll think twice before going there again.

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ginger_55 · February 15, 2005

Why don't you darken the people and the rock enough to put it in Fred Miranda's monthly contest as a silhouette.

I thought it was a silhouette. It easily could be and there is a monthly contest at his site, this month it is silhouettes.

Great shot, as they say, shot of a lifetime, unless you can make some more friends and talk them into doing it, too. I would show it all I could, enter it, whatever. Blow it up big. Sell it to the Lesser West Coast Society.

Smile,
ginger:D

Dee · February 15, 2005

We have a spot
where the waves crash up like that, and people climb down (in this case) to get closer. They stand there with their arms up in the air as if daring the wave to soak them. I only have one shot with a guy in front of the wave, it really helps show the height of some of these waves!

Sorry your friend lost his cell phone, but at least he wasn't hurt.

For local bay area people the spot is at Pebble Beach, below the parking lot where the waves hit the reef. Pebble is between Pescadero and Bean Hollow. This is not the famous Pebble Beach golf course

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Good catch, and a dramatic photo. It makes it more special that you know the people in it too!

Cosmic · February 15, 2005

Wow! Lucky no one was hurt!

R.I.P cell phone though

. Great capture! I'll bet those guys will be telling that war story forever now... especially with proof of how big the wave really was! :P

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