This Is Water

Winter storms that collide with the South Coast of Western Australia are some of the most powerful on earth. Some of the waves we chase require the energy from these swells to form and break. 

The biggest storm of two thousand and twenty two was the wildest sea state I have ever experienced. In the five hours spent in the thirty to forty foot sea state this day, I witnessed a constant change of dramatic lighting conditions, combining with the enormous swell and ferocious winds the energy focused on a particular slab of granite sitting metres below the surface was a terrifyingly beautiful spectacle.

Surrounded by ominous storm fronts this terrifying mass of water looks almost delicate as the afternoon sun shimmers from its windswept face. 
Created on the Canon r5 the detail in this image is spectacular.