Photo The Washing Machine ! by Cameron Fielding

Mayhem, complete mayhem! A white aqua-jungle. Wild, and unforgiving ! The air becomes extremely moist with spray flying through the air, almost like a mist.

In the foreground, resting in the downwind side of the rock you will see what looks like soap suds. That's actually salt water, churned up so much by smashing around on the rocks that it takes on a non-liquid form similar to whisked egg-white. If it should stray beyond the shelter of the rock and get caught by the wind, it flies away in a manner similar to horizontal snow, only in much larger lumps.

published:

Sun 7 Jan 2007 03:14

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https://www.photoforum.ru/photo/334527/

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Dorota K. #1 Sun 7 Jan 2007 03:42

...+ the noise,the smell, the wind..-great presentation and notes )

Natalja Zhukova #2 Sun 7 Jan 2007 03:55

.Perfectly made composition! Good explanatories.

Geoff Playfair #3 Sun 7 Jan 2007 03:57

You found a beautiful stormy scene. I like what you captured but offer this variation for thought. I framed a little off centre and played a bit with the exposure. I think the composition is strengthened and the whites a bit brighter. my variant of the photo

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Cameron Fielding #11 Sun 7 Jan 2007 14:32

Geoff, thanks for the variant. I like the improvement in the contrast, and the "focus" has changed slightly.

I managed to rattle off quite a few of this scene before I became uncomfortably soaked. But it was very difficult to work out which one to post in here. Herewith another shot of the same session.

To actually convert the true drama of the scene into a static image would probably require more elaborate photo equipment and a better technique. Nonetheless, at least I felt it for real! laugh my variant of the photo