Folding the Sea
A bit of sunrise light over the West Maui Mountains and Lanai and a powerful sea ebbing and flowing over the rugged lava rock off the coast of Kihei. The way the ocean seemed to fold before me as I stood on rock had me in awe of the beauty of nature
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TrEaSuReDiMaGeS, 9 months ago
Wowza!! I sure love this one Dawson :-) BEAUTIFUL!
Kimberly Palmer, 9 months ago
I love this one too, Dawson. ;-)
Heather Rivet..., 9 months ago
speechless
Christine Wilson, 9 months ago
What can I say ? but wow !
Stephanie Rach..., 9 months ago
holy cow! amazing!
Mark Tisdale, 9 months ago
Fantastic!
MtnMan, 9 months ago
Are you on some rocks or in the water here?
Dharna, 9 months ago
A beautiful shot. The water has a lovely colour too.
Marianne Wallace, 9 months ago
Gorgeous. Looks like a painting.
Helene Kippert, 9 months ago
Awesome.
Lindsay Knowles, 9 months ago
Magic.This is superb
Andy73, 9 months ago
Stunning!
senk, 9 months ago
wow . perfect pictures i like it
KathyT, 9 months ago
I can understand why you were in awe. You have captured that water and light excellently! Usually I like some sort of foreground feature (rocks, sand etc) before the water but here the water right to the edge of the frame makes me feel like I’m right there. Love it!
Leeo, 9 months ago
A Breathinging Image!
Phil Thomson IPA, 9 months ago
The Majesty of Creation !!!! Wonderful capture Mike !!
Deri Dority, 9 months ago
This is really an awesome shot!!
cdwork, 9 months ago
This is absolutely stunning!!!
eponavisions, 9 months ago
supreme texture and balance i feel i am there as with all your works. thanks for your beautiful gifts. so much talent in you and so many. this site is definetly for the passion and love and art. no formula. inspires me to keep moving and doing. thanks again for this gift of the heart and colors so healing. janet
Carlo Cesar Ro..., 9 months ago
Picture perfect! Congrats! :-)
Hiroko, 9 months ago
This is beautiful…
Antanas, 9 months ago
Stunning work!
Lindsay Blamey, 9 months ago
WOW – Fantastic image!
Basia McAuley, 9 months ago
Ohh, wow! So beautiful!
Antoine Dagobert, 9 months ago
They say it all
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Halcyon007, 9 months ago
Fantastic effect on the water – The colours are just great
Biswajit Pandey, 9 months ago
Fantastic shot!!!.
Crokus Label, 9 months ago
No doubts about it… this is one of the most beautiful shots I have seen… Great balance, great emphasis on the rule of thirds, perfect harmony with colors… This is awesome… Keep it up… you sure do great work my friend… :)
Steven Agius, 9 months ago
Excellent !!!
shanghaiwu, 9 months ago
brilliant photograph and superb title
Deon de Waal, 9 months ago
The sea is incredible.
Awesome shot.
Love it
BonitoPhotography, 9 months ago
Fantastic Work!
greenfrog153, 9 months ago
Fantastic shot.
mickeyb, 9 months ago
really nice. great shot
Jacky, 9 months ago
just perfect !!:)
Gustav Nordlund, 9 months ago
Amazing, you sure have a talent for these long exposure sea shots. Great work.
Sharon Hammond, 9 months ago
What a stunner. That ocean looks looks so dangerous yet beautiful
Julie Langford
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9 months ago
Wow, fantastic work.
Emma Anderson, 9 months ago
Fabulous, that’s brilliant!
Leese, 9 months ago
So beautiful!
Starr1949, 9 months ago
A Wow me Photo! Great job! Colors so vibrant yet soft and inviting. The fold in the water is beautiful yet very scary, Knowing the power it would take to create such a fold in that huge of a water hole. Beauty runs deep!
engride, 9 months ago
Great effects :D Cool piccy
Andrew Bosman, 9 months ago
Fantastic, everything else has already been said!
Karen Crozier, 9 months ago
I think this is one of the absolutely most amazing scenery shot I have ever seen. At first, I didn’t even think it was a photo. Keep at it, you’re good!
Torfinn Johann..., 9 months ago
Wonderful exposure. Great colours, and composition.
Matthew Setright, 9 months ago
Fantastic colour with the longer exposer time. Love it.
Nicole Goggins, 9 months ago
wow! what an amazing photo!
GabrielK, 9 months ago
beautiful photograph, amazing reds and greens at the same time, also love the water effect
Murray Breingan, 9 months ago
love the colours
Rebecca Garibay, 9 months ago
beautiful
Michelle Duerden, 9 months ago
Amazing image, definately a favourite!
khosie, 9 months ago
yeah… alright shot… hehehe. Just kidding!! Oh so lovely and so jealous… never quite managed to capture water looking as beautiful as this! Great job!!
ECGardner, 9 months ago
Love the softness in this shot. The sea seems so delicate and inviting, which is a sharp contrast to how it is usually presented. Fantastic work.
Kathleen Struckle, 9 months ago
Absolutely gorgeous!!
googa, 9 months ago
Wow what a fantastic image ! well done.
Jared Revell, 9 months ago
Just beautiful.
Michael Bermi..., 9 months ago
Brilliant
Gabriele Swans..., 9 months ago
superb
HelenSewell, 9 months ago
Such a ‘soft’ & beautiful picture of the waves rushing. Amazing photo!
funkyfacestudio, 9 months ago
Great photo and such silky beautiful water.
Damian76, 9 months ago
This has to be one of the best images I have EVER seen!!
Amazing talent you have!
lightsmith, 9 months ago
those waves are gorgeous. the flow is so silken…... pure brilliance.
berndt2, 9 months ago
Beautiful… just beautiful!
Damian, 9 months ago
That’s magnificent! Love the water pouring down over the rocks.
snowbird, 9 months ago
Congratulations it’s a real beauty to the eyes.
Christophe Testi, 9 months ago
Breathtaking.
pauldrobertson, 9 months ago
beautiful colour.
shanghaiwu, 9 months ago
another masterpiece
Jennifer Resemius, 9 months ago
spectacular! how cool is tha!
Momlee Bhattac..., 9 months ago
This one sure feels like a dream!! Love that motion of the water…....
Kimberley Gifford, 9 months ago
This is stunning – absolutely breathtaking. The colours are majical.
Hiroko, 9 months ago
Absolute stunning, the way you play with the movement of the water is unreal!!
Wendy Slee KMA, 9 months ago
Something so “otherworldly” about this…. beyond beautiful…..
Paul Vanzella
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9 months ago
wow – that’s like a massive abyss swallowing up the entire ocean! Amazing!
ferndesign, 9 months ago
oh love the colors !!!
Louise Cooke, 9 months ago
scary and magnificent all at once! Love the drama you’ve captured – awesome
Nikki Mulkern, 9 months ago
Oh Wow!!! This is breathtaking!!! The colours are beautiful, the water is stunning! I LOVE THIS!!!
RoughDiamond, 9 months ago
Absolutely amazing. Wow … darn I wish I could find a better word … WOW
marieancolie, 9 months ago
I missed this one …....
It’s so dreamy !
fav.
Arlene Zapata, 9 months ago
Our nieces keep telling me how beautiful Hawaii is. This really makes me want to visit! Awesome shot!
Jessica King, 9 months ago
Gasp!! .....just stunning!!!!!!
Stacey Hatton, 8 months ago
Wow I love this image! The different colours, the sense of movement. Nature is so stunning isn’t it?
SamHarrons, 8 months ago
THIS IS SOOO GOOD! how do you make the water look like that? that misty moving effect?
Samantha R, 8 months ago
Breath taking work I love this!
BySilent, 8 months ago
Great simply a fantastic image showing the power of the sea
Kurt Tutschek, 8 months ago
incredible colors – a beautiful image.
Alexia Wardell, 8 months ago
Wow, this is gorgeous, I love the color, and the shutter speed and effect is perfect. Well done.
hugo, 8 months ago
just love how you’ve captured the water movement here, pure magic!!
helene ruiz, 8 months ago
wow!
Adam Crews, 8 months ago
Thats a WOW shot!
diffusion, 8 months ago
breath taking!!!!!! love the color of the ocean and the fold….very special
Annette Blattman, 8 months ago
beautiful inspiring work
vonne, 7 months ago
This is so vivid and it just draws me in … Love it!
Mary Lake, 7 months ago
Beautiful shot!!
Dave Sandersfeld, 7 months ago
This is beautiful work, Incredible photography!
Mohsen Bayramn..., 7 months ago
Oh god! this is really amazing. I love how you looked and composed this work. creative and really touching!
Very Well done,
Barbara Sparhawk, 7 months ago
Again, your range of color is marvelous. Maybe from being a painter first. Very beautiful. The black coast is a wonderful inclusion, makes it a surprise that all this wild sea is close enough to touch.
Thanks for your comments on Uta. Faces are still my favorite subjects. And tractors.
E. Leonce, 7 months ago
FANTASTIC
Kate Towers IPA, 7 months ago
beautiful work!!
Michelle Boyer, 7 months ago
Great work
Heather Hartkamp, 7 months ago
Speechless! What wonderful colours!
Mark Peterson, 7 months ago
Awesome!
EvaMcDermott, 7 months ago
Another fantastic image!
bites, 7 months ago
This is absolutly beautiful!
bamagirl38, 7 months ago
I think when I just viewed this GORGEOUS CAPTURE I just died and went to heaven! OH WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joyce Dickens,..., 7 months ago
Heavenly Mike; this is superb!
astromonkey, 7 months ago
i’m impressed. nice work
mlgkats, 7 months ago
great sky ,great water action, well done
jakeof, 6 months ago
WOW!!!
jlynn, 6 months ago
Amazing!!!
KCphoto, 6 months ago
W O W…..................awesome capture!!! Perfect!! :)K
Gene Praag, 6 months ago
Just Stunning!
Paul Gana, 6 months ago
great capture of the water. Found a good spot
poppykitten, 6 months ago
Stunning image, there is so much softness to the water. I love the vibrant colours, excellent work.
alistair mcbride, 6 months ago
Stunning shot!
coffeebean, 6 months ago
Super stunning Magnificent
Birgitta, 6 months ago
WOW.
I think you’ve rendered me speechless..and you should win an award for
that feat alone!
ChrisRoss, 6 months ago
Very nice indeed Mike, great foreground interest and I like the warm light in the sky.
Kenneth Fugate, 6 months ago
I love the lighting and the color
Maralora, 6 months ago
You’re work is beautiful! Love this one especially!
Shannon Paskaruk, 6 months ago
wow, such a stunning image, great shot!
Leslie Patton, 5 months ago
wow the water looks so whispy. Nice work!
Romeo Koitmäe, 5 months ago
Excellent colors and I like the slow shutter speed.
Annika Strömgren, 5 months ago
Wow, this is awesome!
John Edwards, 5 months ago
Wow
Forest Friends..., 4 months ago
WOW manificent! Tina
Joel Haldane, 4 months ago
Brilliant Colours.
Kacholek, 4 months ago
Beautiful composition. Well done!:))))
Mariaan Krog, 4 months ago
Magnificent! Bravo!
paulywog1561, 4 months ago
God’s world and captured so nicely by you!
Allison Lane, 4 months ago
Again, amazing work!
frozenfa, 4 months ago
Omg.. how did.. that water thing.. plunge.. the colors too..? ARGH!! am fav-ing this!
dehk, 4 months ago
I know i dont need to say again, but, yes, its sweet, nice position of the “fold” too.
Momlee Bhattac..., 4 months ago
Wow! Wow! Wow! Can’t get beyond the wows here :)
ByrneFoto, 4 months ago
Stunning, it looks like a painting. The colour is superb!
Ann Garrett, 4 months ago
Awesome beauty
budrfli, 4 months ago
majestic, awesome, beauty you have captures with such power!
paul boast, 4 months ago
excellent capture, love the effects
Erin Lyall, 4 months ago
Beautiful..
Catherine Davis, 4 months ago
Gorgeous!
Jeffrey S. Rease, 4 months ago
Fabulous image!!!!! You are really blowing me over with your photos!
eltotton, 4 months ago
Beautiful, almost fantasy like. Great shot.
Walter Colvin, 4 months ago
Beautiful work mike. fantastic image
GabrielK, 4 months ago
wow, simply stunning
Crystal Zacharias, 4 months ago
Great Photo! Love how you can see the water’s flowing path
storm22, 4 months ago
stunning!!!
Patricia L. Ba..., 4 months ago
Astounding! Incredible color.
Kirk Hille, 4 months ago
Stunning shot love the soft colors
kevin smith, 4 months ago
Pure photographic art!
ZuzanaD, 4 months ago
this is simply stunning!
JayVee, 4 months ago
Amazing capture. Great colours. it looks like the earth opened up
salsbells69, 4 months ago
That is just magnificent.~! Congratulations on a wonderful image :D
Kim Roper, 4 months ago
Gorgeous pastels and lovely soft water effect, beautiful composition!
Lucindawind, 4 months ago
fantastic beauty !
Susan Spracher..., 3 months ago
That’s just crazy beautiful.
PPPhotoArt, 3 months ago
i think if i had the pleasure to see this in reality i would be transfixed and unable to move, absolutely breathtaking!!!!! thanks for sharing, patricia
amarica, 3 months ago
this is so wonderfully gorgeous, breathtaking Dawson
dimarie, 3 months ago
stunning. i love the water.!
just brilliant!
GloriaDK, 3 months ago
Wow this is really good and we do take after our creator He made us that way.
Jenalee Harmon, 3 months ago
i just want to fall into those whipped waves
metronomad, 3 months ago
simply lovely.
Colin Powell, 2 months ago
wow – its probably already been said – fabulous colours and movement – looks as though you were pulling a moses and parting the waves! great image.
CP:-)
Julie Thomas, 2 months ago
wow! amazing shot… your work is outstanding
LukeAustin, 2 months ago
Perfect selection of shutter speed. It gives just enough sense of motion. Powerful shot.
LindaR, about 1 month ago
as I am in awe over this capture as well ~ if there is a heaven on earth ~ certainly this must be IT!!
bravo!!
Sandy Stewart, 26 days ago
WOW! Just so perfect in every manner!
steen, 22 days ago
can feel the power
Madeleine Weber, 21 days ago
stunning
Garret, 17 days ago
This is amazing, you have got to love tripods!!!
Nicholas Spadaro, 16 days ago
Amazing shot!