The Second Line of Defence

Garth Smith

The Second Line of Defence

The first line of defence is the offshore reefs.
Then next are these offshore rocky islets to take the oomph out of what is left.
This day the most impressive explosions were from the ones not quite big enough to break on the offshore reef ,and therefore they marched into these rocky outcrops still bearing their full force and power that had driven them across a thousand miles of Southern Ocean.
West Point, Marrawah
NW Tasmania.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 18-200mm lens
Tripod (held down)

featured in SEA group 12th October 2009
featured in All Water in Motion group 13th October 2009
featured in Going Coastal group 14th October 2009
featured in A View Somewhere group 16th October 2009
featured in Tasmania group 26th October 2009

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The Second Line of Defence by Garth Smith
The Second Line of Defence by Garth Smith
  • David Murphy

    David Murphy

    Good thing you held it down…..things were windy that day, eh?
    Nice shot…...where’s Phil, the mad wave watcher?

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thanks Murph. Yes it was very windy!

  • Suellen Cook

    Suellen Cook

    Wow, awesome shot

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Suellen

  • Barbara Burkhardt

    Barbara Burkhardt

    Wow - great image!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Barbara

  • Dennis Gay

    Dennis Gay

    G’day GARTH!

    A mighty impact caught at its peak with an expertly wielded exposure.
    It looks like it would have been one of those ginormous KAWHUMPAHs that you can actually feel through your feet.
    A great depiction of power.

    GB
    Dennis

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Dennis, yes lots of KAWUMPAHS that day. Captain Fathom said it was significant 4 metres with a maximum of 7 metres but no idea how big this is except “pretty big”.

  • tinnieopener

    tinnieopener

    The orchestra is playing again Mate….and the percussion section is playing up….Great image Garth:o)

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Mark

  • Michael Matthews

    Michael Matthews

    Great shot of the spray Garth & once again, great colours. I haven’t managed to get a good spray image yet.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Michael. The secret is …. lots of clicks LOL.
    I took about 7 of this wave exploding and picked one of the best ones.

  • rodeorose

    rodeorose

    Wonderful capture Garth.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Rose

  • Travis Easton

    Travis Easton

    Wham, that is one monster wave, great shot Garth

  • Garth Smith replied

    Yes it is Travis, thank you very much.

  • PhotosByG

    PhotosByG

    WOW Garth, brilliant shot! Well done! Cheers, Graham.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Graham

  • brimellor1

    brimellor1

    Wonderful shot!!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Brian.

  • Paul Manning

    Paul Manning

    love it! cheers Paul

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Paul, coming from a wave man such as yourself that means a lot.

  • GemmaWiseman

    GemmaWiseman

    Amazing burst of water energy! And love the colour tones!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Gemma

  • JennyDean

    JennyDean

    oh boy I miss the surf of NZ! excellent capture Garth :)

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Jenny, hope this helps in some way but it seems as if it makes it worse.

  • Marcus Singline

    Marcus Singline

    Great Timing love the contrast

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Marcus

  • Kerry Hill

    Kerry Hill

    Awesome shot Garth, fantastic colour and clarity!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Kerry

  • drec

    drec

    Looks a little Dark and Stormy, nice one.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you drec, fairly typical Tasmanian spring day at the back end of a low, wind 10knots SW with big gusts quite regularly, bright sunshine to totally overcast, a small shower as well.
    Rugged up because of the wind and rain, sweating like hell under it all because of the sun.
    Just your typical 4 seasons in one day Tassie weather.

  • Craig Harris

    Craig Harris

    Nice colouring Garth and great capture also

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Craig

  • Themis

    Themis

    Brilliant capture (and I mean both brilliant and a catch). It looks like force 7-8 Beaufort – I got spray inside my compact’s lens on one of those days!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Themis, and thank you for the Beaufort link. That does sound like the conditions (7-8) but I am a bit puzzled by the apparent lack of white caps in the photo.

  • Themis

    Themis

    You’re very welcome. I think the white caps don’t always form away from shore – I think it depends how ‘gusty’ the wind is, and if it’s strong but constant you may not get the white caps (but get the deep wave). I have a picture posted, it was taken between islands, but the sea is sometimes whipped by wind and that day it was gusty, varying between probably 5 and 8 – I got lucky and got surf caps well away from shore (lucky because, although choppy, it was nowhere near the 7m, and therefore I kept my lunch ;-) and kept taking pictures almost the whole crossing).

  • Veronica Schultz

    Veronica Schultz

    Really awesome shot!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Veronica

  • terezadelpilar

    terezadelpilar


    Fabulous work Garth!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much tereza

  • stelo

    stelo

    WOW…great capture!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you stelo

  • Scott d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    brilliant

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thanks Scott

  • Svetlana Sewell

    Svetlana Sewell

    wow – Fabulous !

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Svetlana

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau

    Perfect timing Garth, it is a sensational shot.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Sharon, much appreciated considering you would have seen one or two large waves in your time :-)

  • DawsonImages

    DawsonImages

    Now that is explosive

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thanks Mike.

  • Arrowman

    Arrowman

    This is superb work !! – Colin

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Colin.

  • Lisawv

    Lisawv

    Wow! Awesome shot. Outstanding lighting and shutter speed. You can feel the force of this wave. Great job.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Lisa

  • PJS15204

    PJS15204

    The power is impressive Garth and well timed it has to be exiting to witness and the boom must sound cool nice work :)

    #

    You are now Featured in All water in motion congrats!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Yes, when the ocean does this its great to see and hear.
    Capturing it impressively can be quite hard sometimes because a lot of the action can happen so far out. The better it gets the further away it gets.
    Thank you very much for the feature PJ, I’m stoked and honoured.

  • A.M. Ruttle

    A.M. Ruttle

    Wow this JUMPS right off the page! Nice shooting, Garth!! Tough to get both those highlights and shadows so perfectly balanced, well done.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much for your kind words A.M.

  • Nigdaw

    Nigdaw

    Love this, well taken!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Nigdaw

  • John Kowalski

    John Kowalski

    Great shot Garth, excellent action shot!!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much John

  • David Lewins LRPS

    David Lewins LRPS

    Perfect timing and composition

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you David, I did crop it after I got it onto the computer. I generally take things a little wide for that purpose. As for the timing I probably took about 20 shots of 5 waves and picked the best.

  • debsphotos

    debsphotos

    The ocean looks so deep,dark and thunderous Garth!! Great capture!!*-)

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Debs

  • phillip wise

    phillip wise

    nice capture garth

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Phil, would have loved a tall wise bloke down the front somewhere for perspective LOL.

  • Dohmnuill

    Dohmnuill

    A magnificent explosive shot.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Dohmnuill

  • Isa Rodriguez

    Isa Rodriguez

    woah! yo can hear this.. a gorgeous movement captured

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Isa.

  • traveller

    traveller

    Perfect capture Garth and a “fav” for me.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you traveller and thank you for the fave

  • Patty Boyte

    Patty Boyte

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Patty. The support is greatly appreciated.

  • David Silsbury

    David Silsbury

    Wonderful shot, very popular, well done and congratulations on being featured.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you David

  • Sofia Solomennikova

    Sofia Solomenn...

    Just great!!!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Sofia

  • Sandy Woolard

    Sandy Woolard

    Stunning…Wonderful capture!!! Congrats on the features!!!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Sandy

  • Charuhas Images

    Charuhas Images

    Excellent shot

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Charuhas

  • shararat

    shararat

    grt moment capture…nice timing

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much shararat

  • RickF

    RickF

    Great capture!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Rick

  • juellie

    juellie

    Wonderful shot!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you juellie

  • Dusker

    Dusker

    Just took a few moments away from moderating on 101, chose this group as haven’t looked at it for a while. This one is an immediate favourite. Having been down the Great Ocean Road recently understand how long it can take to just “get this shot”. Love the crash of the sea on the rocks and the stormy background. Would love to know your F stop and speed.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Dusker, glad you like it.
    95mm cropped
    ISO400
    F/9.5
    1/1500th of a second

  • PhotosByG

    PhotosByG

    Congratulations! Your photo has been featured in “A View somewhere ….”
    This photo was chosen because it was of a very high quality and it captured exactly the sort of work we are looking for in this group.
    Please keep up the great work and we hope you continue to add more of your excellent photographs to this group.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you again G, very very much appreciated

  • Josie Jackson

    Josie Jackson

    Wow Garth, this is just sooooo fantastic, you have captured the movement in the waves so magnificently, the light and colour on the rocks is superb and I love the darkness in the background, this is Fanbl….tastic…..well done and congrats on the features, so very well deserved. :)

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much for visiting and the kind words Josie

  • tasadam

    tasadam

    Nice one Garth, looking forward to seeing this one printed large at the exhibition in January, you will have it there won’t you? It is, after all, one of your best!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Not sure Adam yet, but thank you for the kind words.

  • Els Steutel

    Els Steutel

    WOW....you really captured the power of that wave, good lighting too.

    Yep, a powerfull shot:)

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Els

  • tori yule

    tori yule

    excellent capture

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you again tori

  • niki78

    niki78

    Beautiful capture Garth.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Niki and welcome to “the bubble”

  • Brian Downs

    Brian Downs

    awesome

  • Garth Smith replied 29 days ago

    Wow Brian, thank you very much.

  • rubyjo

    rubyjo 29 days ago

    lots of power in that splash, you captured it

  • Garth Smith replied 29 days ago

    Thank you very much rubyjo :-)

  • KENDALL EUTEMEY

    KENDALL EUTEMEY 15 days ago

    Hi Garth. What a fantastic shot!!!!

  • Garth Smith replied 15 days ago

    Hi Kendall thank you very much, I’m glad you like it.

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