Silver surfer

Surfers at Bondi. This shot was naturally desaturated anyway, not much different from this b&w conversion.
A day after I took this shot, a humpback whale swam up to the surfers at this exact spot and one of the surfers got accidently tossed off his board by the whale's tail.

[Simply Amanda]

Super b&w! Love the sparkle and silhouettes!

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Fab shot! I heard about that surfer too.

[👑 AnaZad]

Very beautiful capture.

[❀ Lynn]

Great shot....love the sparkles and all the other surfers' heads in the water...that must have been quite a shock for the surfer with the whale!

[Barbara Havrot]

Wonderful shot! Love the water going on forever! FAV

[Joanne Hunter]

Beautiful - love the sparkle from the sun.

[Carl Dry]

Great B&W

[Tineke]

Amazing shot, I read it in the oapers, happenly it was not bad with the guy. Fav.

[Paula W]

Super shot, love all that glistening water with the silhouette of the surfer right in the centre.

[Kathryn]

I saw that on the news. Beautiful shot.

[Amrita]

A glorious shot this is! A fav!

[Mara]

Great shot, I like the surfer's silhouette against the wave foam.

[snowpaws]

great shot! I heard about the whale on the news!

[emily tull]

great silver

[Mana]

Lovely photo! Makes me miss Bondi!!!

[Jocasta]

wonderful surfing photo - such gorgeous light

[fotohendriks]

wow great shot in b&w

[John Lynn]

Great composition. Was the original shot a little more blue than this B&W?

[Jane Pittenger]

STunning but I wish you'd got the whale tail incident as well!

[Laly]

Very nice! I like the silhouette of the surfer against the wave and the shine on the water.

[Jennifer]

Fab shot, love the light.

[Sue Rose]

Just love this. The feeling of movement and the sparkle of the water is just magic. Fav!

[Rachel]

Sunning shot, love the shine on the surface of the water. The power of the ocean, so amazing!

[Sally Ings]

The water looks simply amazing!

[Malc Bird]

Stunning shot, love the sparkling water - FAV

[Sharon Lee]

Beautiful capture, great shinny waters and silhouette

[Marloes]

Wow, great story, great pic. Love the shining on the water.

[Amy]

looks like an amazing location, great capture

[Michelle]

Wow, great shot!

[Laurie F]

sweet shot!!

[Celi]

love this shot. FAV. not sure if the surfer knocked off his board was lucky or unlucky. hope he's okay. what an experience.

[Sandhu]

wow

[Abhijit]

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Thanks everyone. This was taken while I was enjoying a nice coffee at Bondi icebergs :-)

[Sue Wilde]

Brilliant

[SarahP]

Stunning shot. I find it so difficult to capture the sparkle on the water. Any tips please?? :-)) fave

[Kazzy]

Beautiful serenity!

[Pea]

This really does look silver. Fantastic shot!

[Arefin]

love the b&w contrast and great sparkly water!

[Inge]

Great shot and contrast.

[Ara]

The B&W brings out the reflection on the water very well!

[Abhijit]

@ghana1994 @godsloverphotography @wind_of_the_sothern_sea @deeganp @kazlamont @sarahp @swilde Thanks everyone :-) @jwlynn64 the original was not much different from this at all. This photo was very desaturated to start with

[Janelle]

So very beautiful. fav for me. I love the light on the water

[lunaksi]

Wonderful capture! I love the feel of tension created by the way you composed this image, and the beautiful sparkly light!