To surf or not to surf... by graemestevens

To surf or not to surf...

I watched this young surfer dude for a long time as kept getting in shot in his attempts to decide whether to surf or not. As it happens, he never went any further out than this before turning around and heading back to his car.
This was on the eve of our latest big wind storm as well - the wind was offshore and the waves weren't ideal for what I really wanted to capture but it is what it is...that and the fact that today has been horrifically busy and I have no time at all for anything else.
Ah but a fabulous shot, and a neat story to go with it...
September 26th, 2015  
I've watched surfers paddling out and mooching around and never taking the wave! Maybe they are too scared of falling off! Lovely flat surf here!
September 26th, 2015  
@kerosene Thank you kindly :)
@maggiemae This beach is deceptive - one minute it's flat like this, the next there's a row of 4 - 5 big boys rolling in...
September 26th, 2015  
Looks bleak
September 26th, 2015  
Very ominous looking. Maybe he's a newbie surfer and his confidence is not ready to take a hammering.
September 26th, 2015  
Maybe he saw Mick Fanning's shark?? Wonderfully gloomy shot Graeme, well up to standard.
September 26th, 2015  
Beautifully atmospheric.
September 26th, 2015  
great foam, great sky, great processing or filters whatever it is that you do! fav
September 26th, 2015  
Discretion is the better part of valor... on boy your parts!
September 26th, 2015  
common sense prevailed - sharks are the least of his worry
September 26th, 2015  
I guess like your the surfers hopes we're a higher then the surf.
September 26th, 2015  
Some days things just don't work out. Glad he could be an unintentional subject for you, though!
September 26th, 2015  
That's quite the sky! Wonderful shot.
September 26th, 2015  
@kwind Thanks very much :)
@melston Thanks very much - he kept giving me weird looks when he was walking back in
@janiskay I think we were all disappointed
@annied Well yes...I was there...
@vignouse There is that, and my parts are certainly not known for their valor
@pinkpaintpot Thanks very much - filters and processing are my guilty pleasure
@motherjane Thank you very much :)
@golftragic Thank you kindly - I do like gloomy and he didn't look big enough to punching sharks
@salza That could be it...or maybe he's just a big girls blouse ;)
@northy It was a bleak few days weather wise. I liked it a lot
September 26th, 2015  
Another lovely sea shot.
September 26th, 2015  
Looks like ideal weather for surfing :)
September 26th, 2015  
I know that feeling!
September 26th, 2015  
@aikiuser You and me both ;)
@nitrogene I wouldn't...but then I can't swim!
@tonygig Thank you very much :)
September 26th, 2015  
Gorgeous shot!
September 27th, 2015  
@yeshanghai Thank you very much :)
September 27th, 2015  
Thinking the surfer thought the waves weren't what he wanted either.
September 27th, 2015  
@joansmor He lost interest very quickly
September 27th, 2015  
Love those clouds!
September 28th, 2015  
@harbie Thanks very much :)
September 28th, 2015  
Obviously the waves were not ideal for what he wanted to capture, either!! Nice, ominous shot....As much as you hate having humans spoil your pristine shots, I like having the surfer in there for scale and interest!
September 30th, 2015  
@panthora Thanks very much - it seemed to work as a shot, even with the pesky human despoiling it
September 30th, 2015  
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