Storm past by maggiemae

Storm past

On the way to a potential life changing experience ( called a new car) our drive down the road, ran alongside a beach for some miles. High winds overnight had whipped the waves up, being offshore and the light on the waves made me ask the driver to stop, please!

Three good things;
1. One of the most pleasurable things to me is to look at the 365 notifications and see one that is purely for me rather than one in a series of names with a thank you. I feel the sender has really wanted to reply to me.
2. This life changing experience is quite unbelievable - a car who can park itself - hands off the wheel!! And thats not all!
3 I’m glad I don’t like boxing! $500,000 for a front row seat!
nice turbulent wave presentation
April 30th, 2015  
VERY nice. A bit moody and menacing.
April 30th, 2015  
A car that parks itself now that is an amazing thing which you & @judithg have in common I believe! It would freak me out so would love to hear how younare both managing once you get used to the car.
These beUtiful wild waves are typical NZ .......lovely beaches & hot weather when we come over but I am always nervous about the big waves beUtiful though they are!
April 30th, 2015  
Wow... this is lovely! Look at the spray off that back wave! Impressive. fAV.
April 30th, 2015  
@happypat This was a maelstrom of waves - people would drown in this scenario, Pat. I'm not going to drive this car until I've read the manual twice - might take a while!
April 30th, 2015  
Great capture of the crashing waves -- so menacing looking in the mono shot
April 30th, 2015  
gorgeous capture of the waves and spray
April 30th, 2015  
Maggie, my son has a car that parks itself ........it is stunning to watch it do it, but sometimes Darren feels it is quicker to bay park it himself. The parallel parking is just awesome...........saves alloy wheel damage!! Have a great time learning.

Love the waves, so dramatic the noise must have been amazing
April 30th, 2015  
Wow what wonderful waves!! A great capture!! When I bought my new car I didn't go for the park itself version but I have for the first time a camera at the back of the car and beeping when i get near anything. It makes parking a joy!! Happy safe driving in your new car. you will soon get used to it. I got used to automatic very quickly and now would hate to go back to manual. Enjoy yourself!! Fav for your beautiful shot!
April 30th, 2015  
You mean you now own one of those cars that parks itself??? Those are soooo wonderful - I hate parking and to me that would be a dream! But on to your photo, which is beautiful, with great layers and lighting of each one.
April 30th, 2015  
Awesome weather. Great shot.
April 30th, 2015  
Bep
Great shot! Good luck with your new car!
April 30th, 2015  
Great ocean shot, love the power of the sea.
April 30th, 2015  
Great capture of those waves crashing in. Lovely slow focus effect too. That car sounds wonderful, hopefully they will all be like that eventually!
April 30th, 2015  
Fav
April 30th, 2015  
@jennywren Thanks for the fav, Jen! This car is so safe - tells you if you wander over the centre line, warns you if there is a car on your blind spot, slows the car down if you approach a slower vehicle, dims its lights if an approaching car at night etc etc!
April 30th, 2015  
@pixiemac The noise is very dramatic - there were no surfers around this morning!
April 30th, 2015  
Wonderful capture fav
April 30th, 2015  
Hey, what kind of car is that? Sounds wonderful.... Lovely shot. We love to go out to the ocean and watch the waves on windy days......
April 30th, 2015  
Great waves..
April 30th, 2015  
@aglennc Its a Mercedes, Anita and is called "Sadie'!
April 30th, 2015  
Wonderful
April 30th, 2015  
No wonder you asked the driver to pull over... the light on the waves and their movement is really compelling. Lovely layers in this shot, too. Enjoy your "self parking" car!
April 30th, 2015  
wonderful maggie
May 1st, 2015  
Great capture, fav!
May 1st, 2015  
This is a stunning photo of this surf! Fav
May 1st, 2015  
I love the contrast of the light on the waves and the dark, heavy sky behind.
May 1st, 2015  
excellent shot
May 1st, 2015  
Beautiful shot - love the light. Sounds like a fabulous car, enjoy it!
May 1st, 2015  
Beautiful
May 1st, 2015  
Awesome wave shot
May 1st, 2015  
Super capture of the rolling waves
May 1st, 2015  
Wow, what a dramatic shot. And what's this about a car that parks itself? I've never heard of that. Will have to look it up. A Mercedes Sadie?
May 1st, 2015  
Beautiful capture
May 1st, 2015  
@skstein Its a Mercedes Benz car and I have named it Sadie, Sandy! (the last part of the the word, Mercedes)
May 1st, 2015  
This is really magnificent Maggie!! I'm glad you don't like boxing too...just because I'm glad you don't like it! ENjoy your new ride!!
May 1st, 2015  
I agree, magnificent. The light is superb and the power of the waves jumps out at you. Fav
May 1st, 2015  
@dibzgreasley The light on the waves on this particular beach is always good - the foam looks so white!
May 1st, 2015  
Beautiful capture of the wind blown waves! Enjoy your new car!
May 1st, 2015  
Stunning! Magnificent energy and wave action.
May 1st, 2015  
A car that can park itself... My dream !!
Btw you shot is very nice ! Love the sea in all its "states" ...
May 1st, 2015  
@cocobella I can't quite believe it Corinne - but I saw it and experienced it! I love the sea in all conditions too! Never the same!
May 1st, 2015  
Wow, great capture of the waves. And the shot is very dramatic. Your neighbours will be glad about your new car - they don't have to worry that you would bump into their car while parking, haha. Congratulations.
May 1st, 2015  
Great shot of the waves and the moody looking sky.
May 1st, 2015  
@sangwann Here where we live, Dione - we all have our own parking places/garages to park our cars. Plenty of space - so good!
May 1st, 2015  
Looks rough. Great capture.
May 1st, 2015  
This is so moody, with an attitude.
May 1st, 2015  
Love it.
Remember Jack Lord in Hawaii Five-O?
Opening credits were very similar
May 1st, 2015  
love the ocean so really like this shot, makes me want to go for a very, very long ride so i can hear and smell some salt water. your capture is outstanding. have to tell you, i really like your '3 things". i look forward to coming to see what you have to say. very uplifting. what i like about the cars that drive themselves - not that i have one - is the commercials that show the people sticking all their arms out the sunroofs while the car is parking itself. that just makes me giggle. but lexus has just activated its technology where its car can actually drive down the highway alone, not just park. says it gets a bit confused by city signs and stop lights but by end of summer should be all straight. sounds like the jetsons.
May 1st, 2015  
Fantastic shot - I great up near the sea and still really miss it. Has to be a fav.
May 1st, 2015  
Very dramatic!
May 1st, 2015  
That's really amazing. My car can park itself in theory but it's a bit smaller than my other so I'm finding it really easy to park in the usual way!
May 1st, 2015  
Fabulous shot. Fav
May 1st, 2015  
@catsmeowb I've never seen ads for this parking stunt! So I found it hard to believe it was actually doing it all by itself, Camille! I think listening to the waves is as nice as seeing and smelling them!
May 1st, 2015  
@mortoncoe just played those credits, Peter - the wave curling was much bigger - normal in Haiwai ! They have started a new series now, I notice! Great!
May 1st, 2015  
we have a stream, not the same but still, running water. Also, the wind through the trees can be soothing.
May 1st, 2015  
I think we'd need a hurricane to get these waves here. My driver would have pulled over too. Sounds like an amazing new automobile . What color is Sadie?
May 1st, 2015  
@lesip Its called "Palladium Silver' Leslie - sort of dark silvery grey! Phantom like!
May 1st, 2015  
@lesip In fact that might be a better name for it than Sadie! Phantom!
May 1st, 2015  
Maggie, this is fabulous! Love the light and the colour!
May 2nd, 2015  
fantastic shot! fav
May 2nd, 2015  
Maggiemae, FAV! This spectacular sensation of the wave is palpable even without being there.
May 2nd, 2015  
@jyokota Thanks, Junko - I had the camera on 'continuous' for about 10 photos and chose the best one!
May 2nd, 2015  
@maggiemae -- I need to use that continuous feature more. Have you tried HDR?
May 2nd, 2015  
I use HDR in some shots which are easy to get the manual setting right, Junko. Its good.
May 2nd, 2015  
This is one of the best 'wave' photos I've seen Maggiemae - I love the subtle hints of green in the crests - a Fav for me.

As for comments, I will seldom reply to a comment you have made on one of my postings unless you have asked me a question... what I will do is Ireturn the compliment and visit your project to comment which I feel is far more helpful than simply saying thank you.

Exciting news on the new wheels...
May 2nd, 2015  
@vignouse I have to say I do keep on trying to reply to all questions as well as good comments. And who doesn't appreciate a reciprocal comment! Thanks for your fav - I liked that green in the crests too!
May 2nd, 2015  
Stunning capture. Love the sense of motion.
May 2nd, 2015  
Gorgeous ocean shot, so powerful
May 2nd, 2015  
Tremendous power and gorgeous light in this photograph, fav for sure!
May 3rd, 2015  
Beautiful waves! And I really mean that- even thought it's short.
May 4th, 2015  
Excellent shot! :)
May 4th, 2015  
simply gorgeous, love every things in it, fav
May 5th, 2015  
powerfull waves!!
May 7th, 2015  
Wow! This is fabulous! FAV! I'm trying to catch up on about 2 weeks hiatus ...
May 11th, 2015  
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