Maelstrom

[Ken Rennie]

This is another sea stack image from the coast of NE Scotland, actually 2 images merged. Taken during Storm Dudley, in Europe storms are named if the steady wind speed exceeds 40mph, this one gusted between 60 and 70mph which probably explains the less than sharp images. I prefer this one as I have had to apply less AI sharpening to it. Ken

A slightly cropped version

 

[Ben Egbert]

What spectacular seas must have been awesome in person. This is really nice but your other has focus on the stack being battered and we really don’t put much emphasis on sharpness in such a scene,. Both are in a class of their own

 

[AlanLichty]

Wow - simply stunning show of the force of the wind and the Atlantic. I love it.

 

[Ken Rennie]

Wow - simply stunning show of the force of the wind and the Atlantic. I love it.

Thanks Alan, this is actually the North Sea not the Atlantic but to the North it is clear all the way to the polar ice.

 

[Ben Egbert]

I prefer the crop

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Another nod to the crop. Lot of energy in that image.

 

[JimFox]

As great as your other image you posted of this a few days ago, this is even better! Way to go on this. How large is this sea stack?

I liked the first one, but I do think the crop strengthens it.

 

[Todd H]

I like them both, my favorite is the full image.

 

[Ken Rennie]

As great as your other image you posted of this a few days ago, this is even better! Way to go on this. How large is this sea stack?

I liked the first one, but I do think the crop strengthens it.

Jim I went back slightly later, when the wind and waves had dropped a little, with a 100-400mm lens and got this image with large gull perched on the rock, measured the gull and some simple maths I arrive at 40ft high for the stack. This image shot at 1/640s and is still not tack sharp. This winter storm strengthened as it moved South and caused lots of damage in Germany and Poland killing 17 and triggering 24 F1 and F2 tornadoes Ken

 

[Ben Egbert]

I like this composition, but the other images have greater energy.