Big seas off Kommetjie

A day of varied weather! Started off with mountainous seas and a bit of wind. Took the dogs for a briskish walk along the sea front towards the lighthouse and enjoy the blustery conditions. I always get completely carried away by the power and size of the breakers - it seems as if I will never get tired of watching stormy seas, sunrises and sunsets. I take hundreds of photos, but somehow they do not translate into a replication of the real thing. It probably has something to do with only using my cellphone to take pictures and long distance landscapes don't always come out as desired.

Although these pictures are deceptive, this sea was really big, especially considering it was still low tide, but the bottom picture shows what the weather was about 6 hours later - makes choosing your clothing somewhat difficult.

I'm sure that if it weren't for digital photography, we would hardly click a shutter and spend hours composing the picture, due to the cost of developing the film. But digital allows for almost constant clicking, with the result that spontaneity and freshness along with an element of surprise are evident in a lot of photos, particularly in action shots, and this has opened up a whole new world of creativity for thousands of people who might never have known they had it in them. The only thing is, it requires self-discipline to keep on deleting the photos you don't need - otherwise it becomes like that drawer that everyone seems to have, the one with the photos that have never made it into an album!

My enthusiasm for the sea has resulted in a huge collection of pretty much the same shots, from the same path in Kommetjie, year after year, and one of my projects will be to make an album of that scene over time, a documentary of the ever-changing face of nature's most powerful element.