Reflection, 2015 (2015) Photograph by Gary Moger

Freak Swell, Cornwall — Evening, June 2015.

The swell arrived without warning that June — a distant gift from an Icelandic storm system, heavy and hollow where the water should have been flat and forgiving. It breaks now with a winter's weight, throwing spray back off the lip in a long white plume that hangs against the headland. The light has gone soft and gold, the tide pulling back to leave the sand mirror-still.

A lone figure walks in from the water's edge, fins in hand, wetsuit dark against the pale sand. The waves keep coming behind them, indifferent, still breaking long after anyone's left to ride them.

Technical Notes
Shot on a Nikon camera in 2015. Printed on Hahnemühle Bamboo archival paper.

A Note on Process
Every print I sell is photographed entirely by me and processed in my own studio — no outsourcing. From capture to final print, this image, is full frame and uncrossed like virtually all my work. Unless I mention it for creative ideas.

Materials used:

Nikon FX, Hahnemuhle Photorag Archival paper

Details:

• Photograph on Paper
• From a limited edition of 50
• Size: 96.52 x 66.04 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 91.44 x 61.04cm (actual image size)
• Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
• Style: Photorealistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
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