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I went down to the beach today. The waves were great; here's a couple of examples: (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 OP
WOWOWOW!!! elleng Dec 2023 #1
Thanks for all those "WOW"s, my dear elleng! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #2
that last one reminds me of the orginal hawii five 0 opener AllaN01Bear Dec 2023 #3
Thanks so much, my dear AllaNO1Bear! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #5
Book him, Jack-o! (as in Smith) 8D PTL_Mancuso Dec 2023 #31
Stunning! Diamond_Dog Dec 2023 #4
Thanks so much, my dear Diamond_Dog! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #6
Beautiful HAB911 Dec 2023 #7
Ah, thank you so much, my dear HAB911 . . . CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #9
Those are beautiful photos. Almost as good as being there. Biophilic Dec 2023 #8
Thank you, my dear Biophilic! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #10
Well, from my standpoint, it was well worth the effort. 😁 Biophilic Dec 2023 #26
Good evening, California Peggy, I'm California born and raised. Born in Cedars of Lebanon, NOW Cedars Sinai The_REAL_Ecumenist Dec 2023 #47
Thank you for the compliments, my dear The_REAL_Ecumenist! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #48
A lot of my friends have been down there. Grumpy Old Guy Dec 2023 #11
Those waves sure are insane, my dear Grumpy! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #16
That second one looks like a painting montanacowboy Dec 2023 #12
Thank you so much, my dear montanacowboy! It does rather look like that, doesn't it? It was fun being there! ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #17
Beautiful malaise Dec 2023 #13
Thank you so much, my dear malaise! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #18
Wowzer! Especially the curl! Bo Zarts Dec 2023 #14
Thank you so very much, my dear Bo! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #19
Beautiful. William769 Dec 2023 #15
Thank you so very much, my dear William769! I'm glad you enjoyed them. ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #20
YOWZA, dear Peggy !!! fierywoman Dec 2023 #21
Thanks so much, my dear fierywoman! So glad I can do that! ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #24
Cowabunga ! Great way to greet the New Year with these great photos Deuxcents Dec 2023 #22
Cowabunga is the word and thank you for using it today, my dear Deuxcents! Glad you like my work. ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #25
Street flooding, people being injured. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2023 #23
Those warnings were out for other neighborhoods, my dear PoindexterOglethorpe . . . CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #27
I can almost hear them crashing.. 3catwoman3 Dec 2023 #28
Thanks so much, my dear 3catwoman3! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #29
very nice CANADIANBEAVER69 Dec 2023 #30
Thank you, my dear CANADIANBEAVER69! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #36
Great shots, Peggy! evolves Dec 2023 #32
Thank you, my dear evolves! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #37
Luck, yes... evolves Dec 2023 #51
Thank you so much. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #52
Wonderful! democrank Dec 2023 #33
Thanks so much, my dear democrank! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #38
I love the contrast in textures in the first one, between the smooth, shining water and that heaped up ridge of foam. ShazzieB Dec 2023 #34
Thanks so much for your wonderful critique, my dear ShazzieB! I truly appreciate it. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #39
Gorgeous! Chicagogrl1 Dec 2023 #35
Thank you so much, my dear Chicagogrl1! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #40
Outstanding...but you left out the one of you doing a hang-10! diva77 Dec 2023 #41
What makes you think I left it out, my dear diva77??? CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #44
It is wild in San Diego. A "whale watching boat" BigmanPigman Dec 2023 #42
That's a fairly scary video, my dear BigmanPigman! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #45
That's just plain nuts. If it did capsize, then they would expect emergency responders to risk THEIR Ziggysmom Dec 2023 #54
Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2023 #43
Thank you so much, my dear H20 Man. I love your vote of confidence! ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #46
That is not the 'pacific' ocean I remember mnhtnbb Dec 2023 #49
You got that right, my dear mnhtnbb! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #50
Left Coasters Have justaprogressive Dec 2023 #53
On any average day, our waves look a lot like yours, my dear justaprogressive! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #56
Many thanks, CaliforniaPeggy. thatcrowwoman Dec 2023 #55
Thank you for your wonderful comments, my dear thatcrowwoman . . . CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #58
WOWWOWOWOWOWOWOWWWWWW!!!! Trueblue Texan Dec 2023 #57
Omigod, my dear Trueblue Texan! Thank you. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #59
Wow cate94 Dec 2023 #60
Thanks so much, my dear cate94! I appreciate your response a lot! ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #61
2nd one looks like sonething familiar. Joinfortmill Dec 2023 #62
I don't doubt it, my dear Joinfortmill! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #63

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
2. Thanks for all those "WOW"s, my dear elleng!
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 07:25 PM
Dec 2023

Out of about 280 exposures, I got maybe 10 that were this good. And maybe 20 more that were OK.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
6. Thanks so much, my dear Diamond_Dog!
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 07:29 PM
Dec 2023

I was very pleased (to say the least!) to have caught that one.

The glare was horrible; most of the time, I was shooting right into it. But that was the direction that the best waves were coming from.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
9. Ah, thank you so much, my dear HAB911 . . .
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 07:37 PM
Dec 2023

I'd heard that we were having high waves and that's why I went down.

We don't get them this high very often; in fact, it's rare here.

Needless to say, there were a lot of people there today!


CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
10. Thank you, my dear Biophilic!
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 07:39 PM
Dec 2023

I did have a good time. I also got tired, lugging around my big 100 to 400mm Olympus lens!

But that lens really delivers, so I don't mind too much.

As I mentioned to HAB911, we rarely get waves this high. I'm really glad I made the effort to see and to catch some of them.

The_REAL_Ecumenist

(887 posts)
47. Good evening, California Peggy, I'm California born and raised. Born in Cedars of Lebanon, NOW Cedars Sinai
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 11:27 PM
Dec 2023

Spent the majority of my childhood in LA but have lived here in the North State for the better part of 41 years. Just wanted to complement your photos. I usually lurk and just admire but I wanted to ask you what region of California are you in?

Grumpy Old Guy

(3,569 posts)
11. A lot of my friends have been down there.
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 07:43 PM
Dec 2023

Those waves are insane, as are the people standing out at the end of the pier. I hope you didn't do that.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
16. Those waves sure are insane, my dear Grumpy!
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 07:52 PM
Dec 2023

I want you to know that the ONLY reason I didn't get out to the end of the Pier is because my legs were getting tired and I still had to walk back to my car!

I got most of the way out, though. I wanted to get right on top of at least some of those waves . . . and I did.

Thanks so much!

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
17. Thank you so much, my dear montanacowboy! It does rather look like that, doesn't it? It was fun being there! ♥ nt
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 07:54 PM
Dec 2023

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
19. Thank you so very much, my dear Bo!
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 07:57 PM
Dec 2023

Can't you just see me, at 80 years old, on a fucking surfboard???

Me either.

Glad you like the photos.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
25. Cowabunga is the word and thank you for using it today, my dear Deuxcents! Glad you like my work. ♥ nt
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 08:17 PM
Dec 2023

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
27. Those warnings were out for other neighborhoods, my dear PoindexterOglethorpe . . .
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 08:21 PM
Dec 2023

We have a fairly deep beach, and access was restricted onto it. Most people, like me, saw it from the Pier which is safely elevated over the waves.

There were lots of people up on the Pier! Many taking photos too.

And I saw a lifeguard riding a jetski while he looked for anyone in trouble in the water, but nobody was surfing here.

Hope you enjoyed the photos. My life was secure as I took them.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
29. Thanks so much, my dear 3catwoman3!
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 08:28 PM
Dec 2023

There was a fair amount of that, but not bad. The surface lacy waves hiss as they hit the beach. I find it fascinating!

Glad you enjoyed!

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
38. Thanks so much, my dear democrank!
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 09:59 PM
Dec 2023

My skill thanks you, as does my PaintShopPro program and my ability to see what's good!

Sharing's in my blood.

ShazzieB

(18,734 posts)
34. I love the contrast in textures in the first one, between the smooth, shining water and that heaped up ridge of foam.
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 09:12 PM
Dec 2023

But the second one is so dramatic and has great detail. Those waves look like they're made of spun sugar!

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
39. Thanks so much for your wonderful critique, my dear ShazzieB! I truly appreciate it.
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 10:01 PM
Dec 2023

The things that you pointed out are the reasons I chose these 2 to post.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
44. What makes you think I left it out, my dear diva77???
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 10:26 PM
Dec 2023

I didn't do that . . . since no such photo exists!



Glad you enjoyed!

BigmanPigman

(52,306 posts)
42. It is wild in San Diego. A "whale watching boat"
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 10:13 PM
Dec 2023

Was like "the perfect storm". I saw the local news and they all made it out OK. One guy said he'd go again, not me...and I love roller coasters and scary rides.

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CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
45. That's a fairly scary video, my dear BigmanPigman!
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 10:27 PM
Dec 2023

I love to whale watch, but not when the sea looks like that!

Glad you like my photos!

Ziggysmom

(3,607 posts)
54. That's just plain nuts. If it did capsize, then they would expect emergency responders to risk THEIR
Sat Dec 30, 2023, 12:53 PM
Dec 2023

lives to save them.

Nope, just nope! Some stupidity is just criminal IMHO. Thanks for posting the video.

mnhtnbb

(32,081 posts)
49. That is not the 'pacific' ocean I remember
Sat Dec 30, 2023, 06:15 AM
Dec 2023

ever seeing when I lived in L.A.!
Normal storm sized waves in the Atlantic, yes, but not the Pacific. It's always a thrill to capture something different, isn't it?
Thanks for sharing your beach trip with us.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
50. You got that right, my dear mnhtnbb!
Sat Dec 30, 2023, 09:41 AM
Dec 2023

Waves of this size and ferocity are truly rare here. I can't remember ever seeing waves of this size.

You bet I was thrilled!

Thank you for your lovely remarks! Sharing is in my DNA.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
56. On any average day, our waves look a lot like yours, my dear justaprogressive!
Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:06 PM
Dec 2023

The storms have changed all that.

thatcrowwoman

(1,230 posts)
55. Many thanks, CaliforniaPeggy.
Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:00 PM
Dec 2023

The textures and palette of the first shot are crazy cool.

The movement is palpable in the second shot, and those glassy bottle-greens with a dusting then an avalanche of foam are hypnotic, stop-motion, capture the majesty and power of Mother Ocean.

Story ends, singing starts at the 2 minute mark.
🕊🩵💫🎶thatcrowwoman

Trueblue Texan

(2,946 posts)
57. WOWWOWOWOWOWOWOWWWWWW!!!!
Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:08 PM
Dec 2023

These are breathtaking! I'm going to try to paint them when I get back home. I love painting water better than almost anything...boats are great too! Thanks so much for posting these!!

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
59. Omigod, my dear Trueblue Texan! Thank you.
Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:13 PM
Dec 2023

Best of luck to you!

I had to post them--what good is beauty if nobody can see it?

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,204 posts)
63. I don't doubt it, my dear Joinfortmill!
Sat Dec 30, 2023, 04:55 PM
Dec 2023

There are most likely many photos of curling waves that look a lot like mine.

Not sure what you're getting at. How about a clue?

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