This picture is worth about six grand, because i wrote my car off about 2 minutes later.
I think one of the problems with getting into photography, for me
anyway is that I spend more time looking out for the next photographic
opportunity than I do looking at the road in front of me. Anyway I
drove into a low lying bollard, right in front of the Calmac terminal
building and ripped the front wheel off (how embarrassing)!
This is the first accident I have had in 18 years of driving, Doh!
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Lighthouse Trek Keeper 64 months ago | reply
Wonderful shot capturing the spray from the wave.
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Just Add Light 64 months ago | reply
Amazing photo.
Summer n Rose [deleted] 64 months ago | reply
Do you need for me to write a check;-))) What the heck, Peter??
A grand shot!
fuori posto 64 months ago | reply
Also this , like the others, is a fantastic photos
ccgd 64 months ago | reply
Hi.
Your photo has been nominated and blogged at the Flickr-Scotland
Photoblog.
Please nominate another Scotland Photo from the pool in this thread so that it can be added to the photoblog.
BoblyP 64 months ago | reply
Wow - what a totally fantastic photo - like jodice above, I get into a zone when I'm taking photos - I'm so sorry about your car, though! Are you OK?
Peter Ribbeck 64 months ago | reply
Thanks every one for the concern i'm ok car isn't, but i have a nice shiny new one sitting in the drive way insted.
siggi2234 64 months ago | reply
.. einfach nur super klasse.. toll und kaum in dieser perfektion zu wiederholen.
gruss siggi2234
DigitalLyte 64 months ago | reply
ohno! but so awesome a shot!
Aleeka dreams 64 months ago | reply
Ouch...but a great image!
mark gorman 64 months ago | reply
fab shot. were u on way to arran?
dmcneil 64 months ago | reply
Fantastic shot!!!!
laurettag 64 months ago | reply
wonderful shot
ivyknoll 64 months ago | reply
Your story with the car is a wake-up call for me. I've nearly done the same thing once or twice recently. Photography can be a very expensive activity -- in more ways than one!
B.B.Y9396 62 months ago | reply
Peter If this is any consolation, If I had to wreck my car to get a shot like that (without the risk of hurting myself of course) I would not think twice about doing it. Photography is my passion! The car can be replaced but photos like these are once in a lifetime opportunity. Soon the memory of the car will pass but you will have this photographic experience of this amazing shot FOREVER!!
Zphotography! 62 months ago | reply
Nice shot, but it's not fair you got a bigger wave than me ; )
~~Anita~~ 29 months ago | reply
OMG - that's bad - but can see how easily it is done, good light and conditions are so distracting! Fantastic action wave shot!
Kevin J Allan 29 months ago | reply
Well, what's a car compared to a good photo ? I once got drenched by a wave like this when trying to photograph the sea, at Whitby. The force made me step back and I realised I was quite close to being washed into the harbour - you do have to be careful. The camera body was ruined too but being an old film SLR I was able to replace it for £8.
Fresh Light 25 months ago | reply
great paradise shot...............
Walter B 15 months ago | reply
Awesome capture!
Bummer about you car!.......at least you got a killer shot out of it :)