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To me the ocean is almost a living thing, with ever changing moods reflecting on its constantly moving surface.
Most of my observing of the seas is done from land, but every now and then I have the priviledge of taking a voyage far away from any shore, and get to experience the vast emptiness of the ocean first hand.
Such was the case in the summer of 2016, as my wife Liz and I sailed on the waters of the North Atlantic to Iceland and back on board the P&O liner Azura.
Every day we enjoyed walking around the promenade deck with the fresh Atlantic breeze in our faces and the crash of the waves hitting the hull just a few metres below.
It seemed that every time we looked at the surface of the ocean it had changed its mood, sometimes bright and playful, sometimes dark and menacing, but always with that sense of immensity that made us realise just how small we actually are.
Every now and then I'd take a photo of the surface of the sea, when its patterns or mood struck me as especially visually appealing or dramatic, such as on this occasion with smallish waves reflecting patterns of dark and light from a cloudy but bright sky overhead.
Filename - atlantic waves 01
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 100-400mm zoom @ 170mm
Exposure - 1/800 sec @ f5.6, ISO100
Filters - None
Location - P&O liner Azura, North Atlantic
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - Fast shutter speed used to freeze motion
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