What I Really Wanna Do Is Direct!
by Bran-O-Rama

Comment by soup:
very well done image - would have scored highly from me ;}

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Comment by goodganesh:
just reminds me of the tsunami that has shaken asia and its a terror !

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Comment by aukipa:
Beautiful image and nicely positioned! I wish I'd made it that way... traffic was incredible. I see you've captured great surfing actions.

Aloha!

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Comment by blindjustice:
At first I was thinking to myself that this was a candy shot and had very little artistic value- but then- I was really taken by the green color of the waves and you could almost taste the sea spray. fantastic color and great job!

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Comment by charmayne:
Congratulations on your first ribbon! Great Shot!!

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Comment by justine:
right place, right time.
Amazing light/color.....well done.

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Comment by kiwiness:
Congratulations, I love the color of the water there, amazing. Not long and I'll be in Hawaii too :)))

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Comment by Bran-O-Rama:
Thanks Laurie, I was long overdue! :D

It also helped that I posted something other than a flag which voters were pretty tired of, myself included.

Thank you all for your votes and the great comments. I'm puzzled how anyone could miss the wind in my photo? As for lack of a focal point, I really wanted to draw attention to the mist rather than the wave itself so I posted a shot with a really wild spray. I had many other pics with beautiful waves but the focus would be more on the water than the element of wind.

All I was hoping for was a top 10 finish. Looks like Santa left me a yellow ribbon for the holidays!

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Comment by L1:
I'm so happy for you Brandon! Congrats! :o)

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Comment by rmtm333:
Great job on obtaining your first ribbon...Congratulations.