Photographing Liquid Mountains
From ‘That’s Amazing’ series on The Weather Channel.
When you think of the Great Lakes, you may not picture towering 30-foot waves. But Dave Sandford knows better. The professional photographer from Ontario, Canada, braves the icy cold water and fierce winds of Lake Erie to make his masterpieces. And they will absolutely astound you.
absolutely …. WOW!
incredible photography … thanks for sharing
Here is another, some absolutely gorgeous pics. And he knows it – he charges a lot for them. http://raycollinsphoto.com/collections/store
@ Left Coast
Nice!! My favorite, also charges a ton.
https://clarklittlephotography.com/
A body of mine here on the island does something very similar. He braves the warm summer waters to get pictures of the sunset from inside the pipeline. He sells the pictures worldwide and makes enough money to surf the most exotic warm places of the world to get more pictures to sell worldwide. Oddly I don’t see him braving the icy cold waters to do what this guy does, but both are great photographers! BTW, I bought his GoPro that he used in many of these photos he sells worldwide. Have a look:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=brad+styron+waves&qpvt=brad+styron+waves&qpvt=brad+styron+waves&qpvt=brad+styron+waves&FORM=IGRE
*buddy, not body…
Presently the ocean temps in NJ are a balmy 39 degrees and when the swells show up (eventually) we are blessed with a lovely shade of mud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0tCqvXcwlE
Very cool. The still at 5:33 in the video looks like a lion with it’s mouth gaping open.
Great photography, but is he not walking 10 yards out to make little waves look huge ??? it’s like an old school Saturday night live skit.
I grew up on Lake Erie. Been out in/on the lake a 1000 times during all seasons. Never seen anything like that.
Nice pics but isn’t wading out in near freezing water 15 or 20 yards kind of a waste. Can’t you invest in a drone?
I live on southern lake huron. (hence the name)With a north west wind 10 to 15foot rollers are not unusual.good surfing and jetskiing water.
Awesome. I’ve patrolled in 30 foot seas on a cutter. Not fun. Trying not to puke was a challenge. Before we did a 180, they’d pipe on the 1 MC intercom – “All hands stand by for heavy rolls as Campbell comes about.” Some of my sleeping shipmates fell out of their racks. While in the trough, it was literally a wall of water fore and aft.
Ihave been in troughs with 30 foot walls you get serious real fast
Actually, it was a little fun :), when not working.
Serious fun Nav
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called ‘gitche gumee’
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy