By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Two Subjects.
Irresistible force meets immovable object!
Two of my favorite subjects, the ocean and the city, come head to head: huge storm surf batters San Juan, Puerto Rico, in March 2008.
More photos as here.
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My second interpretation of “Two Subjects” is here.
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- Mike Hardisty Photography
- 3rdculturechildren
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- Northern Narratives
- Chronicles of Illusions
- Nature in the Burbs
- Ruth E Hendricks Photography
- R Shad
- Britten
- My Sardinian Life #1 (clever!)
- My Sardinian Life #2
- My Sardinian Life #3
- The Wanderlust Gene
- Broken Light: A Photography Collective
- Colderweather
- Changeversations
- Autumn in Bruges
- FrizzText
- Cee’s Life Photography Blog
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- Anne Freeman Images
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Wow, excellent photos! I would want to be far away from the beach if a big storm hit like that.
Fortunately the storm itself was far away in the ocean, and might even have been over by the time these waves hit Puerto Rico. The people in the lower left corner of the main photo don’t seem too concerned…
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Now that’s an ocean worthy of photographing!
Yes! Although our own modest waves here in New York Harbor have their own charms…
Yes, like not overturning your kayak and trying to drown you :-)
They are quite capable of doing that, on occasion—sometimes it doesn’t take much!
Yes, I can second that–the waves in New York Harbor actively delight in trying to overturn your kayak and drown you :-). But that’s what makes urban paddling such fun…
Amazing ocean!
Yes, even the locals were amazed, and came out in droves to watch the waves:
They said that these waves were bigger than they had seen in any hurricane (which this wasn’t, even)…
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The power of water is very strong.
people forget just how much power the sea possesses…great shots
http://jobryantnz.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/weekly-photo-challenge-two-subjects/
Thanks, Jo!
Thank you for listing my post :)
You’re welcome!
beautiful place
http://amarnaik.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/weekly-photo-challenge-two-subjects/
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I think I would be a bit more worried than the folks in the shot!
Thanks for the ping back today.
They are actually sitting quite a bit above the water, on the old Spanish walls that have survived several centuries of assault by the ocean—so I think they are not too worried ;-)
Lovely forceful first photo! But you always manage to capture the weekly theme just perfectly! Nicely done.
Thanks, Jennifer! And I really like your interpretations of the theme, especially your first this week—something a bit different!
Oh, thanks for the link, or pingback (not sure technical terms)! I think I just might have to add another photo to this weeks theme. Is three to many? It’s a lot of fun!
The more the merrier! I am actually thinking of a second post myself, which I’ve never done before…
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Ocean and city, my favorites too. An unbeatable combination; great photo!
Thanks, Marcia! Somehow that theme does keep coming up…
Great images, Vlad. You should explore the ocean and find Atlantis — two in one!
Nice thought—I like it!
Of course, that could be where Cthulhu dwells nowadays…
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I like how a huge storm surf batters San Juan, Puerto Rico…
It washed out our favorite row of seaside restaurants…
Land and sea wins every time. I love your description in the first photo – “Irrisistable force meets immovable object!” Somehow I think if the fight goes for a while on the sea will win. Great entry.
The sea will win, but then the land will lift itself up a bit more out of the sea and restart the clock…
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Stunning photographs. Great post.
Thanks, Arindam!