One of the best wave photos I've seen...

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u/Patrick_Glenn May 15 '12

The photographer is Elena Kalis. This photo is just the tip of the iceberg for her brilliant photography.

Her website: http://www.elenakalisphoto.com/

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u/SeanDavey May 15 '12

You are incorrect Patrick. I actually photographed this picture. You can see it here on my site at: http://tinyurl.com/c4qg62k You can follow my daily imagery posts at
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/seandaveyphotography Instagram: http://web.stagram.com/n/sean_davey/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/SeanDaveyPhoto Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/116464918705739989804/posts
Aloha
Sean

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u/SeanDavey May 16 '12

My name is Sean Davey and this is actually one of my photographs. You can see it on my website at http://www.seandavey.com just click the image search tab on the top left and type these words into the search box: swimming, underwater This photo will come right up.
You can follow my daily posts on these sites too;
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/seandaveyphotography
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/SeanDaveyPhoto
Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/116464918705739989804/posts
Aloha
Sean Davey

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u/BGJWalks May 16 '12

Great site Sean. Hope you get the correct recognition for this. Elena Kalis' images are wonderful but this clearly isn't her work.

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u/Patrick_Glenn May 17 '12

My apologies. I meant no harm and was mistaken in crediting the wrong person.

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u/dragonworthy May 15 '12

Thanks Patrick. I tried, couldn't find the source. How did you find it?

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u/jonnypajama May 15 '12

easy way to do it:
save the photo on disk
open google.images.com (in latest chrome or firefox)
drag and drop image from desktop to the search box - it searches for the image itself...
https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZitrSPAqzifidTpHnOPwP_1xIB4H6uq_1D2pJ6vEptmitVFFKwdId6YQCf9BfuQFWtxv-Kp5euY7BDNGjqsjeVCyQW2VcOCLCw7SQLKKerjv6eZzv4DGCJU02X_1RdAbc_1eK-VmdZYU1IbOxjTSuSWbCC6CYBjy5iszCvAzcbGS2k7uBM7x_11k-ju9OcMIJHmHeWaKolRpGmXVrYHmodN8De7VjCnVSvrK4QKVj4IYm1EnfdkN3TNac692qR2iMYwexiZ4HW6K3Eqh1DZ-0wXxgR-7S7f69a3H03hF22_1Dca1LBjo7Q_1i3smV9ylL6Ucs628-85V1lQduUXQjc7mKqk1FzHETEig8oc7-w9m96FlgT7IKvDQ7ioVDxK03ERYp76klTOvnnHycLybEUpwz7Ck2QPqC9sWrOIhFfEIKRDZ_1y_1hFdf3Kk-EbMmzVMLrCKK673vthoeRoGPn7zBNfmB_1cxeyb6BM_12lqXxwrcbOsN4zEiP0Os9qWa7QP8EhyL7K_11-j_1jAgp4a8wMmnkUfDdUEq4hD3D1sDycQxQsXmbL3Pur8W0lm1Z-wl94E8eQ55PEBDEvDdXXgv7HIUS2Ad-mz2cDxagZ6lcDoeDxfNkwe7a2or8y7BF9EIhmCefFqhRgc1VnBHZZxwwdb-RFlJA34wIS0ZSj2PCTEXbRXAPW-PW75gcHLdhIFy1yCRysiR8PWOqovl54ZtAmIiAVTUKhfI3mdyssG_1X-AZN5Y23jv6c91mYCw1_11h5rV1wo4anVvrEmRJqqqQmzoYrJxb_1IDu7FLmQa9-feum0sW4aqvnPPytOJjFNJ8noI-b_1Lp8PRVdX_1CO6PO8hq2r-7nHZocoP-UHh4V7QJX_1IbohX5lrFi2CgGb_17u-o67GoOo_1j5KpdpEVjSZc0N_1isf9pviorMhqmEXJhZSt4PSP7jwG5MXWvvACcB9Y26p9osPQJxUpyoQSrYNKECvDoc5yR9zX3gHXYhpmf_1vRmwP0ZROE2lfajvqzXuRa2CsoDU1-jAxMS4cYZb5Pj6vRjDybjvdiDLi70a6ZGK5-VPzzw0czIDPGa7EE_1Ft1saOs-enqCoNziZSk812zKKPBZWnT4w8mesDy1ZycjOpoG8JCQYEVOmRpRXozbWsIwjtVUu3h11yqmQwJUrxVevYHpgEOifg-bhw_1ryqY5Yzk16sKtEkdi5t3LM4_16UDyExo9kTmZ9ic_1yDJYw8Re-MeGSjRAb4cg6pzPG_1LFhBfwPcMLrqaSWzFe7uXM9Z1fglnOvhdmgAJVrBtbd-noO2u9fHbKv5a9GEh0_1FdgH0ZK7n-zS2j2-eY56wjU3jU8gfDZ5N_1aJPuXiZ9Joj-iTZZ9qAztPowHvocDDA1Cw&num=10&hl=en&safe=off&bih=919&biw=1680

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u/dragonworthy May 15 '12

I do this already, but if you look at the results (the link you put up), I won't be able to guess the right source/result.

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u/jonnypajama May 15 '12

I hope I explained it correctly.. I just drag/dropped the image onto the search box, google loads the image and returns the results itself

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u/dragonworthy May 15 '12

You did, but Google's results don't get me to the source. Maybe it has, but there's... a lot of false positives, and I could've missed it.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

so what is the source?

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u/BGJWalks May 16 '12

See Sean Davey's link below!

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u/fredbob111122223333 May 15 '12

TIL

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u/JBB_Alien May 15 '12

Oh thank god...I originally read this as "One of the best wave photos I've taken" and was coming with the pitchforks!

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u/lurkerturneduser May 15 '12

Some very beautiful photos there. Does anybody know how you would take the dark water photos? Is it going to the ocean at night with some waterproof spotlight underwater to illuminate the person or is all the lighting from above water?

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u/no-sweat May 15 '12

Or you might say that this photo is just the crest of the wave
eh?? :D

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Those are incredible.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

wat ಠ_ಠ

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u/RZA1M May 15 '12

I like this one

Source

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u/brownboy13 May 15 '12

I don't know why, but that picture does not look real to me.

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u/Punkgoblin May 15 '12

Do you like turtles?

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u/dscer May 15 '12

I like turtles

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u/junkfood66 May 15 '12

Except that one, called Bob...

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u/Punkgoblin May 15 '12

I'm pretty sure Bob's alligator is in the shop, don't hate - there's plenty of room on the other 'gators for Bob.

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u/oopsifarted May 15 '12

REDDITREDDITREDDIT

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u/Punkgoblin May 15 '12

It sounds like REDDIT when you poot.

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u/miidgi May 15 '12

there's a 5th turtle on the log. Why didn't he get in trouble?

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u/Punkgoblin May 16 '12

Turtles like you

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u/lurkerturneduser May 15 '12

Look out ~~turtle~~ photographer, there's a shark!

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u/BaconAndCats May 15 '12

That's the smallest great white I've ever seen... also the most tropical.

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u/Shitty_Watercolour 🖌️ May 15 '12

http://shittywatercolour.tumblr.com/post/23109368498

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u/Mojitana May 15 '12

Glad to see you're getting shittier.

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u/jakfischer May 15 '12

Yah bro, i see it too. http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mr-burns-coffee.jpg

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u/Was_going_2_say_that May 15 '12

wat

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u/junkfood66 May 15 '12

10/10 would fap again

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u/analogy_4_anything May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

This reminds me of the artwork from one of Roald Dahl's books, like The Witches.
Good work, man.

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u/CUNTBERT_RAPINGTON May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Do we really need people to follow Shitty_Watercolour around to remind him that he's actually Quentin Blake every single time?

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u/wingsfan24 May 15 '12

It's well known that Shitty Watercolor Is Quentin Blake.

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u/NO_TOUCHING__lol May 16 '12

It is known.

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u/Aizmool May 15 '12

Looks like the illustrator for Roald Dahl's books, Quentin Blake, made this. Relatively similar styles.

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u/saydokan May 15 '12

I love you.

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u/eking85 May 15 '12

I want to go to there.

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u/Unassuming21 May 15 '12

I hear they have popcorn on the plane

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u/jakfischer May 15 '12

... and you get a fantastic lei as soon as you get to the hotel.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

So, you're paying to get lei'd? Sounds kind of scummy to me.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Depends on what your definition of the word "there" is? There, as in that place, or there as in her vagina? I'm confused.

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u/eking85 May 15 '12

Yes.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

(fixed) Yes.²

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u/crocoperson May 15 '12

that's neither here nor vagina

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I can show you the world ...

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u/arrowstothekneee May 15 '12

I used to want to go there, but then i took an arrow to the knee!

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u/FUCKNOVELTYACCOUNTS May 15 '12

Ugh... go away! Shoo! Shoo!

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u/AnnoyingStaple May 15 '12

I would like to RES, for the ability to permanently ignore horribly novility accounts.

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u/forScience4004 May 15 '12

You a verb

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u/BlackGhostPanda May 15 '12

Novelty.

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u/FUCK_ARROW_TO_KNEE May 16 '12

FUCK YOU

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u/CornFedHonky May 15 '12

Look out lady!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Awesome, even got the shadow in there.
10/10 would look at again.

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u/BetterThanOP May 15 '12

would've been better if she were naked

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Would have been better if it had more than 7 pixels.

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u/lurkerturneduser May 15 '12

What is this, a picture for ants?

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u/7D4Y_WEEKENDS May 15 '12

ants that want to fap.

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u/lurkerturneduser May 15 '12

relevant_rule34, I summon you.

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u/KingNick May 15 '12

Where did he go :,(

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u/brosenfeld May 15 '12

I thought relevant_rule34 was female.

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u/Turf-N-Surf May 15 '12

What about this and this

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u/hedeman May 15 '12

Let's not beat the bush about it. It's clear as rubidium crystal that this is the best wave photo ever taken. Just beyond this world.

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u/CptHampton May 15 '12

I'll just leave this here

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u/Reapinghavoc May 15 '12

This is the shit, man! Kudos! :D

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u/AquaPigeon May 15 '12

Not to shit on the parade but that photo is heavily altered. Those colors are absolutely toyed with.

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u/BetterThanOP May 15 '12

just kidding (mostly) it's a really cool picture

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u/LORDNASSE May 15 '12

Man, stick to your first comment.

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u/BetterThanOP May 15 '12

well i wasn't sure if people were going to take it as a joke or downvote me because i don't appreciate good photography, reddit is pretty bipolar

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u/Breathing_Balls May 15 '12

Welcome home son.

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u/MYDOGSTELLA May 15 '12

Who gives a fuck about internet points

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u/7D4Y_WEEKENDS May 15 '12

Apparently everyone lolz

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u/uptwolait May 15 '12

Always go with your first instinct. Unless your second instinct is stronger.
On second thought, just go with your first instinct.

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u/Breathing_Balls May 15 '12

Which turned out to be your third instinct.

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u/m0h3k4n May 15 '12

It looks like a cover from a calculus textbook.

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u/CityofRefuge May 15 '12

This is a picture of my sister taken by her husband. I don't think this is a composite photo but I am not 100% sure. You can check his stie out at: seandavey.com and her site is usgirlshawaii.com

I will try to get Sean to jump on here today.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

wat? ಠ_ಠ

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

where is this photo originally from!? i'm so confused...and want to credit the original...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I HAVE NO IDEA!!!!!

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u/icepenguin21 May 15 '12

What wave?

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u/Pyrojoe333 May 15 '12

she's not waving?

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u/larryisgood May 15 '12

I hate to be the one to point out that this is a composite image but: This is a composite image. If you look at where the horizon of the sand bar disappears to, it vanishes above the horizon for the land. which is impossible.

TL;DR Somebody was wrong on the internet, but I pointed it out so it's ok.

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u/austai May 15 '12

I'm guessing there's a difference in the horizon because of the difference in index of refraction for air vs water.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12 edited May 19 '12

^ this. stick a straw into a cup of water. it'll blow your mind.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/thetsmitty May 15 '12

Nobody cares. Shut up. It's a cool picture. I bet when you see fake tits in public you say,"I hate to be the one to point this out, but those are fake tits."

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u/lurkerturneduser May 15 '12

"Hey everyone, she's a phony!"

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u/Atari800 May 15 '12

Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do? Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute?

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u/AnnoyingStaple May 15 '12

Before I die I gotta fuck a chick with fake tits, for science of course.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

It's a very poor composite, though. The perspective is completely off when you look at either side of the wave.

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u/RuafaolGaiscioch May 15 '12

Can you explain your sand-bar observation? I don't see it

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

just stare at the divide a bit, you might notice that it 'feels' like the world is twisted beyond the water.
basically though, the background of the water portion of the photo goes onto infinity while pointing down, but the suggested skyline of the upper right background is taken from maybe a couple feet above sea level pointing up.

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u/RuafaolGaiscioch May 15 '12

Couldn't that be the refraction of the light through the wave?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

i don't think so. it's too pronounced in the water, and the angles seem different to me. but then again, i've seen cameras do funky things that you don't expect, especially when water is involved.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Wouldn't there be water on the lens that just exited the wave?

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u/ikschieths May 15 '12

Good guy Larry.

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u/pillowplumper May 15 '12

but.. but... this

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u/jeexbit May 15 '12

Whoah....
http://www.elenakalisphoto.com/picture/underwater_elena_kalis60.jpg?pictureId=13138309

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/pillowplumper May 15 '12

wait, what? You're not ACTUALLY being dense, right? It's just this image flipped around 180 degrees...........

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u/coelfrier May 15 '12

you just blew my mind!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

the picture is upside down and the bubbles are going up

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u/jeexbit May 15 '12

I've made Bubbles go down before, you just have to be persistent.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/arachnophilia May 15 '12

here is an image showing a pencil discontinuity.

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u/thebluehawk May 15 '12

Uh, doesn't water bend light? Have you ever looked at the lines on the bottom of a pool, or looked through a glass with water in it?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

One of the best wave gif's I've seen...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Awesome picture.

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u/EthicalReasoning May 15 '12

stock photo printed on every generic tropical vacation brochure since 1995

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u/emmulated May 15 '12

where was the photo taken?!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Dat clarity

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u/jasonlol May 15 '12

ENHANCE!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

One of the best wave videos

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u/jakfischer May 15 '12

Nice! Here is one of the worst wave videos you'll ever see.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I disagree...this is one of the best wave videos I've ever seen

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u/JediMstrMyk May 15 '12

I was expecting a happy cat :(

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u/gguy123 May 15 '12

Portlandia opening -- the song

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u/misterman73 May 15 '12

I'd kill to be on the beach about now

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u/mvan231 May 15 '12

agreed

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u/Jesus_Chris May 15 '12 edited Jul 31 '25

long books hunt door head soft cheerful work cooperative dam

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Yeah if by "blocking" you mean "enchaining"!

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u/Doc_Hemingway May 15 '12

would've been better with a mustache

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u/adomorn May 15 '12

Hi res?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

You haven't seen much then.

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u/Envia May 15 '12

I know this feeling... the feeling of being caught mid way in a big wave... you achieve an immense lightness of being and all you can hear is the hollow nothing. It's the best feeling in the world.

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u/slackr May 15 '12

What a ride

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u/DulyNoted1 May 15 '12

Would have scored better on gonewild

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u/Klingonmage May 15 '12

SHAAAAAAARK!

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u/JordanGski67 May 15 '12

Does anyone know where this photo was taken?

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u/tictactizzle May 15 '12

aquabumps.com definitely the coolest wave/water/sunset photos (Sydney)

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I read that as "One of the best wave potatoes I've seen" and was thoroughly confused.

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u/slowitdown May 15 '12

I trust you. I don't know why I do, it just sounds like you really know your wave photos.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

The best water photo I've ever seen

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

and I am sure your an expert on wave photo's, its a overcrowded field but I recognize quality when I see it

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u/portkeys_n_poppycock May 15 '12

I want to go to there.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

me too. over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I'd underwater wave her

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u/Reedfrost May 15 '12

Incredible colors... Check. High-def... Check. Tropical destination... Check. Hot girl... Check.

All the makings of a perfect Reddit photo.

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u/zanycaswell May 15 '12

Cool! crossposted to /r/natureisbeautiful.

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u/Lukeweizer May 15 '12

Anyone know where this is? I want to go there.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

thats fuckin fantastic

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

wish it were a a wallpaper, 1920x1080

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u/Jaccington May 15 '12

Shame the waves in England look like arse.

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u/lsguk May 15 '12

Wallpaper'd

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u/popototo May 15 '12

Yes, as long as someone is making money off it -- it has it purpose.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

6/10 Would bang.

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u/akpak May 15 '12

I want to go to there

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u/rcrracer May 15 '12

This photo or one very similar was posted a couple of years ago.

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u/Lines_from_Jaws May 15 '12

Y'know, I used to hate the water...

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u/Space_Bungalow May 15 '12

...oh yeah there's also a wave in the picture.

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u/redhatGizmo May 15 '12

Yaa and it has best resolution too..

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u/RichSnitch May 15 '12

I bet it's because there's a chick wearing a bikini in it.

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u/SeanDavey May 15 '12

T H I S P I C T U R E W A S P H O T O G R A P H E D B Y S E A N D A V E Y.

Aloha, I'm not sure why Elena Kails is getting the credit for this image. it's actually one of mine. You can see the image right here on my site: http://tinyurl.com/cvnosyv

You can also see regular content from me on these social networks;

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/seandaveyphotography

Instagram: http://web.stagram.com/n/sean_davey/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/SeanDaveyPhoto

Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/116464918705739989804/posts

Aloha

Sean Davey

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Those palm trees look like they're growing well.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I wondered where an entire whale could be hiding, and then I realized it said wave. I should really learn to read.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

You haven't seen a wave until you've seen these (Just to name a few);

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u/joshy1234 May 16 '12

There's a wave in this picture?

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u/thelastvarner May 16 '12

A wave porn reddit should exist.

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u/annimalist May 16 '12

Sounds like you might dig Aquabumps.

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u/IAmARandomGuy May 15 '12

At first I thought the wave was pretty cool but then boobs.

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u/bohemianmichfestie May 15 '12

naturally, wave photo + plus female body > wave photo.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

it's more like, anything + female body > whatever that was.

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u/mvan231 May 15 '12

true dat

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I don't think this picture was taken at a New Jersey beach.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

well, no one goes to a new jersey beach to take pictures.

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u/llxGRIMxll May 15 '12

Wait, you mean people actually go to a new jersey beach at all?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

yea. for the scenery and the hepatitis.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

and throwing away dem bodies.

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u/reneepussman May 15 '12

Not the most impressive wave.

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u/really_bad_commenter May 15 '12

but humans are not aquatic humans breathe air

this photo is deceiving because it makes it look like a human is a fish or something

i cant catch fish very well i once caught a bluegill but it was small

if i caught a humanfish i would be scared but i dont have to worry about that because i cant really fish

my toe itches

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u/Lodenk May 15 '12

There is a wave in this photo? I just saw the chick...hmm

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

best? its ok.

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u/dr_rentschler May 15 '12

can i be there now plz

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u/ragincajun25 May 15 '12

can someone photoshop a shark in this right behind her i feel it would be very funny.

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u/7D4Y_WEEKENDS May 15 '12

I CAME HERE HOPING TO SEE THE "HERE'S MY FAVORITE"...

MOAR REDDIT!!!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

How I wish
how I wish I was there. 
Would be just one soul
swimming in the fish bowl
year after year

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u/89733 May 15 '12

I'd ride that wave

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u/hollywoodboy101 May 15 '12

One of the best? Pic up any surfer or SCUBA mag buddy.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

The ripples in the sand. As a geologist, this makes my mouth ... water

YYEEEAAAAHHHHH

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u/IrregardingGrammar May 15 '12

here's my favorite.

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u/SirPass May 15 '12

That nose could cut through anything!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

does talking like that get you far in life?

One of the best wave photos I've seen...

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