Riding the waves in Tauranga

Aurélie from Auckland, New Zealand

Great pics. I love how you captured the movements of the waves fading in the far away mountains. Also it is nice how all the colours are of the same tones giving more emphasis to the surfers and rocks.

28 Jul 2005 5:11am

Hervé from Paris, France

Exact.
I'd rather dive in that water ! I don't see any shark on the picture. Are there a lot of white sharks in this area ?

28 Jul 2005 7:44am

Shuva from United States

Is the water cold or warm? I get a cold feeling.

28 Jul 2005 12:49pm

nadege from Issy les Moulineaux, France

Cool shot.

28 Jul 2005 2:46pm

Siba from Courbevoie, France

Why haven't I gone with you??????? I would have been an excellent beach girl:o)

28 Jul 2005 7:16pm

Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand

There's no real shark threat around New Zealand since the water isn't warm enough. In the summer the water gets relatively warm but I guess the sharks prefer to hand around Australia and snack on the Aussies.

28 Jul 2005 9:24pm

RW from Brisbane, Australia

think you are correct about where sharks prefer to lunch - mostly around Adeliaide or so I hear.

superb action shot, but how did you get it? by that i mean where were you standing?

28 Jul 2005 10:20pm

Leslie from United States

I agree with Aurelie, the background really provides reference to the photo. It does feel almost as if you were out in the ocean close to the surfers....how did you get this photo?

29 Jul 2005 1:04am

Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand

There was a medium-sized outcrop of land where people could walk around. Once out there, I climbed down to water level and used my 70-200mm zoom lens to capture the surfers. This photo was also cropped in Photoshop to bring the surfers even closer.

29 Jul 2005 1:15am