Telephoto compression stacks rolling ocean swells in morning light at Byron Bay, NSW, fine spray catching warm amber color at the breaking crests. — New South Wales, Australia · June 2021

Telephoto Swells in Winter Gold

Byron Bay coast, winter morning, June 2021. The telephoto lens compressed the layered swells into a wall of texture, warm light picking out the translucent wave faces and the white foam of each breaking crest.

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Nikon D800E400mmf/6.31/250sISO 10021 June 2021

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