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This was forwarded onto recently....Brilliant Photography


This guy stands in the water and waits until the last sec to snap his camera shutter then takes a beating when the wave collapses over him.-----


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Waimea Bay shore-break surfing pioneer, husband, and father of two, Clark Little has gained nationwide recognition for his photography on National Television..

It all started in 2007 when Clark 's wife wanted a nice piece of art to decorate a wall.

Voluntarily, Clark grabbed a camera, jumped in the water, and starting snapping away capturing the beauty and power of monstrous Hawaiian waves from the inside out.

" Clark 's view" is a unique view of the ocean that most will only
be able to experience safely on land while studying one of Clark 's photos.

Now with a camera upgrade and an itch to get that better shot, Clark has taken this on full time and has moved his office from land, to the inside of a barrel.

Since the recent stir of Clark 's work, his images have been run
on the Today Show, ABC World News Now, Nature's Best Photography, Paris Match(France), La Vie ( France ), Hana Hou (Hawaiian Airlines) magazine, Surfer magazine, Surfer's Journal
as well as multiple publishers and newspapers in the U.S. and overseas.

These incredible images of waves in the Hawaiian Islands were taken by Clark Little, the number one photographer of surf.
He is dedicated to photographing the waves and has published a selection of his best


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Sun glints off wave
Clark Little/SWNS


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Sand in surf
Clark Little/SWNS
This shot captures sand from the ocean's floor being swept up by a monstrous wave and resembles a sandstorm.

Little calls it the Sand monster.

There were clouds of sand ten feet high and I'm standing there. I'm holding on to my camera and my trigger as long as I can.
Then I have to jump into the cloud of sand to try to get out of danger's way.

His fans pay as much as $4,000 for his gorgeous photos.

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Tubular shining
Clark Little/SWNS

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Beach - surf crashes down
Clark Little/SWNS

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Molten liquid gold
Clark Little/SWNS

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White tumultuous water
Clark Little/SWNS

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Splash - stunning shot
Clark Little/SWNS

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Red mysterious shot
Clark Little/SWNS

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Break - wave crashes down
Clark Little/SWNS



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Beauty - water drops


Clark Little/SWNS

This shot is his favorite.

With a high shutter speed he caught the brilliant fanned effect of two waves intersecting each other and throwing out this beautiful fan of water.

great visuals Waka
Thanks for posting the eye candy

Fantastic pics, my back twinges looking at them...

Waka, thanks for posting this! He has been an inspiration for both Joe and I for many years, in terms of shooting and enjoying the waves. We have a signed copy of his book, which we cherish fondly.
He's amazing! The dude has a major set of hopity-hops... are you kidding? Shorebreak at Waimea... with a camera in his hand no less, let alone surfing the spot.
Sweet!

Brilliant images.
I get to see latest offerings regularly displayed at the Starbucks near Waimea Bay.
I've watched Clark and Broc grow up here.
They are not scared of HEAVY SURF.
Clark has a reputation of surfing Waiamea shore break when it's HUGE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-4KrX6vlK0




The Adobe PhotoShop website has tutorials on creating the stunning enhanced images using Clark's own images he donated to the Adobe instructor when they held a seminar on Maui a while back.

Very worth watching but you'll need the newer CS5 version to utilize the incredible tool sets in that program if you want to try create your own.

This is not to take anything away from Clark's great works of art.
He's got a natural talent, keen sense of composition and brilliant color balance.
That can't be bought or packaged.
He is an artist.