Wave at 1/4 of a Second

From my rocky perch jutting out into the ocean near Sculptured Beach, I played with photographing the waves as the sun set. This tripod-mounted 1/4 of a second exposure caught the abstract expression of a wave crashing, while retaining some literal relationship to the play of warm light on the wave against the cool blue of the surrounding ocean.

Wave, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

[300mm in 35mm terms, 1/4 of a second and f/22 at ISO 100, tripod mounted.]

Some related images: Wave (after Hokusai), Breaking Wave, Wave Tangent.