Pink Flash Bfcm22 Hawaiian sunrise captured looking out

Hawaiian sunrise captured looking out from a glassy barrel in South Kauai

Captured in the late afternoon before the sun sinks low enough and sends out the sunset colors

Shot in the morning from an outer reef break in Tahiti

The image was named through submissions in a contest (over 2

- Large format print exhibited at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC from April - September 2011

Pink Flash Bfcm22 Hawaiian sunrise captured looking outUsing a strobe flash during dusk, the inside of this wave is highlighted showing a rarely see view at night sand getting pulled up off of the sea floor into a pitch dark wave. The sunset completes the picture with adding colors to the high clouds and causing subtle reflections. Location: North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii