Cook's Milkshake

AlanLichty

Moderator
During heavy seas the lava bed shoreline at Cape Perpetual churns the incoming waves into a thick foam as they smash into the narrow inlet at Cook's Chasm. This is a whimsical shot of the sea foam during one such instance in between December storms with very high swells. In this case Thor's Well which is just out of this scene to the left was almost entirely under water during low tide. This was taken just after the storm I showed yesterday near Brookings had passed.

CooksChasm1.jpg


C&C always welcome.
 

JimFox

Moderator
Staff member
Well... I was visualizing a real milk shake, so I am not liking your title as much as Roger did... :rolleyes:

This is a very nice foaming shot you got. Maybe Curdled Milk or Exploding Milk would be a better title. Though Milk Shake does work other then making my mouth water. :)
 

AlanLichty

Moderator
Love the textures in that foam. Hard to imagine Thors well under water at low tide.
Thanks Ben - the coast guard was reporting 35' swells on their way in for the high tide that night. The coast range had received almost 10" of rain that week already and US101 had water lapping at the edges of it as I drove north to Newport in several places. I do have some iPhone videos of large logs being washed around like toothpicks near Newport.

Beautiful, also love the title!
Thanks Roger - the froth almost does look edible.

Cool. A tighter crop into just the foam would make a great abstract.
Thanks Jim - the click through is actually at 100%. This is a serious crop already.

Well... I was visualizing a real milk shake, so I am not liking your title as much as Roger did... :rolleyes:

This is a very nice foaming shot you got. Maybe Curdled Milk or Exploding Milk would be a better title. Though Milk Shake does work other then making my mouth water. :)
You might not want to partake of this milkshake - a bit on the briny side perhaps :)

I was thinking along the lines of something that was liquid and thick in texture looking at the chaos of this. It really is mostly the foamy stuff that forms along the edges of the basalt ledge where the waves break getting tossed around.

Nice energy shot. You even managed to get the right color for a milk shake in the exploding wave :)
Thanks Jameel - mother nature provided the colors. All I had to do was capture it.

speaking as a former chef that looks like whipped cream to me! fab shot!
Thanks Graeme - the froth didn't look like it would peak well in a bowl so I went for the more liquid namesake.

Nice shot! love the wave!!
Thanks Alisa - pure luck where I took a lot of images with a fast shutter speed and looked around for interesting sprays like this one.
 

lionking

Well-Known Member
What a beautiful and artistic image Alan. Love it, i would consider brighter rocks, some detail would be nice and then will reevaluate the crop option...
 
Top Bottom