This photo feels intimate. By pulling in close and lowering the perspective, you’ve really emphasized the force of that crashing wave. You can almost feel the grit of the sand and hear the low rumble of the water. What makes this frame work so well is how the light hits the spray—those flecks of gold caught mid-air are everything.
The color palette is incredibly restrained, but powerful. Warm golds dominate the sky and sand, while the wave brings in just enough contrast with its deep shadowed core. And the foam in the foreground, scattered like small bits of sea memory, leads the eye right into the impact zone.
What I really like is that it doesn’t feel staged or overly polished. It’s raw in a good way. A real moment at the shoreline, just as the day tips into evening. You don’t need to show the sun directly for us to feel its presence—it’s already soaked into every part of this image.
Welcome to my world of photography. I am Martijn Jebbink, born in the Netherlands and living in Rome.
I grew up in a small town, surrounded by an impressive forest. In that environment I developed my own way of looking at the world. At first, I didn’t see..
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