Photographer’s Note
The Kiama Blow Hole. What you can see is sea water gushing up as it hits the hole at the bottom of the rocks. There is a tunnel at cliff and it ends with a hole about 3m diameter roughly facing upwords. When the waves gush in with a rush it hits the end of the tunnel and thus water is thrown up through the hole.
This picture shows only a fraction of what it is like to witness it in real. Many waves comes and goes but every now and then in about 15 minutes there comes a good wave that sort of makes shoots water up. It starts with the sound that is similar the sound that we can hear just before a thunder, like a short circuit. Then a loud bang and the explosion of water. Its worth waiting for hours just to catch that perfect blow. Another wonder of nature worthy of experiencing.
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(3153) 2007-12-14 3:20
Hi Adil, this is a well timed capture of the Kiama Blow Hole. It has very good height here, which of course is dependent on the timing of the tide etc., and you need to time the surges with the waves. The inclusion of the people in the background helps give this thing scale, it is the largest blow hole in the world. The colour and sharpness in your shot are both good. The only thing I find really disappointing is the tilt on that horizon. It's too far to fix, you might crop it out I guess so it wouldn't be as noticeable. Anyway great shot other than that tilt.
Thanks, John
