Waves are one of my favorite subjects to photograph. They are a perfect metaphor for the beauty of change and the nature of flow.
Naomi and I just finished hiking back from Hanakapi'ai Beach on the Napali Coast and before heading back to the car I suggested we go to my favorite spot at Ke'e Beach and see what the waves were doing. At first I started photographing further down the coast, hoping to see some big waves jumping, but the shadows were too large to get any waves in good light. So I set the camera down and just watched. Eventually I took a seat on a big rock and just watched the ocean move and swirl and flow. That's when I noticed a little pocket of light opening up near to whee I was sitting. I knew then that that's where I needed to place my attention. No sooner than I did I caught this wave jump into the light like an open flame of the saints and buddhas.
Haena State Park, Kauai, Hawaii