Photo of the Day

a wave breaking at sunrise in Oahu, Hawaii
September 1, 2013

Wave Breaking, Oahu

This Month in Photo of the Day: The Stories Behind Your Shots

To capture this photograph, Your Shot contributor Freddy Booth stood knee-deep in the water during sunrise on the northeast side of Oahu. "I started off capturing images from inside the barrel of the wave," Booth writes, "but once I saw how amazing the sunrise became, I switched to trying to get this angle."

Booth knew time was ticking on the lighting, but finally a wave came in just right. "This image taught me that my ego is not my amigo, and I should never pass up the little things in life."

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Photograph by Freddy Booth, Your Shot
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