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My first over/under photo, I wasn't joking about Maui's clarity. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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Unknown scoring at Maui's "La Perouse" surf breaks on one of our biggest south swells last year. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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This is the craziest thing I've seen. Under water vortexes as seen from shore, caused from perfectly timed backwash. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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One of my favorite water shots since acquiring a housing about a week ago, I love the shallow depth of field the 50mm lens provides. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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Crystalized. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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Dancing water at sunset. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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That "touch-down" moment. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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Golden hour goes well with flare. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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Another one of my favorites with that shallow focus. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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I really love the challenge of shooting a narrow focus in waves, and it's just so much more rewarding when you get a keeper. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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Sometimes you wish you could just shrink down to surf some mini perfection. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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Nothin but lip. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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This is my favorite image so far since I got the housing, the curtain is crisp enough to see ripples from water drops if you look closely enough. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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One of the bigger and cleaner mornings of shooting. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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More golden hour shorebreak. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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One of my favorite images so far, taken during a good streak of shooting sunsets. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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Something really icy about this cave. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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Before getting a housing, I had to deal with views like this. Overhead and perfect. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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More dancing water! Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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And there's nothing like ending the day with one of Maui's unreal pink sunsets. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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Dreamy clear curtains. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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Some sunset flare... Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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The clarity of Maui is pretty hard to beat. Photo: Vaun Stover-French
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This is my favorite surf photograph that I've ever taken from land, or possibly even favorite one taken period. Hawaiian vibes currently. Photo: Vaun Stover-French present.
This is a gallery of mostly empty waves. Some are surfable and some are not. Some reef and some not. I gather inspiration from many local photographers, but my biggest inspiration would have to be Ray Collins. My favorite pastime is to watch the water dance, and do things that you don’t normally see at your local break. So here are my 24 favorite photographs I have taken in and around the ocean over the last couple of years.
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