I am an in-water fine art photographer and I make images of the ocean and waves. I tread water, I shoot, and then I dive under the incoming waves. This particular shot was taken at the Wedge in Newport Beach, CA. Typically, when the waves are good here there are tons of people in the water. However, somehow I scored this location on my own that day and it was actually kind of an eerie feeling being the only person on the beach or in the water. I thought I missed some kind of major national or local event...So I named it "Out of the Loop". No photoshop on this image...just lightroom.