Photographer Spends Hours In Open Waters To Capture Exquisite Moments of Glass-Like Waves

I wanted to shoot just waves and occasionally some surfers, but this wave came, I dove under, let it pass over me, turned back and started shooting. The formal qualities of the resulting image are what mesmerized Thouard. The way the light is going through the water, the position of the surfer and the shape of the wave, wow! It remains my favorite pictures out there.