Mickey Smith's homage to the ocean
Post categories: Springwatch
|12:12 UK time, Tuesday, 7 June 2011
We had an amazing response to surf photographer Mickey Smith's beautiful surfing film on last night's show, so here it is in all its glory.
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You can see more of Mickey stunning films here. In the likely event this one's inspired you to get out and enjoy the amazing habitat that is the ocean, we have a guide to the wildlife you might find in the UK's waters. But before you get out there it's worth acquainting yourself with the best practice for watching marine wildlife [pdf].
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At 14:30 7th Jun 2011, allwildlifecrazy wrote:I totally know where Mickey is coming from. The sea has the most amazing hypnotic power. I too could happily spend hours just looking at it. Last week I was in New Quay West Wales getting my quota of Dolphin spotting in. Struck gold too managed to see 4 Bottlenose, plus a variety of seabirds and a couple of grey seals. Sometimes I think we are lucky to see anything at all as it is just so vast and our destuction of it doesn't help.When you see a wave smashing against the cliffs and rocks we should be reminded that nature has the upper hand when it comes strength. It is the ultimate champion.
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At 16:27 7th Jun 2011, Goldie wrote:This is one of the best short films I've ever seen. I'd love to see it at the cinema as part of a film festival. The framing and editing were really wonderful and it was a fantastic idea for a film.
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At 21:10 7th Jun 2011, ian_h wrote:Thanks for posting. So nice to see our beautiful coast and landscape in these wonderful short films.
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At 22:16 7th Jun 2011, melbanner1 wrote:I was totally blown away by Mickey's film. It's almost hypnotic to watch. Every frame is beautiful - I agree with another comment that it would be amazing to watch on the big screen, especially at a short film festival. Such a shame we don't get to see more stunning film and photography like this on mainstream TV. Perhaps more people who are impressed by so called 'talent' might be persuaded there is more to enjoy on TV than Simon Cowell if they watched a quality piece of film making like this.
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