Surfing pictures: Photographer captures ultimate photos of life on an ocean wave

Add to My Stories Share It is a watery environment where, if you have sufficient skill, a man (or woman) can fly.
But mastering the challenging discipline of surfing is no easy feat.And nor is capturing its very special magic on camera. But one man may have managed it.
Photographer Lee Kelly goes the extra mile to snap swell shots of surfer and board.Risking life and limb on jagged corals and swimming among great white sharks Lee has perfected a technique which gives an up close and personal view of people trying to tame the waves.Lee uses two cameras set at the same shutter speed which take the picture simultaneously and brings them together to create a panoramic effect.

The perfect wave: Lee captures one surfer braving the sea on his board

Catch a wave: The stunning panoramic shots capture surfers like never before

Making a splash: One surfer is caught managing to stay upright despite the powerful waveHis day at the office takes him to exotic locations including Hawaii, Tahiti, Bondi Beach... and Devon.

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But spending up to seven hours in the water and swimming the equivalent of 1,500 metres at a time Lee proves he is no beach bum.The 33-year-old, from Sydney, Australia, says his girlfriend understands that his passion means he has to jet off to tropical locations on a regular basis.He said: 'I'm very lucky, my girlfriend Holly understands that when I have to go away to these places I'm not just lying on the beach all day.'

Up close and personal: Lee travels the world in search of the perfect wave so he can take the perfect shotThe photographer has had to sacrifice safety for his art, including being thrown against coral by a stormy sea and unwittingly swimming alongside huge sharks.
'I have had a few close shaves. In Tahiti there is a particularly big wave which the surfers go for which breaks on the coral in the shallows,' he said.
'I was waiting for the wave one time and I think I had got a bit cocky, suddenly it came in and the whole horizon seemed to be filled with it.'It broke on top of me and actually threw me into the air before sending me against the coral, I was underwater for a long time and it was hit and miss whether I would make it.'Another time I was out filming in south Australia just of the coast of a national park. We had just come in to the beach to rest when everyone started shouting.'I looked out to see and there was the biggest great white shark I had ever seen coming out of the water just where we had been just minutes before.'It's strange because while we were in the water that day I had a funny feeling, kind of like a sixth sense, that there was something else in there with us.'To take his amazing panoramic shots Lee uses two cameras set at the same shutter speed and the same aperture which fire simultaneously.He said: "It gives the pictures a unique perspective and I think I am one of the only people in the world to do this.'Once I have the two images I can bring them together to create one complete panoramic shot which I think really works.'