Surfers call it corduroy – when a swell is so clean and consistent that the lines stack up to the horizon like the ridges on a piece of fabric. It doesn’t happen often. When it does, it’s worth pointing a camera at it to capture this world famous Rainbow Beach surf lines.

This is the 2:1 panoramic version of Corduroy Lines – Rainbow Beach and Double Island Point, Queensland, captured from an elevated vantage point that shows the sweep of the coast and the perfect lines of swell wrapping around the point. Where the 3:1 version stretches the composition to its widest and most cinematic, the 2:1 gives the image a slightly tighter, more intimate relationship with the ocean – the swell lines filling more of the frame, the beach and water reading as the primary subject rather than the broader coastal landscape.

For walls that call for a wide panoramic print but don’t have the run for a full 3:1, this is the version. Above a sofa, along a hallway, or in a coastal bedroom – the 2:1 ratio works in more spaces than the wider format while keeping the essential quality of the image intact.

Rainbow Beach is one of Queensland’s most dramatic coastal environments – the coloured sand cliffs, the long exposed point, the deep blue of the Coral Sea. At 2:1, all of that is still present. Just a little closer.

Available as a fine art photographic print, stretched canvas, or glass-mounted acrylic. Custom sizing available on request.