Wow! It looks like it's sweeping by itself!

I love your beach shots. I've said it before, and I say it again... but I understand if you feel a bit locked by your audiences expectations, so it's great when you publish shots like on the 19th December. The beach at your place must really be filled with flotsam!

Did you postprocess this shot extensively? It seems like it were such a typical British day with dull weather, but your colours are still vivid..?

Merry Christmas!

like the colors....great detail as well down low

your beach shots always make me smile - love the colour and the out of place broom. the selective focus is also spot on. happy christmas

For a moment when I first saw this image, there was a funny ambiguity about whether the broom handle is snapped off (which I assume it is), or is actually full-length, with the image distorted in a strange way.

Great dof and nice colours (as usual...)

"If seven maids, with seven mops, were to sweep for half a year; do you suppose, the walrus said, that they could get it clear?"

Not a chance! and a good thing too. Where would great subjects come from after the intrusion of all those maids.

Excellent! How did you get it to stand up like that?

Markus: the post-processing was mainly to do with balancing the foreground with the background and increasing the saturation.

deceptive: it was caked with wet sand; i.e. it was very bottom-heavy.

I really like this shot - but I don't know what about it appeals to me. Maybe it's the tones which it characteristic of a lot of your images Dave, possibly the DOF - or maybe the subject, that it's really quite out of place. Either way - great shot :)

Now that's a classic Chromasia image! Beautiful. Excellent shot Dave. The shallow dof, combined with the saturation levels, the moody sky and the slight vignetting all combine wonderfully. It's almost as if it's stage lit. This one's one of my favourites of the recent weeks.

wonderful atmosphere, and interesting subject

Quite a spooky picture. As was mentioned this does look like a very natural, dull day. Yet it has turned out wonderfully as always.

Bad picture, as usual.

Gonna take a long time to sweeup up all that sand.

tra la la la... nice... tra la la la :))

It's very interesting how it's standing up by itself. It's a very nice shot and color combination.

Did you have to get on you belly to take this show, or did you just hold the camera down low? The horizon is perfecly level for just holding down low, did you straighten it all in PS?

AAaahh....I do love the beach. Terrific DOF, saturation and composition. Happy Holidays,
Rob

This makes me laugh. Very good.

wonderful shot! great DoF and colors...

DAM , thats so good !!! DAM !

Lovely tone. Amazing how a little vignette can really emphasise and intensify a mood.

That's amazing.

Greets from Antwerp, Belgium.

Jeroen

This is a superb photo, I love the reduced DOF!

I love the colours in the sky - really gorgeous grey blue.

Merry Christmas djn, thank you for sharing your photos online.

*<:o)

Free Spirit

Niec picture and good use of DOF. What is holding it up?

I miss seeing shots of your kids. They are always good.

This is an excellent shot. The illusion created by the angle and the broken handle is perfect. I was totally fooled until I read the comment above. I second the "stage lit" impression.

v. v. nice!

i love the tonality, lighting and DOF. i'd like to see a person in this lighting rather than an old broom.

I know why the broom is broken. The person sweeping went Mad Mad Mad trying to get all the sand up without getting any rocks!!!!

I do like this photo. I like the way the blues stand out from the brown/beige of the sand. Does that have to do with the 'saturation' talked about so often?

Thanks David and Merry Christmas to you and your family. Or I guess I should say Happy Christmas shouldn't I.

RustyJ

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one word
perfekt.

Stunning photo David: Very well processed and composed.

Thanks everyone, and Happy Christmas to you too :-)

Surreal

The broom looks really sad, and i like how you've darkened the outside. The focus is beautiful. I really like the colours!

cool cool very cool.

i love the way you have put a broom in the sand

Vuelvo a ver tus fotos, y no puedo parar de contemplarlas, me encantas todas y cada una de ellas, eres lo que yo quiero llegar a ser, me gusta muchisimo tu estilo y tus fotos producen en mi un efecto que no puedo describir con palabras.

Gracias por compartirlas.