Hmm...different, I'll certainly give it that Dave. I know what you mean about today though. I was in your neck of the woods...very dismal, I always find it hard to be inspired when everything looks grey.

Superb Dave, I really like all the white space and those long shallow waves.

This is wonderful! Love the way you've framed/cropped it. The minimalist style is different for you and a nice change of pace.

it's not so bad :)

In the context of the title, I like this one. I think it'd be even better if the resolution wasn't so poor (if the people were a little more clear...), but that might just be a byproduct of the JPG compression?

"White" background, you meant.

I think it would be an interesting project to put together, a series of images that are blown out like this, perfect for this time of year.

Im having similar problems, I just moved to Germany two months ago and I dont think I have seen the sun since I left beautiful Montana. Your picture really is an acurate potrayal of what days like this are really like, you really never can just get your head wrapped around them, its slightly depressing. I would love to see another like this but with just the long waves in the forground, and a blown out sea/sky.

I like this image.

Kyle: the resolution isn't spectacular in the original, but the people are only around 5-6px wide in this version (around 20px in the high res' version), so it's difficult to retain any more detail. Also, there's some motion blur – the girl in the middle was running.

Zishaan: yes, well spotted, I've corrected the typo.

I'm liking it. Quite an interesting idea. Hmmm.

It's a clever shot on it's own way. I believe it would also work really well with the white backgroud.

Yes, yes, yes! Absolutely gorgeous; absolutely grande.

It reminds me of two of my favorite shots where the bit of detail that's not white is so strongly emphasized. One is a few reeds in the foreground of a foggy lake by Ryuiji and the other is Ansel Adam's "Clearing Storm" that seems to be nothing but a snow encrusted tree but with study you start to see other details until you realize Half Dome is the whole background. Both are serene, quiet, soothing.

Your shot is much the same but the people give it a more lively feel. A tight shot on just the people would not have been nearly as interesting as their presense in a huge, white void.

[The thought of man's evolutionary emergence from the sea is much less satisfying.]

reminds me of an album cover. very cool.

I'm glad that I read your comment; I'm a huge fan and when I checked in today I thought this one felt forced. I feel your pain though; I went out today and took a bunch of crap photos in crap light . . . .if only we could control the weather!

Funnily enough I was just thinking the same thing as Mike...album cover :-)

this is so quiet. peacefull! very nice!

Another favorite for me. I would imagine this image will get a lot of positive comments. Love the composition!

Reminds me of shots of kids playing on hockey rinks around here.

a new style for you :-)

Very Cappa-esque. I think if he were around today and was shooting digital, this would be on his "roll"

i like this shot...great processing!

Well...I guess ill say it...I dont like it very much. Overblow isnt nice...though the three people in the bottom make it interesting. But besides that the photo doesnt have much going for me..I would prefer to see some more waves and a sky. I think you could have done better keeping the sky and possibly to make the people stand out more, make it b/w. Just my thoughts.

interesting

This picture is really really cool. I love it

Nice save. Interesting use of negative space.
Rob

I think it works great. The black backdrop really helped, you needed that to frame it for sure. A lot of whitespace, but for the size of the subjects, it's wonderful.

lovely composition..

I agree with andrew. I do like the negative space in this quite a bit. It's funny though that some of the best B&W work involves bad weather.

stunning.

Not your typical work. I'm not gonna lie, I had doubts about it at first glance. Then I looked into it a little more... sometimes just some bare, negative space, along with the simplicity of a couple people- works out. Atypical, but not too bad.

A meditative one. The background, wide, like ocean... or snow... or sky...Just scratched by little wawes and the three outlines like a signature. I like it.

I like this quite a bit more than some of your recent posts, to be honest. I find the minimalism very striking; I like the aspect ratio you chose, and the location of the shoreline and figures near the edge of the frame. I would like to see more of this stripped-down style in future!

A little too blown out for my tastes, but I am enjoying the composition...

david, it's one of the most experimental shots i've seen from your site.
digital does help us to do something analogue can't.
a good shot for feature walls, actually IMHO.

Nice use of white space, good composition!

You get away with a terrible shot, but the big space to breath vs. the abstraction of beach people makes it work great. Could easily hang this one on the wall with a couple of others of the same brew.

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I absolutely love this image. I haven't read anyone elses comments but this is so well composed and minimal it just works. A few lines, those people in the corner. Amazing shot. Very cool, very Michael KEnna almost...

I like this a lot, actually. Looks great with the sky blown out.

love it, love it, love it, LOVE IT!

omg amazing... too bad the res ain't to great cause this is one of my faves by you... so different LOVE it!

right click > set as desktop...

Though there are many (nearly endless) excellent and truly fascinating photographs "out there" on the Net and in the world, there are very few I ever see which I would have (live with on a long-term basis) on my own dwelling walls. IF I did decide to start having anything at all on these walls (which I have to date prefered not to do), this would certainly be one I very much could/would purchase, welcome, enjoy.
Part of what makes it for me is that the fellow on the left appears to be walking [purposefully, workmanlike] directly out of the small wave right there on his heels. Conjures up all sorts of stories/imaginings (which I like artworks to do). Was he just CREATED (by some angelic magic inherent to the sea), and is striding out to fulfill a destiny with some exceptional service to the other two people in the picture? (see "Wings of Desire")
I think the "low resolution/focus" actually adds to the story-spinning potential of the photograph, and I definitely wouldn't want it to be any more crisply and clearly focused than it is.

Thanks everyone. This is a style I'll probably pursue, at least for another view images, not least because the weather at the moment isn't exactly conducive to much else - flat, grey and dull.

The starkness of this shot is lovely. I'm a sucker for negative space, so this works for me.

Aufregends Bildaufteilung. Bildaufteilung, Farbe, alles perfekt. Ein Kalenderblatt!

I love the composition of this one. Great shot. It is a shame the people have pixelated, though. Why is that? Is it heavily cropped from a larger image?

Love it, it's like the sea is at the edge of the world...........

splendid shot --- just need a pier out there :-)

Cool, i like it, not really sure why but i do.

So romantic, very beautiful

I *really* like this picture. There is something a little unsettling about its simplicity... It just goes to show that even on a day when the lighting conditions aren't terribly condusive for `normal` photography that interesting results can be achieved with some tweaking in Photoshop. Although this is different from your usual style it really works for me! I'd like to see more of this type of image.

Beautiful! The vast empty space juxtaposed with the three tiny figures really gives the picture dimension. It again goes to show that the simplest pictures (in terms of content, not effort) often work the best.

beauuuutiful work, dave. would look fantastic in my studio space ;-)

Wow...

What a stunning image. I've never seen one as brilliant and soothing as this one before. You've done such an elegant job that...

I almost wished I lived there.

wow
^^^
that's what I think.

This does look excellent. If this is your worst picture ever, then you must be very good.

Obviously, a lot of the success might be down to how you took a failure and processed in a way that was original. Given that, it's still an excellent photograph.

Can I just say that I LOVE this picture!? It's amazing! It's so clean and pretty and amazing! I don't really know why I like it. Maybe because it's black and white, and maybe because it creates a sense of human smallness in the big, wide world. Maybe it's because it's mostly white... I'm not really sure, but it's gorgeous!

This is shockingly beautiful! I love this photo so much!

This shot stopped me in my tracks and compelled me to comment. Simple and elegant. Well designed and composed - the "afterthought" was a superb one.

it's inspiring.

Makes me think about the origin of man, or the earth or...

I would like the name "Man arriving" or Just Arriving or...

Nice work.

RustyJ

Love the negative space and the sense of size. Great capture and good eye.

I love it.

amazing pic! i love the way most of it is blank white!

sublime...

Where are they coming from ?
Where are they going to ?
An excellent choice for overexposure (pre or post induced). :)

If Dali took B + W photos...!

before read your comment, I thought this is the most imrpressive pics in ur archive! I love white, and the 'happy family ambience' at the edge of dream and reality. the fading horizon is leading to imagination! Impressive work!