Great perspective Dave. And the colour and detail is glorious. As to why it's called 63 years - Is that how old you felt balancing 2 feet above the ground ;), or is that how old the groyne is?

You havent had much time to process other images because you have been too busy counting rings in the wood =)

I would have somehow got my foot in the shot...good angle though. I like the background though.

My guess is that he titled it 63 years because that's how many rings there are (I didn't count, but a guess).

jumps out the screen! 63 years? is this a quiz..........maybe how long there has been a post there. great shot.

I tried to count but the last 20 odd need to be felt :-)

Fantastic shot, Dave! I was curious about the title of this photo but now i think I understand the reason for it. But how exactly did you get that number. I counted the rings but got lost somewhere in between. : )

63 was an estimate ;-)

Excellent perspective and lighting. A typical Chromasia shot! ;-)

There is something disturbing about this shot. Now that I've read your description I can see it for what it is, but even so my mind can flip back to its original thought - better not get too close in case this gets pushed out of the frame and into my face.

The post explodes out of the frame. Great tone and feel on the wood-- looks like you'd get splinters touching the screen. The fact that it's positioned as shot --no cropping -- makes your balancing act even more impressive.

great texture and color. amazing dop. i love it.

I agree with phil above, this is a great chromasia-esque shot. the colors are amazing.

Great shot.

I make it 65 to the very corner... :-)

Chromasia got my vote at the bloggies!

This is an awesome shot Dave thanks.
63 years...count the circles! The age of the tree right?

Great composition, it's begging to be touched!!

I can't believe I just spent several minutes actually counting the rings!

Lovely lighting. Makes me want to get out there on a clear evening...

fantastic angle, clarity and texture, i love how you find new perspectives.

What a life... 63 years and turned into a fence post!

Great shot David

I such a sucker for great, textured wood grain. Great perspective. Wonderful warm colors.

One of my favorite times of day, when the sun is setting but night is already rising, and you caught it exactly.

This is what I would call an artist's eye ! Or how to render usual objects in an aesthetically stunning way. For many people, this would simply be a piece of wood. Your talent makes it alive. Like a small slice of a living tree. It's great !
Thanks a lot.

simply amazing...i love the texture

Nice DOF.

gorgeous colour and texture! i love it!

Excellent. The texture is what makes this shot.

Good perspective and clarity.

Great perspective, it was worth the balancing act. The plank does look like its going to pop out of my screen!

Nice shot.

Absolutly great shot. I like the grain and the color of the wood and how you arranged that.

great textures, tones, composoition, contrast.

One of the best of your recent shots, can't wait to see the next

Well i had better not say anything, for fear of you pushing me off a two inch wide groyne if you were ever to meet me! Its... different :-P

I love the colour, texture and tone to this image. Great light and angle.

Hi Dave,
Cool perspective and well-thought of title:)
I like the warm light, which really complements the txture of the wood.

Wonderful shot. The texture, lighting, and coloration is perfect. And the choice of orientation is great -- if you rotate the shot 90-degrees counterclockwise (which is probably how you took the picture), it loses quite a bit. But as it is, it's quite an interesting image. Good job!

Great shot with wonderful light.

This photo immediately popped out at me. I really like it. I really like the sharpness of the wood texture. Neat.

I thank you for putting yourself at physical risk to bring these images to us. ;-)

Congratulations on becoming a finalist on the Bloggies! I think that's great!

This is very abstract great use of negative space. The warm light has really brought out the wood texture.

The colour saturation looks great and the selective DOF works really well.

Thanks everyone, I was pleased with this one too.

exceptional clarity and three dimensional quality

ok
i got u
u catched that sunlight.

Interesting perspective - made me think of Dali's Christ - beautiful light, comforting grain and colour versus the hazardous angle

Now if is isn't an excellent composition, I don't know what is.