Gorgeous! Stunning light and beautiful water, I love the way you've captured this. Wow, this really is amazing. One of your best, and it even has a great story to go with it. I can't get over the detail and colors in the boat you are on. Really wonderful.

This shot was worth the risk! :) It's very impressive.

Ryan-

Nutters! Lovely shot though - could almost be late afternoon; except for the star trails.

Im feeling cold just looking at this scene again Dave, glad to see you got a few star trails in.
Paul

You surprise me every time. =) Incredible! Fascinating!

Without question, this is my fav' image on Chromasia full stop. Coupled with the late night adventure that you have had - great truely great image. Mal

hehe, great story. Sounds a bit scary. What a super photo you got out of it though. Really excellent.

hehe. Won't be doing that again anytime soon then? :)

It's a fantastic shot. Amazing how creative you can be when stuck in the same place for a couple of hours.

PS: I still think you need some sort of visual indicator for your new navigation method. I just don't think it's all that clear that the left side of the image takes you back and the other forward.

Well it's another cracking shot and I'll bear these tips in mind next time I visit!!

Cheers

The best shot you have posted in months, spectacular image....well worth the near death experience!

Wonderful story behind a beautiful image. The colors are deep and the composition is ace.

Great story, adds human interest to the image. Nice color saturation.

Those colours are amazing and what a crazy story. I can't believe how sharp this is knowing it is a four minute exposure... take care, don't want to loose you :)

Not entirely sure about the composition of this one - my eyes can't really find a distinctive part of the image to rest upon. However I love the colours and gorgeous smoothness of the water. You should answer your emails, and check out my EXIF data on todays shot :P

Chromasia is back!!!!!

Lovely shot, David, the colours are intense and composition is tight. Great to see the long exposure night shots back again.

Nice! I love long exposures.

I like this one best of all the photos of these wrecks. The colors are very pretty. Reminds me a bit of the computer game, Myst.

Fantastic shot, well worth the effort (and I'm sure for a while, the worry)

I am tempted to say, serves you right for getting to take this shot while I am tied up with a wedding. Fantastic image. I shall remember tide times are in GMT when I go out tomorrow evening. Glad you got back safely.

Lovely shot. It's very clean for a 4 minute exposure on the 20D. Also those star trails look very long for 4 minutes. They must move quickly in Britain...

Wow awsome shot again. David, how many Canon lenses do you own?

This is an incredible shot! Great colours, great detail and I'm utterly jealous! You must have a death-wish though :-)

Wow.

beautiful shot and great story... I really like how you've composed it and the long exposure gives the subject matter a wonderful atmosphere. This shot by virtue of what it took to get it is probably worth more than many others! love the story... great stuff.

Color is amazing!!!!

That is a long time to sit on the roof of a wreck, especially with water rising.

The long exposure has done fantasic things to flatten/ soften the water, and all looks totally natural except maybe the sand on the opposite bank. In any case, still much to appreciate.

Can you swim?

;-)

Great shot here David, I was out also late Thursday evening taking some moonlit shots but not quite in the same hazardous conditions as you...

Dave, of course the image is fantastic and I don't really have more accolades than hasn't already been said here. The story matches the image for quality. Who says photographing is a boring hobby, eh? What I'd like to know though is how in the world did you get such a crisp focus on a moving boat? Did Paul get into the water and hold the boat for four minutes? Crazy you Brits! ;-) And what in the world are you going to tell the girls when they want to go out at night to look at the boats anyway? Do as I say, not as I do? Your story still makes me laugh.

Spectacular. We expect some misery for art, but you may have gone a bit overboard, no pun intended. Very nicely done.

i really love the color and texture from your photo's. in this one i also like the feel of the water. it looks so smokey. must be from the long exposure. great work, keep it coming, and i will keep enjoying!

lol great story
I can imagine the phone home "er sweetheart i'm kinda stuck on a boat i'll be home abit late"
Fantastic pic as usual

Bloody hell, were you not worried. That sort of thing is scary. I had a similar experience when young. Happily messing about on the beach, eventually look up and the tide has come in and gone bot sides of me agaisnt the high sea wall. Only got out in the nick of time because someone told me. Quite a panic though. Didn't you think, What happens if this goes another foot or so?

Anyway the image is smashing. Lovely light and the two stars look cool. Still, you had nothing better to do did you. Worth the shot though. Lovely.

Woh, awesome photo! So smooth. Do use some kind of remote for these >30s exposures?

Glad you're ok. Stunning colours and a great image.

Great shot with wonderful colour and composition!!!! What a way to spend an evening and glad you're both ok........ :-)

Not much to say more after all these comments...
I love this picture. Colors, composition, and the effect on the water are great.
I would be curious too to know how you took this photo while water was moving.

incredible colours on this...

this shot is amazing and the story too.
I wanted to try something like that too, but I don't understand how you caught this colors.
Thanks for this sharing.

Love the story and a bloody excellent shot.

This is quite fantastic David. The color tones are so warm and inviting.

This shot is beautiful. What a great story to go along with it too. It reminds me of reading those ISpy books when I was a kid.... those pages were filled with far out scenes just like this one.

What a beautiful shot...the colors, the snenery, even the traces of the stars.

This is one of your most beautiful images, which is a good thing when you consider the ordeal you went through to get it!

What a right pair of tits! :)

Excellent photo from it though, I hope there's more. How about the look on Paul's face as you realised you'd got your tide times wrong.

Sorry everyone - but there is no photo for tonight (sunday) :-(

Dave has been ill this weekend, and has been out all day for a commisioned shoot; so he is now tucked up in bed. And, after he phoned me at midnight on friday to say he was stranded on a boat roof at high tide, I'm pleased to know where he is tonight ! ;-)

Hopefully everything will be back to usual tomorrow.

Bonsoir from France. I like your blog, can I write his name on my blog?

Hope you feel better soon... This is one heck of a shot... even without the amazing story!

long exposure is something i still havent tried. I dont tend to bring my [father's] tripod out with me. All I'm thinking is where you put the tripod with water seemingly all around you. Anyway - beautiful shot.

Get well soon, Dave. (Thanks, Libby :)

Really nice shot, I love the colour saturation and calmness gained by the long exposure. My only comment is that I find the 2 small star trails a little distracting. The image is so clean otherwise the star trails almost seem to be scratches.

Oh... my... god!
What a spectacular shot!! Such rich warm tones for a long exposure.
Let me say "KUDOS!" and let you know the long, cold wait was well appreciated here. Thanks for the effort!! Top notch.

lovely shot! long exposures truly turns those waters into frosted glass...

Beautiful photo. The lighting is excellent. Well done.

Is there anything you won't do for a good shot?
By the way, the results are worth the adventure

Very funky. Like it a lot. I love taking long exposures at night with water in shot...you can get some really nice effects. Fun story also, though I'd imagine it was a bit freaky.

Great shot; so suffering does produce the best art!

Good story to go with it! I do like the sky and startrails...it looks like early morning from the light. Funny to think it was taken in the dead of night...and the way the water is so smooth is really cool. I do like it.

Both the picture and the story behind the picture are amazing...well taken

bloody brilliant, I've recently done a 30 second exposure shot, but how do you know about doing 4 minutes, is it trial and error, or I suppose you just get used the light and how long the exposure needs to be. I can't imagine how you must have felt when you realised you'd got the times wrong :)

fantastic shot, fantastic mood just love this one :-)

One of my favorites so far. Not only a great picture but a very fun story to tell to your grand childrens. It make me feel like being in the middle of a huge nothing. LOVELY. Good to know that you're ok after all. :)

Thanks everyone.

Jamie: I certainly will, but I'll be much better prepared next time ;-)

Jem: what did I miss?

VP: I currently have four, listed here.

Sysagent: yes, I can swim, but not well.

Mark: the boat wasn't moving as it's grounded. Well, I think it was moving a little bit – enough to soften/blur a few of my shots – but it didn't move much.

Mooch: yep, it was a bit worrying for a while.

Christian: yes, I use the TC-80N3.

Dan: the easiest way to calculate the exposure is to crank up the ISO to 3200, take the shot, check the histogram, then calculate for ISO 100.

wow. so many awesome things about this image, most of them have been said over and over. very, very inspiring. love the effect with the long exposure. odd how only a few star trails are visible. that light source off in the distance must be pretty bright after 4 minutes!

Fab. This could be on the front cover of an Iain M Banks "culture" novel

ahah, I like the story as much as the shot itself, which is a lot

What i'd lik to know, is how long afterwards did you have to wait until you could get back off?
when you write your will, just remember me, a 20D would be quite nice

Dude, you are OUT OF CONTROL. In a good way, of course ;) Thanks for another inspiring shot.