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If there was an annual award for the person to catch the most viral infections in any given year, Libby and I would win. Well, I'd win, and Libby would probably come a close second. I don't know what it is at the moment but we just seem to catch everything that's going and have spent most of this weekend sneezing and bemoaning our fate. We probably need more sleep.

Anyway, life threatening blocked nose aside, I managed to spend a bit of time on Fleetwood beach this afternoon and found this item washed up on the shore. It's not my best beachcombing shot, not least because the light was rather harsh, but I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

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3x2 + HDR + beachcombing + fylde coast
comment by paflechien at 08:36 PM (GMT) on 8 October, 2006

Always great constrat !

What a coast !

comment by Mike at 08:36 PM (GMT) on 8 October, 2006

Great shot David. At first glance it was difficult to get a sense of scale as I wasn't quite sure what the object was. Great tonalilty in the foreground and bold skies as always.

comment by John at 08:53 PM (GMT) on 8 October, 2006

Nice tones and processing but the subject matter leaves me wanting.

comment by [ PIXEL VIKING ] at 09:11 PM (GMT) on 8 October, 2006

I think it's trash :) It's all good though. You do trash well... :)

comment by Samarth at 09:52 PM (GMT) on 8 October, 2006

as u said, light ain't so good....but i like the slightly dramatic feel that the sky has.....and im sort of gla dthat there's no rule of 3rds here....8/10....hope you get better soon...

comment by agonie at 09:55 PM (GMT) on 8 October, 2006

realy great.!!!

comment by Victor at 09:59 PM (GMT) on 8 October, 2006

The tone of your pictures are what consistently keeps me coming back to see more. The detail with the sky is amazing. How did you get this type of effect on this picture?

comment by Eric Hegwer at 11:06 PM (GMT) on 8 October, 2006

After the last few days, here is the Chromasia I know.

comment by Alistair - Digiphotology at 12:05 AM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

I was up here myself this morning, the tide was right in at the time but the sky was wicked. It looks as though you have toned down the sky in this one to lift the main subject, your sort of shot, I love the gritty texture.

comment by Robert at 02:36 AM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

I like it. The dramatic sky makes it seem like more than trash... maybe a piece of wreckage.

comment by Mo Hashim at 02:46 AM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

nice shot, the return of chromasia.

comment by Darren at 06:50 AM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

Loving the skies and contrast!

Found your blog via coolphotoblogs.com

comment by Rog at 07:19 AM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

Great shot David. You definitely have the knack for making a photograph of rubbish good!!

comment by Ronald at 08:07 AM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

Funny that I should come across this page right after looking at yours:
http://www.nourished.com.au/articles/vitamin-d-and-the-flu
- it might just've been for you.

comment by KEN at 08:32 AM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

DON'T YOU GET TIRED OF DOING THE SAME SHOT OVER AND OVER AND OVER?

comment by amanda at 11:04 AM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

can we have a look at your photos Ken?

I love the clouds in this David.

comment by Suby at 11:17 AM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

David, I actually love the lighting on this shot, really good image and pping here as usual. I really need to fing the nearest beach (a couple of hundred miles away) and start taking images like this :)

Suby

comment by JD at 12:08 PM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

Cool. Love the sky - at first I thought it might've been inverted but when I inverted it back it doesn't look like it, which makes it even cooler :-)

comment by Craig Wilson at 01:49 PM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

Nice moody sky - lots of atmosphere.

comment by jelb at 03:25 PM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

Bonjour
Wonderful tones!..and the lighting..Une merveille (french)...

comment by shooter at 04:52 PM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

I like this it's a great find, the composition works and the framing is lovely, the only minor negative is the PP, the masking to the right of the bin has less contrast to the outer edge, and also on the base of the bin. I thought this maybe due to the vignette applied at the end but the bin seems ok...

comment by Karl Baumann at 04:58 PM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

very impressing bw shot, WOW, I love this shot really

comment by Beau at 05:23 PM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

I have no idea what that thing is but it looks like an interesting piece of metal. The toning is excellent and the clouds really add something.

comment by micki at 06:25 PM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

This did turn out quite well!! That sky is wild!

comment by Fred-Eric at 08:03 PM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

Hummmmmm, not sure about this one. the object take to much place in the picture.

comment by djn1 at 10:00 PM (GMT) on 9 October, 2006

Thanks everyone.

Alistair: I didn't tone down the sky, at least not independently of the rest of the shot.

Ronald: thanks for the link.

KEN: no, and don't shout.

comment by alex at 10:48 AM (GMT) on 10 October, 2006

I think the sky is the best bit

comment by Ries at 12:37 PM (GMT) on 11 October, 2006

Nice tones. Great dramatic sky.

comment by pooyan at 09:34 PM (GMT) on 11 October, 2006

great shot

comment by Mohammed Adenwala at 04:55 AM (GMT) on 20 October, 2006

I love the sky! how did you do that?!