alcatraz :)

Very chromasia type image, the spade is nicely placed and I love the contrasting colours, a very opportune find if indeed it was...

Ahh... similar to a Chromasia image that really caught my eye, and kicked me off into photography as a more serious hobby, and now as a large part of my job.

Cheers, DJN! :-)

(By the way, love the blues, but wish the yellow plastic of the spade was a little more yellow, and a little less green)

No need to speak, great photo

ps: alcatraz, colditz, and so on. I'll explain more at some point.

shooter: it's one of our daughter's spades and I can't now remember whether I placed it or she did.

Arthur: yes, there are a couple of other shots of this spade, taken at much the same time. And I did think about making the spade a little more yellow, but liked the overall cast of this one.

Just love how the spade intersects the horizon line and the contrast between the yellow and blue.

really cool shot I dont think it would have worked with any other colour spade as well as it does here

Excellent shot. THe contrast of the yellow spade and blue water and sky is amazing. I agree with damien that any other color spade would not have worked. Thanks for sharing.

A quintessential chromasia image. I like it :)

David, I'm loving the simplicity of this shot, but the colors make it. Great capture.

Is this shot another LAB processed one?

Brilliant color sheme!
Exactly the style you became known for: chromasiaesk.

very chromasia.

serene, the scene
odd, the spatula.

My favorite for the time being.

I really like this. Reminds me of all those endless summers when I was a child (a good thing to be reminded of as I look out at the gray sky today) and also the Swedish flag.

Suveränt !

spectacular! I love the simplicity. beautiful color and composition... A classic

Like contrast of the yellow spade and blue tones of the water and sky are superb.
Great shot, as always ;-)

Vibrant and graphic - great image!

Nice one, it looks like night shot.

Very nice contrasting of colours. Great shot

superb contrast and fine composition!

Fab! Had to check the exif - thought you'd used flash on the spade - it's so zingy. Don't think that's a proper word - but think you'll get the gist!

Great shot. As everybody is saying the contrast between the blue and yellow is superb.

Great shot as usual... but did you once post a similar pic? Maybe it's just my imagination, but I remember that yellow aginst a blue sky...

Haha, taking and processing a shot like this must be, for you, like going home...

Striking yellow which is quite surprising as there seems to be little light source to make it so vibrant. Great stuff.

Really looks as though there was some flash used to light the spade, but as the exif says not, I'm presuming this is a result of post-processing to darken the sea. Would that be about right?

Hi Dave,
That's some serious archive raiding!
My first reaction was 'Where's Rhowan', and now having checked back to July 1st last year, did you clone out the people on the sand bank at the back?
I must say that I prefer the addition of the 'Nightingale Blue' on this processing.
Look forward to some newer stuff!!

Very intensive color and contrast ! nice to see

truly chromasia!

Great shot! I like the contrasting colors. Very nice.

Same question and thoughts as KJM. Nice framing.

Beautiful colours, strong composition. I love the title and the way that the colours darken on the right-hand side.

Technically perfect, as usual and totally charming as well! I love such a minimalist shots. This one stun with its great effect of complementary contrast of blue and yellow. And the title brings good associations with Moby's song.
Great job!

Great photo. What flash did/do you use? The built in one or something more exotic?

I ask as I can't use my old Cobra on my EOS400D as I'm told it'll fry the camera. Shame, as it work fine on my EOS10. Such is life.

I don't know whether to get a Jessops own brand, Sigma or re-mortgage my house for a Canon Speedlite. You thoughts would be appreiated.

People will just love anything, won't they..
I'm visiting every day for long time now. Months. But I don't write comments. Now I decided to share my thoughts with you.
Initially I loved your photographs. I was truly amazed what a great photographer you are.
But the more photos I saw, the more I knew (e.g. about what is possible to do with a poto in Photoshop), the less I appreciated your work as a photographer. Great Photoshop user, yes, but not a photographer. I noticed that your photos are great not because they are amazing photographs, but because they are amazingly edited and post processed.
I know for you a photograph is a final product, forget the means that led to it. However now I feel dissapointment with many of your works. Many are very similar, like if you run short of ideas. Just top quality post processing remained.
Don't get me wrong. I still think you are far better then majority. However, I really, really think you should photograph mainly people and landscapes - these are truly amazing when you take them. This photo gives me nothing, but when I see e.g. your children captured by you, I look at them for long time.
Hope I expressed well what I meant. And I hope you don't mind.

Great colors.

Thanks everyone, and my apologies for forgetting to mention that I used flash with this one.

Paul: well remembered. And yes, I did clone out a couple of people from the background. They weren't as pronounced in this one, but they were a bit of a distraction.

Chris: I used a 420EX for this one. As for recommending which you should get: I've used the 420EX and 580EX and really like both of them. The 580EX is better, but it's also quite a bit more expensive.

S: if it's not the end result that counts then what is it that makes a good photographer? And, no, I don't mind in the least – I'm always happy to receive constructive critiques.

I think it counts what the picture gives us - it doesn't have to always be perfect quality (like yours are), but it has to give us something - make us think, give us pleasure, teach us something, catch interest of the viewer, I don't know, thinks like that.

Emotions, is the word I was looking for. A good photographer can stirr people's emotions with his works.

Great photo!...and colors..and dof..Bravo!

Me encanta la sencillez de esta imagen y el enorme impacto visual que provoca. Congratulation!

love it.

A wonderful picture. I love it.

Wow, so so so beautiful! Thanks!

Good strong colours of the blade in contrast to the monochrom colour of the sea. typical chromasia --> beautiful shot!

wow:) contrast, colurs, background, idea
vert nice shot!

Classic Chromasia! Thanks for sharing.

PERFECT!