This is my fav too. I like it because it shows more context. Great shot Djn

I love how much of the scene you captured, as opposed to yesterday's narrower focus.

great shot! the dark really makes it a bit "dangerous"

Agree with all the above comments , love the fine textural quality on the water surface.
Was just the foreground in sunlight or did you darken the sky down?
Another great shot!

Wow, the black and white works great!

Wow! Great!

If tomorrows is to generate a greater interest than this! Well, this is absolutely fantastic. Mal

It's been said before, but as it was my reaction on first sight.....WOW!

I love this! One of my favourites. The sea looks so powerful!

This is fantastic, this is one of those images that 'comes with sound.' Things look very churned up, I can almost hear the din...

Having just come from watching David Attenborough's BBC programme "Climate Change: Britain Under Threat", which featured Blackpool, it strikes me that this would be a great image to accompany that worrying documentary...

Fantastic shot, David. Love the total darkness of the background; gives a great, scary motive to the shot. Actually the wind was quite scary and feel sorry for the eleven people earlier the week.

The black frame seems to create more luminosity than the white one. I can understand you wanting to darken the sky ...it creates such a full-moon wild sea effect. But surely that is a total distortion from the facts ...? Just a thought David ...
But of course a great bit of creativity all the same.

It's amazing that the pier stands up to this kidn of a beating. Very cool.

Wow, what amazing waves. It's really scary looking.

The pier looks like a toy.

oh, now i understand the last photo !! =)

Lots of character in this shot. I feel like something bad is going on. Love your work David, it has inspired me to start my own blog.

Wonderful shot. Tones & light are magnificent!

Great; real reflection of the winds we've been having of late. My fav of the three too.

Spectacular - this is one of the images that surprises me in that ordinarily it would not have been able to be captured...by that I mean the lighting on the buildings are surprising but still leaving the sea to the sides and back dark. It almost looks to have been specifically lit to allow it to be photographed.

In any case, nice work. Although I bet you were not out there too long with a new camera and reasonably new lens in that wild weather.

You captured a doozy it seems! Nice job! Great processing on it!

I'll bet the original has incredible detail. It's been a while since I've seen a sea this angry, but your shot takes me there.

Great contrasts in this one. Looks like a dark and stormy night. ... Um, sorry about that.

I love it. Excellent work. :). Did you capture and more from the same position?

nice!

very dinamic shot ! great as usual!

Wow those are crazy waves! Beautiful shot of the action

The power of the sea, great captured and good contrast.

great. you captured the elements very well. stunning work and beautiful bw processing!

Moody and full of action and movement. I can hear the wind and waves from here.

Magnificent photograph. The waves are what 'makes' this photo for me. Great work!

Which light, which movement. It misses the noise of the waves. And we plunge… It is splendid .

Outstanding. Dramatic light and storm. Great shot.

Nice lighting and composition. Great shot!

I really wish I had a better word than "WOW" to describe this image! I would love to know your post-processing steps... AWESOME!

Jerry in Tampa

Amazing shot - almost reminds me of those infra red shots you see

Thanks everyone.

This one is certainly my favourite of the three. I can't quite explain why but it's something to do with the juxtaposion of the motion of the waves and the static pier - although I'm sure it didn't feel very static to anybody on in at the time!

It's not dynamic enough, for me. Not enough fluidity in the shot, it seems almost as if someone's pressed the pause button on the video.

I like this one a lot too. After seeing the next shot I can't help but wonder what this one would be like in colour. Although for once I do like it in B&W.

that is a very imprssive shot! great movement!

like the b/w idea ...very powerful feelin' to see waves in action...from this series i must say as many of viewers this is "the one"

Love this, very well captured.

David, you've captured the power of the sea here. I can hear those waves roaring in. This really works in b/w in a way I doubt it would work in color. Great capture--very moody.

this really is outstanding... big fan of this

I love the setting of the photo and the contrast its amazing it's as if I'm looking out my window and that's what I see. It's just so realistic.