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I went up to Fleetwood this afternoon and met up with Richard (www.oipixs.com) who's come over to the UK to visit his brother. We spent a hour or so strolling along the beach in less than pleasant weather, took various photographs, and ended the afternoon with a "frothy coffee" in the café on Rossal Point. It was a good afternoon. Well, socially it was good, but photographically speaking it was a bit of a wash-out and I didn't really get anything I was especially happy with. This one's the best of a bad bunch. Hopefully Richard had more luck than me.

On a related matter: I finish work at the University on Wednesday, so have a busy few days ahead, and as I currently don't have anything else to post I may not put anything up until later in the week. If I do get some time, I'll try and take something worth posting, but I'm not sure it's going to be possible. We'll see.

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comment by Ryano at 10:57 PM (GMT) on 28 January, 2007

awesome! wish i had scenes like this to photograph. love the colour david, nice work!

comment by Photorama at 10:59 PM (GMT) on 28 January, 2007

Really a fantastic pic!
I like the proportions and the motion sensation...
Maybe it is only a bit "green"! (But I know that if it is so green you just wanted as it is)!

Cheers

comment by paolo at 11:23 PM (GMT) on 28 January, 2007

Nice one, I have a very similar shot here. this is a very photogenic sport

comment by Robert at 12:52 AM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

Nice tension between the kite and surfer. I like how the lines almost disappear, as if there something other than cables pulling between the two.

comment by cow implosion at 01:06 AM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

i love how you have neutralized the colours. i had a shot of the same subject put up a few days ago (http://photoimplosion.blogspot.com/2007/01/care-to-join.html from a photography perspective, its nothing. i love the colours though)

comment by Max at 01:20 AM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

Great capture, but I'm not sure I like the color. Sometimes an overcast sky is tough to work with though.

comment by Fabio Giolito at 01:34 AM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

i like it.
and i agree with paolo, it is a photogenic sport.
and i also have one here

Do you have problems with the colors on your photos depending on where you see them? When i see mine in safari they look just like when they were in photoshop or lightroom, but when i see it on a pc it's totally diferent, it's desaturated and darker. First i thought it was a problem with my screen, or maybe some diference between mac/pc... But then I downloaded the Firefox browser, and there they just look like when i see them on a pc. Terrible... I know it will have a difference on everycomputer, but it's happening on the same, and the diference is huge! Your photos look a bit different also, lot less. What color profile do you use? I don't know anymore what i can do... Really sorry to bother you with this question, but i'm kinda desperate to get this color problem fixed, or at least understand it

comment by David Chabashvili at 05:29 AM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

great capture and toning gives a great feel to it!!

comment by Beau Mitchell at 06:44 AM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

Such a simple photo, yet so interesting. I like the framing you used for this shot.

comment by PlasticTV at 07:10 AM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

You have once again shown us why you're a master of simplicity. Two concave curves convey so much strength, precision, and energy.

comment by P.J. at 07:27 AM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

A very wild shot! Nice job!

comment by 西皮士 at 12:17 PM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

interesting。

comment by Christian Wiedel at 01:55 PM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

OMG. I took a shot that's pretty similar to this just a few days ago! Check it out at http://pblog.cutback.org/index.php?showimage=181!

The kite is in almost the exact same spot and the rider also! Spooky! :)

comment by Alice at 02:01 PM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

I like the toning on this one. Nice shot.

comment by YETi at 03:35 PM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

Dave the link at the top www.oipixs.com does not work. Slacker :P

comment by Paul at 04:02 PM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

Well, Richard was supposed to come up and shoot with me but I guess he opted for talent over beauty! 8-P

comment by Crash at 07:13 PM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

spectacular shot!

comment by nferreira at 10:31 PM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

What an incredible coincidence. I took a similar shot back in 2005 (http://theinvisibleman.my-expressions.com/archives/3916_1174770770/92392). :-)

comment by Kennedy at 11:02 PM (GMT) on 29 January, 2007

Wow this is awesome! I really love it. Great work man :D.

comment by MarkDM at 05:51 AM (GMT) on 30 January, 2007

This is a great image - the symmetry between kiteboarder and kite, the contrast between choppy sea and creamy sky. And since everybody else is doing it, I might as well show you mine, which I actually thought was kind of unusual when I posted it.

comment by Claude at 01:03 PM (GMT) on 30 January, 2007

Really a fantastic shot! The composition and the tones are great. Nice work!

comment by rambohoho at 10:00 AM (GMT) on 31 January, 2007

not a day for photography, but could this be a moment for photography? I like it.

comment by djn1 at 05:19 PM (GMT) on 31 January, 2007

Thanks everyone (for your comments and links), and my apologies for the delay in responding, but it's been a hectic couple of days.

Photorama: yes, I do seem to have developed a habit of producing green photographs ;-)

Fabio: I convert mine to the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 colour space before uploading them which is probably the best one for web graphics.

YETi: thanks, I fixed the link.

Paul: sorry about that ;-)

comment by krossi at 09:36 PM (GMT) on 31 January, 2007

very nice shot!

comment by elaine at 11:12 AM (GMT) on 2 February, 2007

Really cool picture, perfectly framed and processed!!! I love the tones u give to your pictures

comment by Roland Maister at 08:01 AM (GMT) on 9 February, 2007

I made a similar photograph last autumn, but I admit this one is much better than mine!

comment by Jeremy at 05:35 PM (GMT) on 25 February, 2007

Kiteboarding seems to be the "in" thing for photography!! :-)
My effort: http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=1930279