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Things will probably be quite quiet on chromasia this week as I'm going away on the 20th, won't be back to the 6th, and have loads of things to organise before I go. In other words I'm not sure how often I'll be posting. I will try and get something up. On a more positive note: the good news is that I'm going somewhere interesting and will be spending almost all of the first week taking photographs, so I should have some good stuff to put up next week.

As for this one: I don't have much to say about it other than that I wondered what it was she was holding in her hands. I suspect it was just something she had picked up from the beach, but the way in which she's holding it caught my attention.

Unusually, this is a more drastic crop than I usually apply, but had I waited till I was a bit closer I would have missed the shot. If you're interested, the original is here:

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2.36pm on 27/1/08
Canon 1Ds Mark II
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3x2 + HDR + fylde coast [scenic] + people
comment by shooter at 07:43 PM (GMT) on 14 April, 2008

Fleetwood in all it's glory, this is certainly my kind of shot, gotta love those tones....

comment by Thatch at 07:45 PM (GMT) on 14 April, 2008

Is it the same as whats in the suitcase in Pulp fiction?

comment by ahf at 08:00 PM (GMT) on 14 April, 2008

Maybe it's the heel that's broken off her boot. Gotta love the right choice of footwear.

comment by Ed O'Keeffe at 08:12 PM (GMT) on 14 April, 2008

I would have thought this photograph would be improved if the figure was looking the other way - towards the building. Maybe?

comment by csj @ id7.co.uk at 08:43 PM (GMT) on 14 April, 2008

I can't wait til you get back to let us know where you are going......Is there room in your suitcase for one more?.... I think shes holding someones ashes....or a tiny rodent! csj

comment by E y e V i s i o n at 08:47 PM (GMT) on 14 April, 2008

Nice moment and captured well. The cloning on the right is not a perfect job otherwise. The colors are fantastic again just as usually.

comment by Jennifer at 08:53 PM (GMT) on 14 April, 2008

Lovely shot. Hope you have an interesting and fruitful trip!

comment by owen at 10:00 PM (GMT) on 14 April, 2008

Brilliant. Love the building in the background too :-) A good mix of old and new.

comment by navtej kohli at 06:26 AM (GMT) on 15 April, 2008

Very nice picture indeed. The effects of the clouds is very well blended.

comment by bryan k. at 07:21 AM (GMT) on 15 April, 2008

yes, the way she is holding that thing and looking at it makes the whole shot. i like how close you cropped her to the edge of the frame. it makes the thing in her hands and the buildings quite... somber? ominous? both? nice one!

comment by Benjamin at 09:02 AM (GMT) on 15 April, 2008

really amazing photograph
great coloring

comment by Marcello at 10:12 AM (GMT) on 15 April, 2008

I prefer the original one.

comment by Josef Renklint at 04:51 PM (GMT) on 15 April, 2008

Superbly composed photo. Good work.

comment by Martin at 08:06 PM (GMT) on 15 April, 2008

Hey, really interesting to see from viewing the original what you clone out and what you leave in the image. Maybe you could cover that process in one of your tutorials?

comment by thomas mueller at 09:04 AM (GMT) on 16 April, 2008

i like the details all over and the distance between you and the girl. well composed with the lighthouse and the modern building next to it.

comment by djn1 at 11:18 AM (GMT) on 17 April, 2008

Thanks all.

Ed: I think I prefer her facing away from things as it isolates her more.

csj: sadly, my suitcase is already bulging. Well, it will be when I can get around to packing.

E y e V i s i o n: you're right, there are a couple of cloning errors.