LIke this picture, inspired me to go to the beach with my Nikon 5700 and try something similar.
Came second in a local competition last year and hoping to go one better.

This is really fab. Like, really, really good. My wife's comment when summoned to admire it was "It looks like a Dali painting". I think that kind of gives a good measure of the quality!...

When looking at this picture, I indeed feel tranquility.
But for me the strength of this setting is that I also imagine the storm that tore this tree, its violence, and by contrast this makes this picture look even more tranquil.
I really love this one.

Thanks a lot for sharing this instant of tranquility !

Genius. The tree looks like a person dragging themselves across the sand and collapsing into a heap. The shiny reflections in the water are nice. Did you do any post-processing on this image?

I love the photo, but I think it is mistitled. I don't see
tranquility in it, rather a lot of drama.

A tortured, fallen tree helpless against the flotsam which
has gather upon its being, against the indifferent stillness
of sand, clear puddles and an omninous sky! Looks like a
falen warrior left in a battlefield. I think you should rename
it "Torment," and raise its asking price.

Regards, Damian from Calif.

I'm stunned. I really don't have words to describe how beautiful this photo is. Amazing!

i have to commend you on this photo. it's quite beautiful. though i don't quite see 'tranquility' in it either. it seems more gloomy, like some sort of premonition. but i do like how the log there looks so giant in size, as if it is some oddity washed up on the beach, and it is still too early in the morning for anyone to discover it. excellent shot.

Another stunning photo. The dams of water in the bottom are perfect for the photo, and the branch is a good focus point.
Maybe not a 100-comment-post, but maybe 30-40? :D

Wicked-good. Two thumbs up from the Weasel, who loves it.

Ah damn, I really need to move to the beach. That's tranquilty indeed. Nice composition.

I really like this. The lighting and composition are really good. If you carry on putting up such beautiful shots of Blackpool I'll be tempted to move back!

I love the photograph... just not sure if it totally has that tranquility feeling with me. It has part of it, but it also gives me a bit of sadness seeing it dead, with some trash/pollution around it. almost a message of how we're destroying the world. Still though, the colors and composition are great.

Nice photo.

The colors seem surreal... Not in a bad way at all, just different. I really like this photo!

Regards,

You've certainly suceeded in depicting the kind of
tranquility that follows a raging storm ...
_________________________________great lighting!

nothing says "tranquil" to me like standing on the edge of the world, hearing nothing but wind and water, and knowing that there are thousands of miles between me and the next encounter.
i like this one VERY much.

Peaceful, yet slightly sinister at the same time, an interesting mix - I also like the framing, the low viewpoint and the thin strip of sea.

This gives the most unique feeling. The colors are amazing. Great work.

Wonderful. Totally wonderful.

I like the lighting of this one - the way the left hand-side is much lighter than the right side.

For some reason, the log reminds me of a ship-wreck - perhaps because of its dishevelled state, but also the reflection of the three branchs that come together almost in a triangle remind me of a sail!

Glad you managed to follow your current 'reflections' theme too with the water at the front!

Great shot.

Beautiful shot of contemplation and solitude here that is helped by the calming colors. Well done.

This is a beautiful shot!

Incredible photo and I LOVE the drama in it. :) I think people tend to give "tranquility" more meaning than it actually has. It simply means "a state of peace and quiet" which is exactly what this scene contains. Beautiful.

Amazing composition, perfect light and colours...and looking at the left front side angle of the pic, I have the feeling that the water was going to drop from my lap top screen. Superb.

like the way the driftwood seems to cut the photo in half, as if separating sand/sea and sky all by itself
always a great subject to photograph imo :-)
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it reminds me a lot of salvador dali's artwork.. great job :)

That is one cool photo! I'm wondering how big is the driftwood? The scale is kind of difficult to grasp in this one. Not sure about it depicting tranquility either. The sky is certainly tranquil, but it's more like the calm settling over an alien landscape after a devastating intergalactic war has wiped out all intelligent life. Or have I just seen too many sci-fi movies? :) In any event, I give it two thumbs up. lol

What I love about your site is that you seem to be in a process of challenging yourself, and we get the unique experience of watching the development and seeing the results. Photos like this (stunning btw - the angle and the water at the bottom really makes it IMO) really do make me realize that while I -am- learning and growing with my own work, I still am not pushing myself enough. You make me want to be this good. I don't know if I'm explaining myself - anyway it's really cool. :-)

I love this one, Dave. It reminds me of Salvador Dali for some reason. The only thing missing are the melting clocks =) (it's beautiful, really!)

Thanks everyone.

fraxinus: one great thing about the Canon G5 is being able to compose through the LCD rather than the viewfinder; i.e. this was shot just a few inches above the sand. Which, of course, you can do through a viewfinder, but you get way less wet this way ;-)

Charlie: yes, that's the meaning I was going for.

Judith: the driftwood was about five, maybe six feet long.

Tiffany: I think I probably always push myself, but as much as anything else I think I'm lucky to have moved recently; i.e. I now have a totally different environment to photograph. And in many ways that makes things much easier, particularly in terms of finding material to shoot.

I'm surprised that this one isn't in your portfolio. It looks so computer generated...

But know it isn't, very profound.

OMG oh my god! This is SOOOO beautiful!!!
it's poetic, and Dali but with cool warmth.
It gives out this healing effect to a viewer's eye.
You definitely rock.

I just stumbled across your site and am so happy that I did. Your photors are beautiful. And this one looks like a Dali painting.

Interesting, and lonely.