Here't to your "off" days! [raises glass] Makes my "good" days seem like crap-o-la! :)

Thanks Big D!

interesting shot, although it doesn't sing to me like most of your others.

Did you know that this photo is posted twice? This and the previous?

Anyway. I don't care what anyone says, I like this. On the technical side, because of how clean and crisp it is. On the emotional side because this couple can look back at this years down the road, and show it to their child as well.

miklos: thanks, I've deleted the duplicate. And I guess it's the human angle I look about this shot too.

Gourgeous shot! Love the composition, colours and mood. Weel done!

Oh, well this photo certainly appeals to me as well. =) Great colors and composition. BTW where exactly do you live? - Its so beautiful there.

I love the colors in this shot, the reflection in the bottom left looks as though it could be the image, if you isolate it.

Are you up on a pier? You are obviously above them somewhere? And is that fog at the top of the picture?

A lovely shot - you've captured a good moment here - until I saw tthe footmarks I thought they were going to the R, and not the L. Good memories for someone.

Not sure I wouldn't have cropped (or even cloned) out that white wet area at the top. I know you don't like to that, but it's a bit distracting.

nice dave. if I was to use this shot in a publication or ad I'd probably desaturate the blue baseball cap a little... but that's just me.

Chelsea: I live in Blackpool (UK, north west coast).

isolated: no, on the sea-front (which is about twelve feet above the beach at this point. And it's not fog, it's the way the light was catching that particular area of sand.

peterv: I quite like it, in a 'framing the shot' kind of way.

steve: you're quite right. I've now put up a different version where the hat isn't quite so vivid.

you know, the more i look at this one the more i like it. the reflections in the water, ribbed by the sand are excellent!

It's the 'otherworldly-looking-landscape' which catches me here. I realize it's just sand and some water, but the way it's framed makes it appear as something far more unique. The people 'stuck' (because they're carrying the stroller) here give it a good sense of reality. Whatever that means.. :) Anyways, nice!

A pleasant picture - more than a snap but not as 'arty' or conceptual as most of your recent images. The raised vantage point removes any possible distraction while the sand serves to provide a sufficient context. Nice how they are walking through the frame and about to leave it, creating a dynamic element. I think the refelection at the top is OK but is not required to frame the image. What would be nice IMO, is to position the people in the TL portion of the frame and catch more of thier reflection below.

Did you really take 90 pictures (RAW) in an hour while just out walking? Do you keep them all or review and delete as you go? What size CF cards do you have? Are you a shareholder in Lexar or Sandisk? Did you manage to talk to your friends while they visited?

Cheers

darrell: you're right about the composition but I couldn't place them any higher in the frame. Just in front of where they're walking there's a part of the sea-wall that slopes at about 30 to 40 degrees. Normally I wouldn't have minded including it but the sun was so low that all I would have captured would have been a load of blown-out glare.

As for CF cards: I have two Sandisk Ultra II 1GB cards and a 1GB microdrive. And yes, we did talk ;-) My friend is a photographer (who put my 20D to shame by wandering around with a 1Ds an 70-200 f/2.1 IS), so we'd purposely gone out to shoot. With anyone else I think my behaviour might have been construed as impolite ;-)

Dave, you weren't trying to compensate for the percieved superiority of mate's equipment were you? I think your images speak for themselves. The 20D is an excellent camera and as my wife says about my D100: "its not how many megapixels it has but what you do with them that counts". Wise womanly words and why I have no chance of getting a 12 megapixel DSLR for a few years yet!

lol: no I wasn't trying to compensate ;-)

Good photo, but an even better stroller. Those MacLaren Dreamers are built like trucks!

Are both adults laughing? What happens when you crop down to make them more of the focus? Is she engaging the child with her face?

Thanks all :-)

Frank: the woman is laughing and/or talking to the child in the buggy and the man is smiling.

Earlier, peterv commented:

"A lovely shot - you’ve captured a good moment here - until I saw tthe footmarks I thought they were going to the R, and not the L. Good memories for someone."

So did I, because I assumed he would be walking backwards instead of asking his wife to do so! :P

Good point...looks like she's briefing him on just that point!