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Too tired to speak this evening but did want to mention that other than a Curves adjustment and a 180 degree rotation, this is a straight shot.

Update: I've entered this photograph in this week's Photo Friday challenge – Action. It's not entirely suitable, but I've missed loads of challenges recently and wanted to enter this one.

8.13pm on 12/5/05

Canon 20D

100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

f/5.6

1/250

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100

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C1 Pro

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3x2 + children + fylde coast + photo friday
comment by bmoll at 10:15 PM (GMT) on 12 May, 2005

Fabulous. Reminds fire, indeed. Or a sort of other world - and the person looks like if she (or he) was an integral part of it. Fine piece of art, well done.

comment by Kayleigh at 10:16 PM (GMT) on 12 May, 2005

Love. love. it.

comment by andrew at 10:24 PM (GMT) on 12 May, 2005

intersting

comment by garth at 10:27 PM (GMT) on 12 May, 2005

oh wow....that is groovy

comment by twb at 10:51 PM (GMT) on 12 May, 2005

Simply superb! You seem to be the master of reflections in water photos!

comment by Weston Boyd at 10:56 PM (GMT) on 12 May, 2005

Very cool.

comment by fraxinus at 11:04 PM (GMT) on 12 May, 2005

Great piece of observation and composition - and yet another sunny evening in Blackpool!

comment by Adrian at 12:38 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

It's like a picture from Van Gogh. Impressive.

comment by aashish vishnoi at 01:12 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

amazing! the orange and the reds give a gr8 look at the picture!

comment by Daivd S at 01:14 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

Another example of why your photo-blog is rated number 1. The colour, the composition, the texture!

comment by bryanj at 02:26 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

Fascinating, This is a really remarkable shot. The balance is perfect. The lighting could also not be better.

comment by jeffry at 03:20 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

it's scary and dangerous...

comment by Pramesh at 04:26 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

i've been thinking that i should be more critical of people's posts to help them, constructively, but there's nothing i can think of that would make this photo better. i love it david.

comment by Alexander at 04:42 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

Wonderful composition. Very good eye.

comment by juan at 04:47 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

but the picture is great.

comment by juan at 04:51 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

right,right,right. vangogh tomo una fota sin ........ absolutly incredible.

comment by jcyrhs at 07:28 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

Good luck with the challenge... this is an awesome picture... looks like myraid or something.

comment by Jem at 09:38 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

Incredible use of colours and reflection! Brilliant shot David :)

comment by claus at 01:28 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

WOW! (too tired to speak *g*)

comment by Jorge at 01:56 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

wow dave that's a amazing shot.

comment by Jonny at 02:27 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

Speaking of Photo Friday, I was going through your archives and read at one point that you wanted to give your children a Photo Friday account so they could submit entries? Did that ever take off? Children's photographs are always so interesting.

comment by Reza at 02:31 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

one of the best up side done shot i have seen, great job

comment by Trish at 03:07 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

I absolutely love your pictures. I emailed this one to all my friends!!!:):):) Just AWESOME!

comment by Vivien at 04:31 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

This shot is so awesome! I just had to laugh because only when I saw the comments I realized what this picture really shows.
When I entered this site, I was like, "Oh my God, what is this?" And I was shocked. I thought there was a big fire coming out of some coke cans or so and I wondered why the smoke was in such a weird direction. The fence or whatever this yellow stuff on the ground is seemed like fire to me too.
Then I read the comments and recognized that I was completely wrong...

This is funny. Greetings from Germany.

comment by paul at 05:08 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

hmm now where is this exactly ;) , this is a cracker dave.

comment by juan at 05:45 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

¿porque baila sola?

comment by Simon C at 06:19 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

This is your best shot in a while. Beautiful balance of colour and texture.

comment by Jez Coulson at 06:51 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

For me this has initially the vibrant impact and dynamism of maybe burning oilwells on the horizon through a heat haze. Hang on. Then you see it as a reflection in water. A subject that is traditionally vvv tranquill.For me its an interesting contradiction. Nice one. JC in NYC

comment by /\/\J at 07:02 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

amazing shot, i love it! really wondering what this is...cool though

comment by maria at 07:47 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

exuses david juan is my son and he has been playing whit your work, hes is just 7 years old . thanks maria. keep it working Bro you are amazing.

comment by djn1 at 07:59 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

Thanks everyone.

Jonny: no, we didn't keep up with my daughter's doing Photo Friday.

Paul: somewhere between the North and Central piers, but even I can't work out what the background is. I wish I'd been paying attention at the time though as I'd like to use it again.

maria: no worries.

comment by Anand Sankaran at 10:30 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2005

Very creative, very classy. Well done.

comment by Salini at 09:06 PM (GMT) on 15 May, 2005

i can see why you're the top blog. cool shot indeed...

comment by m at 08:41 PM (GMT) on 16 May, 2005

If I did not think I know who this is, then I'd say an image from the Vietnam war.

comment by zeronine at 05:20 PM (GMT) on 17 May, 2005

awesome photo. I would like to see the effect just on the girl.