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I was going to put up another shot that I took on the same trip as yesterday's image but I was out again last night, this time with John, Paul and Ioannis, so thought I'd put this shot up instead (this is Paul). John has put up a shot of me, taken at around the same time, but Paul and Ioannis haven't put any of theirs up yet.

Oh, and four photobloggers being in the same place at the same time in the northwest of England is, as best I can tell, a new record. I know it's nothing to brag about by US standards, where all major cities now have marauding hordes of them, but it makes a pleasant change over here ;-)

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comment by greg lawler at 07:54 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

very nice!
and congrats on the time magazine rating!!!

comment by Jason at 07:56 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

Wow, I've been coming here a while now, and this one takes the cake. Incredible colors. And at 10 at night, lucky northerners ;)

comment by Mike at 08:13 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

Well, David, I didn't think anything could top yesterday's, but this certainly does. Beautiful picture.

comment by owen at 08:16 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

beautiful sunset. there is a black dot just above the horizon on the left - any idea what that was?

comment by Laurie at 08:23 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

Mother Nature sure knows how to put colors together. Wonderful capture and presentation of a beautiful scene.

comment by djn1 at 08:25 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

Jason: yep, it's great at this time of year. Mid-winter, on the other hand, is an entirely different matter.

owen: it's a bird, or rather it was: I've cloned it out.

comment by Robert at 08:28 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

Yeah, we're everywhere over here in the U.S. ..... Nice colors.

comment by Beth at 08:41 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

Amazing! I love the intense colors in this scene... it is truly beautiful!

comment by Jessyel Ty Gonzalez at 09:04 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

Damn your processing talents David! Oh, and congats on the Time piece!

comment by myla kent at 09:58 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

Just one word for this one, Dave.
WOW.

comment by myla kent at 09:59 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

PS - Regarding TIME.com -- you're welcome (it was my pleasure) :-)

comment by Joann at 10:06 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

Gorgeous!

comment by Andy Cogbill at 10:33 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

Dave, I'm torn on this one. I like the understated colors in John's shot of you, and when I first opened yours I thought it was too "pushed." But, now that I look at it some more, I like the colors in yours. Maybe they're a *tad* pushed, but I still like them. Could've gone either way on this one. I like.

comment by SteveO at 11:25 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

Dave, these colours are amazing, and if you want to top the record and make 5 photobloggers in the Northwest i have asked Paul to give me a shout next time you lot go out and i will see if i can make it. I only live in Liverpool so it shouldnt be too hard for me to get up there.

comment by paul at 11:57 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2005

hey thats me ;) my bum doesnt look to big....great night dave, the beach at fleetwood was an excellent location. You just gotta love that sky.

comment by Kyle at 12:40 AM (GMT) on 25 June, 2005

At first, Paul's tripod looked like chair legs to me. After reading the description... I still prefer to think of it that way: someone out at night, admiring the sunset in a chair on the beach. Yes.

comment by /\/\J at 01:47 AM (GMT) on 25 June, 2005

frikin amazing shot, i love the color and the composition. simply wonderful

comment by Adrian at 03:44 AM (GMT) on 25 June, 2005

Well that's a beautiful palette. The man at right makes the photo, that way it isn't just another shot of a sunset.

comment by Oversleeped at 04:25 AM (GMT) on 25 June, 2005

I like how you captured a fellow photographer's almost rivaling attempt to better absorb the beauty of the moment.

comment by Jarod at 04:44 AM (GMT) on 25 June, 2005

Wow I wish I lived near the beach. I'd be there all the time too.

comment by Ryan Rahn at 05:41 AM (GMT) on 25 June, 2005

Simply amazing! I like how the silhouette is significantly darker than the background.

The colors in this are just unbeatable! Wow.

comment by Liisa Anderson at 09:00 AM (GMT) on 25 June, 2005

simply fabulous!

comment by Rob at 09:24 AM (GMT) on 25 June, 2005

great colors.

comment by Rodrigo Gómez at 01:50 PM (GMT) on 25 June, 2005

Amazin shot, as usual :-)

And here in my city without a nice sunset since sooo many time :-/

Congratulations on the Time Magazine. Well deserved.

comment by Jorge at 04:59 PM (GMT) on 25 June, 2005

Dave I love your night shots. The colors are amazing, sometimes I can't believe that mother nature is such a great painter

comment by Adriana at 06:19 PM (GMT) on 25 June, 2005

Wow. Amazing colora ans its intresting to see at least two different perspectives of the same place. And about photoblogers, you guys are lucky, We don't know any here at Ensenada, so 4 photoblogers is a lot. ;)

comment by djn1 at 06:48 PM (GMT) on 25 June, 2005

Thanks everyone :-)

comment by ps at 10:41 AM (GMT) on 26 June, 2005

beautiful too ;]

comment by koolente at 03:08 PM (GMT) on 26 June, 2005

It's breathtaking!

comment by pablo at 11:09 PM (GMT) on 28 June, 2005

brillante los colores, de verdad da gusto mirar tus fotos, son de una belleza increible .
saludos desde argentina

comment by Jack at 06:50 PM (GMT) on 17 September, 2005

Wow! A Texan stands(sorry sits in awe)..... I only thought I'd recently taken some nice sunsets/sunrises? I hope to learn from a sharing person (such as you) how to improve (deep in the heart of Texas) photos! Thanks for allowing us into your passion(which undoubtedly is overshadowed)by the wonderful gift you have in your beautiful children. Thanks for allowing the objects of your affection to be a part of your photographic heart!