Good eye! this is such an ordinary scene that you made look good!

Very good! Made me smile! [It's DarlAston by the way...]

The low light source makes the shot, bringing up all the texture in this piece of broken plastic and sand.

Did you perform a good deed and moved it to the recycle bin after the shot? :)

Adrian: oops, I've changed the title. Thanks.

Guilherme: no, I'm afraid to say that I left it where it was.

simple and beautiful. i like deep red colour of that sign.

Great shot - so was yesterdays and the day before and the day before. I can see the badge idea - nice stuff.

it's another lovely shot. I particularly like the amount of detail that the low light has picked out of the sand.

Really nicely composed, David.

Your sand over there looks a bit like sawdust or that sand dust used on my hobby trainset when I was little.

I really like the contrast of textures.

I love the richness of the red, contrasting against the duller sand, which is laden with detail. - it looks very filmic, with respect to the lighting and shadows. Was that purely the sun?

Never tire of the high contrast, deeply saturated pictures!

Can't beat a low sun, either!

Great stuff, as ever.

as gorgeous as ever...

brilliant creativity

perhaps you can use series numbers for your titles for shots like these?

something like Found #001, or Juxtaposition #002, or Serendipity #003, or Slanted Light #004

just a thought

I really like your photographs

rb

Awesome picture. I guess it does look like a US. police badge.. although you'll never see one until you've attempted to run away and get beat up by them.... then you'll see a whole bunch in your face. Anyways! Great work as always.

David,
There is no reason that an artist (or a craftsman or even a regular bloke) can't title some pieces of his work and simply refer to other pieces as "Untitled." And you are right that this is an image worth sharing. Not everything has to be "striking...innovative... different" (your own words). even though part of the skill of photography can be presenting a fragment or a detail in an interesting (or maybe "striking") way.

what's the background? ground?

Beauty in simple things and a photographer who can capture it. Kudos!

The rich red is a great contrast against the ground. Wonderful eyes.

Nice shot. You can see many interesting things on the beach. I also spend a lot of time photographing on the beach.

I like it - at first I thought it was a broken credit card... well spotted.

well seen. i like the macro - how close were you to the object and how big was it? good work...this is inspiring me to get out and create some more images =)

I can see the police badge-ness of it too, and although maybe its a bit environmently naughty to leave it where it is, im glad you did it means maybe someone else will see it, ponder a thought, take a photo and give so many people a chance to see it.

i agree with rowan too, all your shots get me out and about taking more photos. great inspiration and i finally have my site up and running. woo hoo.

Yeah i can see the badge sort of idea, didnt realise till i read your comment though. The textures are really nice.

I saw the title, and the image, and thought it implied some awful scene of 'officer down!' Its a creative stretch, but I see the badge. The long shadows emphasize the letters and make it more interesting than it might otherwise be. Good color.

Thanks everyone.

owen: yes, just the sun.

such stuff: yes, that's a good idea.

aashish: it's sand.

simple image but outstanding contrast. very nice :)

I would disagree and say it is striking. Juxtaposition of textures, color, and the typography and shadows are brilliant. Really nice.

sometimes i get frustrated when trying to name images.
but if i am able to come up with a brilliant title for a photo, i get this massive sense of satisfaction with myself. makes me feel good for awhile... ;)

Well, you say it is a template...just edit the template to have the date and no title. I am note good at giving images titles...so I don't do it.