holy moly! freaky, and great colors.

Cool image. Funny, great colours and again a wonderful sky . I can't work out which way is up. One hundred and fifty odd to go ;)

Wicked shot DJN - any news on the new sprog ?

You stumble upon some great photo opporunities, not taking anything from you as a photographer at all. I have to visit this site everyday ;)Excellent eye for great photo's...

What a fantastic kite! Great capture on the perspective Dave. Lovely colours too :)

Thanks harmony.

Mark: I'm probably being obtuse, but 150 what?

John: no. The cat had kittens, but the sprog is still refusing to make an appearance. That said his due date isn't for another five days so I guess he could hang on for a while yet.

sAm: yes, fortunately for me there's normally quite a lot going on in Blackpool.

DJN: I think he was reffering to the amount of comments you need to beat the other kite shot.

john: yep, you're right. Duh ;-)

I like this but think it looks better rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise.

Those kites... where does he get those wonderful kites...?!

This is fab, but it's definately surpassed by SG-Blackpool If only because the Kite isn't as cool :-)

brilliant. This photoblogging, it's a funny old game...

Great colours again. Was the ball there, or is that a PShop addition?

What an interesting kite. I don't think I've ever seen a kite like it before. Very cool. Also, once again, nice dark sky. And very nice tones on the kite.

Brilliant kite! The sky’s pretty good, too...

:)

Who makes these kites? That's what I want to know. And are they doing it next year?

This kite is crazy.

W O N D E R F U L

the shot, the idea, the subject, the background, the colours... everything about this photo is fantastic.

Crazy shot. Really like the idea :)

the ball looks fake to me because i see wires for the legs but not for the ball.

yeah, I wondered about the ball as well. But I don't think that's djn's style.

Nice colours Dave. The sky is wonderful.

Well your cockiness is at an all time high, but that is certainly okay. Here's one more comment...

Haha! Good catch!

Great humourous pic. Made me smile.

hehe .. such an interesting kite. Great capture. :o)

dude, you're a genious.

hehehe...this is a funny pic. i like the way it's rotated because it makes the pic more surreal. it's nice when you don't instantly know what's going on in a pic and you need to take a couple moments to figure out what's going on.

this is so cool and freaky and unique and colorful.....

fantastic medley!

Wow. I LOVE this!!
This is so cool! The compostition is certainly different, and the vibrant colours against the blue sky just makes me feel...happy. :)

I was wondering if the ball was a kite as well? It makes sense to think that it is, but I can't see the strings...

Did you just throw the ball up in the air at the right time?

i reckon this would be better if vertical :)

Great composition, it is very well framed and the constrast is superb. Love the depth of the sky's color

awesome shot! gr8 composition! really lovely!

I get the impression that your head is next to the kite? ;-) I would very much like to see the original image of the hole kite posted previously although this may spoil some of the magic?

Gosh, what's hell of that, have you been in a festival !!any way i like it

Great colours and the sky is excellent. Think I'm actually addicted to your site now!..... talking of which (addictions that is) seem to recall reading that you gave up the cigs a while back, how's it going? I did the same on Monday and its not that easy!

Haha, fantastic kite, was the ball attached or was it thrown up in the air, i dont see any wires.

Wicked.

This photo was taken at 4:17 PM and the SG-Blackpool kite photo at 4:02 PM the same day. Assuming the kites were flown on the same beach it's amazing how much less stormy the sky appears in only 15 minutes. Or are you toying with us?

Either way, the photos are stunning, as usual. Judging by the visible control lines I'd guess this photo was shot as a vertical and then rotated 90° counterclockwise. Great saturation and skillful masking and feathering. If this is lazy photography as some have indicated, I wonder how they define the time spent creating this overall beautiful work of photo art.

Emma: thanks, and the no-smoking is going ok. I've managed over two months without any cigs but am still using the nicotine lozenges.

SteveO: the ball was part of the kite too. And the wires were visible in the original but I toned them down a bit.

Tom: no, same beach, same sky, 15 minutes apart. This one was taken almost directly upwards (and was actually flipped vertically rather than being rotated) whereas SG-Blackpool was taken facing out to sea. Also, there was no masking on this shot just Selective Color, Hue/Saturation and Curves.

Dah dah dah daaaaaaaaaah! The ball was part of the kite too! Thanks for explaining!

Is he being paid £ridiculous/week to kick that ball around as well? He can't even head the ball properly :)

Great sky. I know it is not the subject of the picture but I am sure it adds to it.

haha! hilarious kite! wonderful vibrant colors.

I love this one, largely due to the subject matter. Kites are just plain cool, and soccer (uh, I mean football) is the best sport on the planet!

haha, that's great. Fantastically vibrant and rich colors as always Dave!

this one made me sit back with a "WHAT THE???" LOL... great shot, love the perspective
thanks

I actually like this one even better, which says a lot because I really liked the last one!

Yeah, this one is nice too.

Great shot! An amazing subject with magnificent colours.

Funny kite! And great colours as ususal.

that is a funny image!(comment nr 49)

Thanks everyone :-)

Wow.. :D I just love this one. Looks so surreal. Great colours and contrast too.

Excellent!

your photos make me want to fly across the pond to see all that is Blackpool :)
[i wonder if Blackpool knows just how lucky it is to have YOU as it's chronicler...]

I would've liked this heaps more if it had been portrait as opposed landscape. Your ability to capture the image though is insurpassable. I don't know if that's how you spell it ;P.