Title • beach combing (south #1)

Of the four in this series this is my favourite, mostly because it has a more other-worldly feel than the others. That said, my wife thinks this is the least interesting of all of them so I'll be interested to hear how you think it compares. Oh, and my wife's favourite is tomorrow's, the final one in this series.

And talking of favourites, I'm really pleased that my recent shot don't look up was awarded a noteworthy in Photo Friday's Best of 2004 challenge. Many, many thanks to everyone who voted for it. It's definitely my favourite shot of 2004.

And finally: thanks for all the votes for the Best of Blog Awards 2004. There are still a couple of days left to vote but it looks like I'm going to end up in third place behind What the Hell Happened Last Night? (currently a fair way out in front) and Sensitive Light (currently in second place). Sadly, as my wife will contest, I'm normally a rather overly competitive person, but in this instance I was pleased to discover that I really don't mind being beaten at all – being nominated and having lots of people vote for me is reward enough.

Oh, try viewing this shot with the dark theme.