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...and the road leads to nowhere

Taken in a strong cross wind, and from well above head height, this was a trickier shot to achieve than you might think. Although the decking needed little attention, I did hold back the blues for a muted, softer & more dream-like result.

It has just occurred to me that this image might make quite a nice wrap cover for a paperback book...

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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2009

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Toward eternity...

Saltburn's famous, if slightly truncated, Victorian promenade still ventures a fair way out into the surf, but at low tide it's stantions take on a sculptural quality all their own...

Getting the DoF, and retaining sharpness in the waves & clouds wasn't easy as everything seemed to be scudding & rolling by at a fair crack, although in still form a deceptive air of almost hypnotic, languid calm sets in...

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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2009

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Questions in a World of Blue

Alone on a breezy spring afternoon at Saltburn pier,- one of the few remaining Victorian promenades in England...

Something about this shot makes me wonder if someone has just left, or is about to sit down, what their story might be, whether they are happy or sad. Isolation can be beautiful and tragic all at once...

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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2009

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Headland

The heavily eroded cliffs that overlook the cove at Saltburn are impressive enough, but against the might of the sea and the expanse of the sky, even their time hewn majesty pales a little...

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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2009

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Kein zuruck für dich...

My first ever live explore... to my local half finished sports centre. This was the only photogenic part - under the swimming pool grandstand.

Typical of my local thieving, self congratulating council though - annex a large green space that was open to all for free recreation - running, football, walking, picnics, safe children's play area, waste a few million pounds of our tax money building a great big breeze block turd on it, with limited appeal [one swimming pool, a gym hall, and overblown refreshments area], and then make us all pay a 2nd time for the 'privilege' of going in the place!

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Uploaded on May 26, 2009

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