islands in the sky (Revere #1)

Melissa suggested the title. Can you see the seagull? This sandcastle was massive!
...ok ok, it was barely knee high and only took a couple hours to make. But I love that it looks so huge in this photo.

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Daedalus42 says:

That is insanely cool... built on driftwood again?
It reminds me more of a drawbridge.. if I ignore the middle sections.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

sandcastlematt says:

thanks Ari - yeah - made it with some driftwood and fishing line I found on Revere Beach this afternoon. Ignore the middle part?! That was the hardest part - had to redo it constantly once the wind picked up.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Daedalus42 says:

Ya, it looked like the toughest section...

it just looks like a drawbridge, or actually, like the old types that would raise and lower for boats, if the middle part is ignored.
I LIKE that part though!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

eva8* says:

wow! very strange and cool. it does look massive!
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*hb19 says:

well tilted, love the this result rather than the completed arch in St; Louis

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ArtsySF © says:

cool image....!

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Daffodilious says:

This is wild! It does indeed look massive--great play with perspective here.

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

down_the_rabbit_hole says:

Brilliant use of perspective and the figure in the background really enhances the effect - stunningly creative work all round
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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Alexander Yates says:

wow!

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pierre pouliquin says:

Yes it does look big on your pic, nice perspective! (:) I like this "drop technic" for sand castles)
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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Alan Jordan says:

Very cool pic!
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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Bob Duck says:

An eye-catcher--not something you see every day!

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Marta Guillén [deleted] says:

haha really nice perspective!! makes it huge

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

_Niah says:

wow
amazing capture

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Steve took it says:

yeh, I has to look at that one for a while.

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Lump Of Hesitation says:

Wonderful use of perspective. The trick has been completely hidden.
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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Saomik says:

Very nice work - it looks like monumental alien sculpture - reminds me of Solaris (the book, not the lame movie)

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Dancing Fish says:

Well done. You're very brave setting out to make this one. I would have had no faith that it would have stood up under its own weight but you pulled it off! Nice one.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Dancing Fish says:

P.S. Great colours in this photo too.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

ElGeko says:

Hahaha... so good use of DOF on this one, excellent, really!
You caught me easy at first, and it's only because you said it in your comment that I understood!
Bravo! :)

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Slybacon says:

Very original
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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Kyle Walton says:

Cool!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

bratan says:

original and cool :-)
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davebushe says:

Very original allright :)

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

niddler says:

like it. 'smallest woman in the world found on beach near reasonably sized sand-structure'.

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

i am brad says:

Awesome perspective.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

sandcastlematt says:

Well, this one seems to have caught a few people by surprise today/last night - thanks to all 23 of you for such nice and interesting comments. This photo was a lot of fun to take - since the castle was relatively easy to make I got to roll around in the sand for too long to admit, finding odd perspectives to snap. My camera is still coughing up sand...

Niddler - love your suggestion for a title; made me laught alot.

Elgeko: never been complemented on DOF before -this is going to my head!

Dancing Fish: The weight isn't a problem, its the fishing line. I made one similar to this a year ago and it failed miserably; this one worked out much better but not quite there yet. My idea was to suspend smallish towers on fishing line between two diagonal elements, so it looks like the middle towers are floating in the void. Maybe if I used thinner fishing line it would camaflauge the trick better, but the real problem is that sand acts quite differently when its hanging like this - very hard to make it stand up and make those nice towers (this has to do with drainage, but I won't get into that). And the wind tosses it everywhere. Maybe I'll just pursue the "drawbridge" idea that Ari mentioned in the first comments next time...

Saomik: I like your interpretation. will have to check out that book, but be sure to avoid the movie.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Beefus says:

I'm running out of adjectives to describe your work so, I'm going to make up my own - Beautiferous!

You should've just let us wonder about the size..would've made for even greater comments :)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Jennifer Kinzig - Jacksonville, FL Photographer says:

Very neat
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

ElGeko says:

Sorry to be the origin of your headache, now, then... :))
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

sandcastlematt says:

Beefus: beautiferous! That's great - in fact, I'm going to make it a tag. Thanks. Yes, I was tempted to just let this one hang out there with no explanation, but I suspect the predominant comment would "how'd you do that?" - the #1 comment from passerbys at the beach. So, felt obligated to answer it upfront. Maybe next I won't...
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

MeetaK says:

LOOKS SO COOL! Nicely taken.

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Valter Jacinto | Algarve - PT says:

Nice shot!

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

.B®am. says:

great shot
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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

isolano. says:

Great!!! It looks big indeed!
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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

pmsmgomes says:

Very nice and amusing pic!
Well done!
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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Peter Collingridge says:

I've never seen a sand castle anything like that before.

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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

frumbert says:

nice
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

snick725 says:

I LOVE DRIP CASTLES!

Check out the one i made in my photos
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

racingsquirrel says:

I like the way that the structure pops out and how the wires are visible. The moving seagull is a nice touch. However, for me, the person walking away grounds this shot and puts the scene into perspective.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

raysto says:

that's quite an acheivement!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Walt K says:

Great shot!! 123faves
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Peli Cans says:

very clever indeed
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Fernanda_Ferreira says:

Fantastic
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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Atlapix says:

Spectacular sandcastle! It seems to be huge.
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Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Krowster says:

Just awesome. I am glad you dropped by my photos and said hello. If you hadn't I wouldn't have discovered this set. Keep this up.!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Vol-au-Vent says:

Oh Matt; here you REALLY outdid yourself. The gulls and the person walking by show the massive scale of your piece of art.... It's truly awesome and amazing. You get a prize for it!!!!

Have many more enjoyable sandcastle days - you're such a nice person!

Please add your
Beautiful photo to--

Beauty is in the *Eye* of the Beholder!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

sandcastlematt says:

I've definitely fallen behind on thanking everyone for their nice comments, so here's some catching up:

Vol-au-Vent: So nice of you to stop by, and thanks for the wonderful invitation - that is a terrific group, and i'm thrilled to add this photo to it. I wanted to make sure that you read the whole caption, though: I hate to admit it, but the castle was actually one of the smallest I made all summer, only 2-3 feet tall and 3-4 feet long! I learned a great lesson on this one: an odd sandcastle is one thing, but a creative photo can make all the difference,
Flickr is a photosharing site, not a sandcastle-sharing site after all!

Krowser: thanks for the visit - i love your own Goldsworthy-esque creations.

Raysto: an achievement? now you're embarrassing me!

Racing Squirrel: I very much appreciate your thoughts, even if I wish the fishing line was a little less obvious - I was really hoping the middle towers would appear to be floating. Maybe next time.

Snick725: thanks, your castle is great - you gotta build some more.

aleatoric_yersinia: well, you're hanging out on the wrong beaches then! My fiance sees things like this more than she would be willing to tell me...
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

azsetik says:

jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.
this is great!

awesome idea & werk!!!!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

mndhemphill says:

what a fantastic hobby!!! makes for some really interesting Photo's keep them coming. well done first time i have ever seen anything like this. Will be sure to tell my friends,
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

ScaryLily says:

Dali-esque and impressive! And such fun to look at your different versions(of photo).
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

sandcastlematt says:

azseitk: love that enthusiasm! Thanks!

mndhemphill: wish I could keep them coming - the days are awfully short and cold; can you wait till may or june?

ScaryLily: dali-esque?! I've heard Goldworthy-esque more than once, but this is a new for me: what a nice thing to say. The b&w one next door iis actually a different photo, taken a few minutes later, but, I agree, they are awfully similar.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Mark Veitch says:

Wow, you have a lot of time on your hands!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

pointybunny says:

Revere Beach definitely needs something this interesting on it! besides Kellys.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Boich says:

amazing perspective - it looks huge
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

sandcastlematt says:

Thanks Mark, Pointybunny, and Boich! I remain amazed by the attention this little picture has generated.
Just bought tickets to Puerto Rico for the end of January - hopefully I'll have the opportunity to make something that can compete with this one...
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

kelly Rae B says:

wow
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jcspl says:

Amazing!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Tina 1960 says:

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this! Well done - both for the castle and the capture!!!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Leela.a says:

Really cool (all of them)! I'm so going to have to visit your sculptures next summer!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

lucy huntzinger says:

That is amazing! What creativity.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

sandcastlematt says:

thanks Lucy - with summer almost here, I'm thrilled to return the beach...soon...
btw: I'm dying to know where all these new viewers are coming from - 2,000+ visits in the last few weeks has me quite curious!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

lucy huntzinger says:

I do a Flickr Group of the Day entry for my online journal; last week I featured the Sandsculptures pool, which is where this caught my eye. Not that I'm responsible for so many new viewers! Congratulations, that's awesome. Your photos are very good.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

sandcastlematt says:

Thanks again Lucy - that's a great online journal. Flickr certainly has an amazing variety of groups, and glad to see the sandcastle groups got the limelinght.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

8ballofwakefield says:

Had me fooled, I thought it looked huge. Cool stuff.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

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