Oh my, it's gorgeous! I prefer the colour version, the way the light fades left to right. And the light on some of the pebbles in the foreground is lovely too. Love it.

First ! lol

This one's crasy ! people on the left, the light, the colour...

just chromasia... and no other words can describe it.

I dunno I love the winter colours. Both images are great and your are an inspiration.

hehe great when someone takes so long to post that they actually miss out on being first :)

btw. there's a problem with archive page. under firefox is ok, but under IE the right-hand sidebar is at the bottom of the page :|

I love how this has a zig-zag effect. Moving in diagonals all the way from top to bottom. Just gorgeous. I like the color best, too

Love the winter colours ! and the discreet presence of the two guys on the left. Nice shot ! and great photo blog !

Off to a terrific start. I love the color in this one. Nicely done.

Wow, wow, wow... I LOVE the color version. It has a magic that the monochrome doesn't.

Both the monochrome and color are superb. I do prefer the color, though. You have been amazing lately, Mr Nighingale. I only wish I could be as talented as you are.

Fantastic landscape shot, great colours!

I prefer the coloured version. The red colours makes the shot a bit more dramatic than the monochrome version. Congratulations for your smooth changing of severs...

I like the color version, the sky looks much more wild in this one.

The color version is much better, that's from a b&w lover. It is almost a duotone with more depth, more subtlety, more emotion, warmer than the b&w. The composition and crop are excellent. The two silhouettes give the shot life and scale. And did I mention the very nice crop ...?

[Technical note: the shot came up much slower than usual, with the scan very noticeable. Could be a dozen reasons and none related to the new server but I mention it just to enter into the log.]

Very nice image. Refreshingly different from your other beach images. I really like the color version, I think it has a lot more punch than its monochrome counterpart. The people add a great focal point too.

it's been a long time since i wrote anything on your ever popular blog...

The post processing in this one is still a touch too much for my taste (especially the vignetting at the bottom right). Some thing that continues to amaze me is how you always manage to frame some human touch into the otherwise boring natural landscapre. The sloping shore/breakwater unbalances the horizontal rule of landscapre although it helps to lead attention to the couple. The warm tones chosen for the photo makes the far background loses details through mist since these colours have shorter wavelength. Nice cropping.

Excellent! I perfer the B&W though.

I must move back to the beach! :(

This color version is much better in my humble opinion. It's more warm and the human figures gain another emotional perspective.

Beautiful shot. The foreground, shoreline, people in the distance, and little cloud lines all create a very pleasing path for the eye to follow.

Sorry. I'm embarrassed. But what does 2x1 cropping mean? Is that just a ratio? I don't think I've seen you use that before. Jay

Holy cow, this is just goregous. One of my faves of yours, David.

Everything seems to be perfect with this shot. From the yellowish sky to the mist and from t he round wet stones to the two people walking. Had you taken this shot a few days ago, you could have used it for a New Year card.

Absolutely gorgeous picture. I don't know what else to say. Just... wow. You sure have some photogenic beaches over there across the pond.

Thanks for fixing those RSS feeds too. You're great!

I saw the black and white version and I really liked it, but for some reason I prefer the color one. I think is because it allows me to appreciate the depthness of the sky and the mood of the entire environment clearer than the other one. If this is what you manage to get with winter when it sucks, what can you do with a day that doesn't suck? Well I think we all have seen the thinks you do. Have a nice day.

Love this picture, its got so many bits and bobs to it.

Brilliant.

Good composition but why not improve depth of field with a higher f-stop?

I like the B&W version, but the colour one really leaps out at you! Great shot— like the 2:1 crop.

I notice you tend to shoot with a negative exposure bias—do you find the metering tends to blow out the highlights (my 350 seems to...), or is there another reason?

Great stuff.

Jay -- you're right -- it's the ratio he used for the crop. If you check the image properties, it's 900 pixels wide by 450 pixels high, or a 2:1 ratio.

I really like this. I'd have to say I definitely prefer the black and white version. I think that the less-than-exciting colors detract from the beautiful light in this image. Strip away those distracting colors and that light is really powerful.
Also, I find it really interesting that you shoot at f/5.6 for many of your shots, even the ones that have deep depth of field. Seeing you produce such great images with such deep DOF at f/5.6 is making me rethink how I use my own Canon 17-40mm. Do you find that f/5.6 is the "sweet spot" in terms of sharpness? Just wondering what the downside of a smaller aperture would be. It looks like you had shutter speed to burn (1/500sec)!

I think I actually prefer the way the light reflects off the rocks in the B&W version, but you did a fantastic job with the color for having had such difficulties, which I prefer over the B&W on the whole, as I'm experiencing the same sucking out of color in my neck of the woods and crave any hint of color at this point.

The foreground lighting is really really nice.

i'm wordless..
you take my breath away..

Very nice. A bit moody. I like the pastels. The people on the far left give the photo a great context.

It all has been said already, so I'll simply say, ... "stunning"!

Very nice!!!

I myself think that the winter offers great opportunities to shoot by the sea. Combine clouds, a rough sea and the winter colours and you have a recipe for potential great photos...

This is a wonderful shot I really like the reflection of the light in the wet stone in the foreground.

The aspect ratio does wonders for this image, as do the colors and everything else :)

sorry mate, I really like the first one. The second one has nothing wrong with it, I just show favoritism towards the nice brown hues. Nothing like rich Earth tones. Sure it's drab, but that just establishes a mood that fits the photo. No point in changing the atmosphere-- especially when it's so captivating (I also really like the two personages on the rocks. It certainly recreates the image, and takes the dominant focus of viewers, when you'd expect the towering clouds, or even the crisp rocks in the foreground to take the lead.

First have to say I like your new about page. Compared to the old one it is more comprehensive and satisfied my curiosity completely :)

Coming to the image, I prfer the b/w version too. Somehow the beauty of the rocks and water comes out best in that version.

This is wonderful. I agree, much nicer than the b&w one. I love the winter light.

Plus the obligatory 'chromasia is wonderful' comment of course..

Thanks everyone, and I'm glad to see that a couple of you prefer the monochrome version :-)

As for using f/5.6: at 17mm if you focus at around 3m the DoF will extend from 1.5m to infinity. If I'd been thinking about it, I'd probably have used f/8.0, but I pretty much tend to stick with f/5.6 at this focal length.

:-)

Gorgeous image. Love the breadth of landscape, and the aloneness of those hugging its edge...

I love the colour one better Dave. It's much richer. The B&W needs to be more contrasty IMHO to compete. I'm a huge fan of panoramic formats so it was nice to see a perspective reminiscent of the Linhoff/Horseman 612. As for 5.6 I'd never have considered this I'm pretty much set at f16 for landscapes, although with the Sigma 10-20 on my 20D I've going back to f10 or so. Great work as usual!
Sean

I like this version. it's just simply surreal!

Best for a while

Wonderful clarity. Love the colors and lighting. The aspect ratio yields itself very well to the composition of this shot.

I love the color version of this image. It is stunning, as always.

Hi Dave,
I prefer B/W in general but this one I like best in color. It's still almost monocromatic for the range is very narrow, only in the sky and in some reflections on the pebbles, but the quality of light make this image memorable.

I love this photo, the sky and the colors are very attractive

Lovely colour on this one.

Your rss feed at http://www.chromasia.com/iblog/index.xml seems to only show things up to new years day, at least on bloglines. Would you like to investigate?