Going viral

It's a phenomenon I've been aware of for many years, and it usually goes as follows: You think you're producing good work but it gets little recognition, but when you just know a performance is mediocre it gets mass acceptance and praise. It's frustrating, but it is exactly what has happened regarding this image.

I took the photograph more or less as a casual snap once I had arrived at the water's edge, and although there was the usual degree of care with the composition, I thought little of it at the time. Processing the file later in the evening, I offhandedly posted it on a local social media site... and it went viral.

Granted, the scene has a bit drama in it, but personally I don't see what all the fuss was about.

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Echo

Almost three weeks into the year and I haven't taken a photograph that I'm pleased with. It's not for the want of trying, but numerous visits to beaches and hikes in the hills haven't produced the goods... until today.

Sunrise at 8am wasn't anything special because of too much cloud cover, but after an hour or so the clouds parted for long enough to give me some fleeting light before rain rolled in from the west.

I particularly like the way the shapes in the wet sand echo those of the sky.

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