In the pool

Severe light from the sun and heavy shadows, but I love the composition and the detail in the water. I took this in film too but had issues with focus, this one is digital - shot in black and white and slightly darkened afterwards.

[Natalie]

Cool b/w!!! I like the sharpness too!

[Dave Schofield]

@nataliestrawberry
thanks! My first time in South Spain, I have been to Madrid, Bilbao, Barcelona before but this was Alicante and it was beautiful, very hot! now I am back in the UK and it is less than half the temperature in degrees C!!

[Jessica]

Beautiful Composition and contrast!

[Natalie]

@chewyteeth Hope you had an awesome time!! I spent a month last summer in the UK and that wasn't summer for me! It was even cold! :P

[Dave Schofield]

@nataliestrawberry
I have a spanish friend here in Manchester and she is always moaning about the weather and the bad food!! ;) I had a great time, I love to swim in the sea, I have to do it every year at least once.

[Meghan Holliday]

very interesting shot! great b/w!

[Dave Schofield]

@shotsbymeg
thanks!

[Weng]

this is my favourite of your 3 images of Megan in Alicante. The B&W works with the severe lighting. It would have been interesting to get a colour image with some fill light - either from the flashgun or a reflector held by a stand - just to see the difference and if you could soften it

[Lorraine]

Love this, it has a 'classic image' feel about it : )

[Michelle]

this one made me think of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRWox-i6aAk

[samantha]

I really like this =) very cool!

[Stacey]

I like the classic look to this. She looks a bit like Scarlett Johansen.

[Miley]

Oooo very nice.

[i'm grace]

I was immediately draw to this photo. nice work. Her face doesn't seem completely in focus, like the water in front of her does. I really like the hard lighting, sometime it can work very well in b&w like in this photo. I love that you captured her almost intense looking expression.

[Hannah]

I love the effect you got with the lighting! It's unique and very cool! Nice job!

[Jase]

Ditto everything said above, good job

[Kim]

whooahhhh! This is amazing! It has an old movie scene vibe about it. I can't put my finger on it, but it definitely looks like a scene out of a B&W movie. awesome. FAV!

[Olivia McCaffrey]

This is amaaaazing, seriously fierce!

[Peter de Graaff]

Like this a lot

[myla]

I like it.

[Vicki K]

I like it a lot as well, very, very nice:)

[Danielle Greenwood]

i love the shadows on her face and a great sense of stillness and movement, if that makes sense

[Amy Spada]

The strong light and shadows are great in this case... beautiful portrait!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Love the patterns, dark shadows work well, Agree with @aspada

[Megsy]

Fabulous

[๏̯͡⊙ Shelly]

Love it. :) Looks like you had a good trip!

[Harry J Benson]

nicely done

[Michael Elliott]

That's a helluva great shot Dave. Fav !

[Molly]

wow, love this. there's a really classic feel to it, almost like a pin up photograph. reminds me of 60's photography actually

[Disha Parekh]

Everything good has probably been said about this, so I agree with above. Bet the sun was awesome. Welcome back to grey :P

[Denise Regan]

Very nice.

[Charli]

Nice one, loving you holiday 'snaps', too cool!

[Yvonne]

Really cool love the sharpness and the perspective

[Kate Williams]

great contrasts here

[Barbora Stredova]

this is such a fantastic picture! Not sure if i had already made a comment on that one or not, but I really love it.
It's one of my favourite from your work