Down by the board walk

Just returned from a weeks holiday / vacation in Menorca, Spain, so I'm way way behind on posting and commenting.

It will take me a few days to catch up, so this is the start of my 'catching up'.

My weeks worth of photos was just 'beach', 'sea', 'sky', 'waves' and 'weather shots'...so don't expect too many surprises.

This is a board walk that enters the beach from the dunes. I think images like this work well in B/W. It's very much my standard technique of 'shoot from as low as possible' to emphasise angles and lead in lines', but I like the effect it produced.0

I was going to go for grainy black and white...but then there's lots of grains in the sand !!!!!!! Oh err bad pun to begin my posts !!!

I don't know if the image would look better with a figure on the end of the board walk, but nobody came along to oblige and the wife wasn't going to pose in the distance in her bikini !

Anyway, first image of may holiday / vacation

[Kaz]

Love the perspective and the black and White works really well! Hope you had a lovely holiday!

[Juliette Packham]

love this Phil - wondered where you'd gone, glad it was just on holiday! Nice to see you back! great composition and light - BIG thumbs up!

[Tashy]

Gorgeous Phil! I wouldn't have thought to do this in black and white but it really works. I don't think you need a person on the board walk because the shadows on the boards work well on their own. Hope you and 'the wife' had a nice relaxing holiday.

[Jennifer C]

lovely pov and processing!

[ShadowDancer]

Awesome shot, Phil, I really like this. The perspective is well-chosen, and b&w is perfect for this shot. Love the different textures, the clouds, the sand, and the wood...

[andy c]

nice shot to start with Phil.. works well in b&w.
hope you had a good break btw... shame you didn't bring the sun back with you...

[Mags]

Such an inviting looking boardwalk!

[Kerri]

Great black and white

[Constance Brinkley]

A fav. This is a fantastic b&w.

[Sue Wilde]

Welcome back Phil. This shot has wonderful perspective.

[Robin Mersh]

Straight in with the arty shot eh? - The lead in lines work well here, and I like the way that the walkway leads off into nothingness - it gives a comtemplative air to the shot.

[Allison Williams]

Wonderful in B&W. Marked it a fav as it is so evocative.

[Pat Knowles]

Oh Phil your holiday photos are way better than mine !!! This is a fantastic shot, much more sophisticated than my blurred & wet Irish offerings that I have !!!

[John Brown]

Nice B/W shot like the angle.

[Phil Howcroft]

@hobgoblinwychwo cheers john, glad u approve

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat Pat all my shots will be similar though.......it was a beach hol !

[Phil Howcroft]

@allie912 allison, thanks for your kind words, not often one of my pics is described as 'evocative'...many thanks :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@robinmersh yes robin , back with the moody B/W !!!! lol !!

[Phil Howcroft]

@swilde cheers Sue, and thanks for the Welcome Back too :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@seattle ooh constance thanks for the 'fave'...i was pleased as soon as i saw the shot in camera :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@kerristephens kerri, glad u approve of the B/W

[Phil Howcroft]

@marlboromaam thanks marlboromaam, it was a nice location

[Phil Howcroft]

@andycoleborn cheers andy, it's surprising how well beach shots tend to work in B/W

[Phil Howcroft]

@shadowdancer shadow many thanks for the kind words, i'm pleased you see what I saw in the B/W conversion :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@jenrobcarr Jennifer thanks for your support, it was a good scene to shoot !

[Phil Howcroft]

@tashy thanks tashy, very relaxing indeed , back at work now ....two days in and the beach seems a long way away !!!

[Phil Howcroft]

@karendalling kaz many thanks, yes a great holiday thanks

[Phil Howcroft]

@sparkle Juliette thanks for the BIG thumbs up on this...it was one of my early shots of the hol , but i knew as soon as i captured it i had a half decent shot :)

[Judith Greenwood]

Fav for me Phil - great shot - lovely tones. I don't think grainy B&W would have had such a lovely soft effect - soft isn't the word I'm searching for really but it has a lovely quality of light to it.

[peter/zipp]

Superb shot phil, really works well in b&w too.
good to see you back, and yeah, really great shot mate.

[Anita]

This is superb, Phil. Fav!

[Phil Howcroft]

@judithg thanks for the fave Judith :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@sleepdozer57 cheers peter :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@anron anita many thanks for the fave, glad u like

[Julie Upton]

LOVE!

[Ulrika]

love the angle and the b&w awesome FAV :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@tibles Riikka thank you for the kind words and the fave :)

[Sarah Horsfall]

This is lovely, Phil - like Robin said, I love how the boardwalk leads off into the horizon - and great sky, too :o)