Bleak

[Annie D]

Hmm
on phone
will return for a better laptop view

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied Super

[Islandgirl]

Love the clouds in b&w!

[Kate Goring]

Such an incredible sky! Superb shot.

[Graeme Stevens]

@kategoring Thanks very much :)
@radiogirl Thank you very much :)

[maree_sanderson]

is this how you're feeling or a comment on the weather...very fitting image...hope inspiration finds you again soon...(bet it will around 3 am...or at the most inconvenient time of day)...lol

[Graeme Stevens]

@maree_sanderson I'm always bleak to some degree, but this time the weather is joining in

[Annie D]

oh - i like the bird and bleak is a stupid but descriptive word - bleak - keep saying it and it sounds more ridiculous hahaha

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied I know what you mean - the other word that does that is "glad"

[Annie D]

@graemestevens hahahahahahahaha I find it happens with 'from' too

[Swillin' Billy Flynn]

@graemestevens @annied It's "bench" with me.... oh and also "burglar"

[Annie D]

@swillinbillyflynn hahahaha burglar always makes me laugh

[Swillin' Billy Flynn]

@annied You've started me off now....... I have a strange fascination for the word "spatchula" gives me a warm glow somehow. :)

[Walks @ 7]

Looks really great on black- my kinda day at the beach, shore or coast depending on where you are- I don't have to share it with a soul.

[Richard Sayer]

Dark and moody... but the master touch is the bird, holding sea and sky in equilibrium. Fav.

[Annie D]

@swillinbillyflynn spatula is a great word :)

[Maggiemae]

I'm now singing (to myself) "in the bleak midwinter' and feeling confused!

[Rachel]

Very bleak, but you always get great clouds.

[Barbara Webb]

Love those forboding clouds!

[Marnie]

Sure is bleak, but I like it nevertheless. Great timing to capture that bird up there.

[Marnie]

@annied Maybe cos it's so similar to 'bleat'?

[Annie D]

@golftragic oh Marnie lol

[Caroline]

@swillinbillyflynn @annied haha you guys are crazy!! Although kumquat is always amusing to say and I always say "bubbles" with very exaggerated B's but...

[Caroline]

The sky is amazing, but that seagull just makes the whole scene so perfect... Love this Graeme.

[Shari]

Great dramatic sky.

[Graeme Stevens]

@kerosene @golftragic @annied @swillinbillyflynn You people are insane. Which is fine by me, but please allow me to say "bauble".
@sstcowan Thank you very much :)
@kerosene Thanks again - I felt photo bombed at the time but it seems to work
@golftragic Thanks very much :)
@btwebb Thanks very much - we've had lots of those here today
@888rachel Thank you very much :)
@maggiemae I always feel confused ;)
@vignouse Thank you again again ;) I felt photo bombed when that bird arrived!
@joysabin I completely agree - I like my beaches empty, forbidding and threatening ;)

[Annie D]

@graemestevens hahahaha bauble

[tony gig]

Wonderful shot...

[Lori Jane]

Looks like a storm is on the way. Very nice!

[Graeme Stevens]

@tonygig Thanks very much :)
@noko411 thanks very much - it passed through very quickly and politely drenched me!
@annied Tassle

[Yao RL]

Dramatic.

[Annie D]

@graemestevens oh no you don't

[Suse♡]

I love the bleakness here, dratic

[Graeme Stevens]

@susale Thank you very much :)
@yaorenliu Thanks very much :)
@annied I did

[Annie D]

@graemestevens fracas

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied girdle

[Annie D]

@graemestevens moist

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied plump

[Annie D]

@graemestevens heinous

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied Viscous

[Annie D]

@graemestevens meniscus

[sally agnew]

Aha, it definitely is :)

[Barb]

Awesome photo and additions to my vocabulary - couldn't ask for more!

[Kane Arlow]

Looks like good indoors weather.

[Sebastian Gritt]

Amazing sky, Graeme.

[Nicole]

awesome sky!

[Joan Robillard]

Bleak indeed.

[KWind]

Dramatic clouds!

[Jules Hoogstra-Anderson]

Love the ominous looking clouds, awesome shot!

[mikeharris]

Bleak indeed, but looking good.

[Graeme Stevens]

@pools82 @juleshoogstraanderson @kwind @joansmor @nicoleterheide @365projectorgsebgritt @karlow75 @barb_b @hermann Sorry for the bulk reply, thank you all very much

[Rosie Kerr]

Feeling the same way myself, right now, so this is harmonious. I always love the ocean. Lovely dramatic clouds and hovering gull, too.

[Graeme Stevens]

@rosiekerr Thank you very much :)

[David]

Not as bleak as some of your selfies! :-)

[Liz Hammond]

Well its all been said really, but I have to say great shot. It's got a gorgeous bleak feel that would make be happy to be the only one there to see that scene. Great capture and processing.

[Graeme Stevens]

@lizhammond Thank you very much :)
@yrhenwr Yes, well...I'm not one for smiling a lot...

[Caroline]

So I'm out a few days and notice you've fallen behind as well... Must I keep an eye on you Graeme?

[Mona]

Just checking in, to see if you are ok? Do you need some pampering? I miss your pic's.

[Graeme Stevens]

@mona65 I shall return...but thank you for popping by :)
@kerosene I'll be back. Brace yourself.

[maree_sanderson]

was going to ask if you're ok...but others have already done that...so i won't...hopefully you're just out digging something up... :o)

[Graeme Stevens]

@maree_sanderson Soon... ;)

[Tabbycat]

..just as I remember NZ in the Fall....great texture in the clouds!

[Graeme Stevens]

@tabbycat Thanks very much :)