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La playa

Posted by
Paco Díaz (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) on 26 July 2010 in Lifestyle & Culture.

Gijón, Asturias

Canon EOS 40D 1/6400 second F/4.5 ISO 400 120 mm

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Bettina from Los Angeles, United States

This is great! I love the perspective, being so far away, the size of the bathers. I really love this!

26 Jul 2010 5:51am

QB from Canada

Lovely tones and reflections, for one. It feels like a painting. The composition is fabulous, with the zig-zag of the reflection... and what would the sociologist make of the space between the people? It's almost as though there is some sort of social rule: this close, but no closer, as we walk. Each person, or couple, or family carving out their own territory, their own place and moment of enjoyment. No doubt it's true on very crowded beaches, too, but everyone is closer together by necessity. Here, there is room to spread out.

Oh, I want to go to the beach now. But it's rather cold here... with an ocean surface temperature of about 11-12 degrees, swimming is... possible, but not so enjoyable.

26 Jul 2010 5:55am

@QB: I agree with your point of view. What I wanted to express also is my own feelings about loneliness amidst the crowd and about the summer here, too hot for me :) Thanks for your time and clever reading of the images.

STEED from Somewhere, France

Fresh !!!!!!!!!

26 Jul 2010 6:08am

MAMYNI from Argenteau-Visé, Belgium

Tous les pieds dans leau !!!! A dit le GO!
Bien vu.

26 Jul 2010 6:46am

Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India

Lovely color and great sense of scale...a lovely shot Paco!!

26 Jul 2010 6:50am

Olivier from Manage, Belgium

Comme sur une patinoire de glace...il y glisse.

26 Jul 2010 7:10am

MK from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

i like this beach scene, great POV

26 Jul 2010 7:18am

Sylvie49 capture image from Vallée de la Loire, France

Sympa cette photo, ce n'est pas la bousculade et tout le monde se balade gentiment !

26 Jul 2010 8:15am

k@ from Paris, France

Quel beau miroir d'été, Paco !

26 Jul 2010 8:37am

El pare from Prepirineu, Andorra

Magnífica imagen, Paco. El corte justo a la altura del paseo descarta elementos que seguramente restarian interés a la escena. La luz y los reflejos son preciosos. Saludos.

26 Jul 2010 8:41am

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

Good view of how the beach looks on Summer time.

26 Jul 2010 9:12am

Marie LC from France

j'aime quand le sable mouillé se fait miroir

26 Jul 2010 9:27am

rem_la from Villiers, France

ca sent bon les vacances !

26 Jul 2010 9:44am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Beautiful . I love these gently shelving beaches with their liquid reflections.

26 Jul 2010 10:22am

Marlowe from Le Havre, France

Les hommes et l'eau, une belle histoire d'amour !

26 Jul 2010 10:27am

Lalena from Barcelona, Spain

Refrescante y amplio paisaje donde la gente pasea tranquila!!

26 Jul 2010 11:18am

Sof from Neuchâtel, Switzerland

La plage et les pieds toujours dans l'eau... très belle image

26 Jul 2010 11:50am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

smooth as glass, astonishing rendition...so many people..so much space between them, makes it a curious and extraordinary photo...

26 Jul 2010 12:23pm

MARIANA from Waterloo, Canada

This is amazing, Paco . I simple love what I see here and these tones and reflection of people are fabulous . Bravo !

26 Jul 2010 12:48pm

Tamara from Aarschot, Belgium

I like your POV, making the people as small as toys ;) The reflections are great too... very nice capture Paco !
Have a great day :)

26 Jul 2010 2:13pm

Shahryar from Isfahan, Iran

great capture ,beautiful shot :)

26 Jul 2010 2:28pm

Sonia Nansid from Stockholm, Sweden

El brillo y los reflejos del agua son fantásticos Paco! Lo primero que he pensado al ver la imagen es que sería perfecta para un efecto Tilt Shif!

26 Jul 2010 2:39pm

@Sonia Nansid: Gracias, Sonia. No conozco ese efecto, ¿qué es y cómo resultaría en mi foto?

JJ from Jersey City, United States

Such a beautiful shot of the beach, love the glistening sand, clearly a popular spot

26 Jul 2010 3:05pm

eva from Rouen, France

joli miroir...

26 Jul 2010 4:08pm

mike from cap d'agde, France

Une petite foule sur un miroir. Très bel effet

26 Jul 2010 4:18pm

❀ Yvonne Simons ❀ from Tilburg, Netherlands

Very refreshing! I like it very much!

26 Jul 2010 5:39pm

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

I like this shot of low tide a lot. It adds a great reflection in the sand. Very nice result.

26 Jul 2010 5:50pm

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

Splendid dance of reflections and patterns, Francisco. Nice.

26 Jul 2010 5:58pm

Sergei Z from Türi, Estonia

Very nice place! I'd like to walk there... it's like a dream... I even can imagine myself there... holding ice cream in my hand and enjoying soft evening sun... Beautiful!

26 Jul 2010 7:41pm

Dulcie from Danville, CA, United States

Ah, humanity at the beach. Wonderful shot. The beautiful tones of light and the reflections really set this image apart....and draw attention to the charm of the many individuals, like so many birds dotting the sand !!

26 Jul 2010 8:06pm

Hasan from Tehran, Iran

Good work ...

26 Jul 2010 8:59pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

I love the reflections.

26 Jul 2010 10:51pm

ryse from bordeaux, France

jolie scène d'été ! J'adore !

26 Jul 2010 11:44pm

Becky from los angeles, United States

Fabulous image - love the brown sand shiny sand - and so many people in the vast seascape.

27 Jul 2010 1:12am

Steve from Atlanta, United States

A great capture! Beautiful reflections and a wonderful perspective.

27 Jul 2010 1:16am

Zion from Bucharest, Romania

really great shot !

27 Jul 2010 3:36pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

I love those reflections on the wet sand and all those people spread about. Lovely!

27 Jul 2010 10:19pm

Sonia Nansid from Stockholm, Sweden

El Tilt Shift es un efecto que da la impresión de miniatura. En este enlace explican un poco lo que es.

28 Jul 2010 5:34pm

Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan

This is a very special composition about how we can be lonely surrounded by crowds...present day sickness of the world. You had the artist's eye at work with this shot...

29 Jul 2010 6:21am

BeLTxA from Menorca, Spain

Que maravilla la marea!

3 Aug 2010 9:21am

el duende from Montpellier, French Polynesia

Estupenda foto, de verdad. Se parece a un cuadro.
Un verdadero documento : la gente mayor (las demás veces solitaria) cuidando de su salud con la ayuda de la naturaleza. Bellíssimo...

8 Aug 2010 9:53am

Canon EOS 40D
1/6400 second
F/4.5
ISO 400
120 mm

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