Mary's Photoblog
Beside the seaside
Posted by MaryB (Staffordshire, United Kingdom) on 25 July 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.
Scarborough, Nth Yorkshire. just along the coast from Whitby.
They were building and refurbishing Beach Huts along the sea front.
The next few posts are from a day out we had there :)
Just want to say a very big thank you to everyone who has commented on my holiday series so far. I really appreciate you taking the time to look at and to comment on my pics :) Sorry if I've not got around to thanking you all personally.
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Any tips or constructive criticism are welcome :)
I really appreciate all your comments, thank you so much. I'm only sorry I've not got time to respond. I do read all the comments and will try to answer any questions you have
Images by KC Photography from Redmond, United States
Awesome colours! Great picture! Very fun and bright
25 Jul 2007 6:13am
@Images by KC Photography: Thank you KC, they made a really colourful sight :)
Soph from Enghien, Belgium
So great colors! I should be so funny to take holidays there around!
25 Jul 2007 6:34am
@Soph: Thank you Soph :) It was a lovely place to take a holiday :)
Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece
it looks like a cake, please3 send me a slice! ha ha, super colours
25 Jul 2007 6:36am
@Dimitrios: LOL, :D, I think it wouldn't taste too good Dimitrios, cheers! :)
ColNed Pictures from Amersfoort, Netherlands
Lovley colors, great angle for this shot... good eye !
25 Jul 2007 6:39am
@ColNed Pictures: Thank you ColNed :) I tried a couple of different angles, but I think this one worked the best.
Evi from Athens, Greece
Great perspective, lovely colors. A capture which cheers you up!
25 Jul 2007 7:45am
@Evi: Thank you Evi :) I'm glad it has cheered you up.
ally! from Singapore, Singapore
wow i love the colours. looks pretty peaceful too!
25 Jul 2007 8:15am
@ally!: Thank you ally :) it was very peaceful at the time, but maybe not so when the weather gets better and the holiday makers arrive :)
@fly: Aww! 'mI glad it makes you happy fly :)
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
That is one super colourful composition. Well spotted. I bet now they have been painted, those beach hut owners will see their yearly price go up by double.
25 Jul 2007 8:49am
@Richard_Irwin: Thank you Richard :)
there were not many in use while we were there, but that could have been the weather, or more likely you are right and they put up the prices! it was good to see that they have built new ones, and refubished some of the older ones too.
badala from Leiria, Portugal
A totally different perspective! Great colours, very pleasant to look at!!
25 Jul 2007 8:52am
@badala: Thanks badala, I love the shapes and colours, they brightend up the scene :)
Vanessa from United Kingdom
Very vibtrant colours Mary, was that by the beach in the old town or further up the coast?
25 Jul 2007 11:01am
@Vanessa: They looked bright and fresh! it was at north beach Vanessa, and they were still building more!
I did get some funny looks while I was taking the photos, LOL! not too sure, what they thought I was doing!
Cathie et Michel from Paris, France
super, it is really brilliant with all these colors, very good photograph
25 Jul 2007 11:25am
@Cathie et Michel: Thank you Cathie et Michel :) it brightend up the sea front.
@Shahab: Thank you Shahab :) there were lots of these streching along the seafront, all brightly painted.
Katie from Nashville for now..., United States
Love, love, love the color in this shot! Makes me feel like I'm on the beach:) Great work!
25 Jul 2007 1:45pm
@Katie: Thank you Katie :)
I was was really captivated by the shapes and colours.
@Kaddy: Cheers Kaddy :)
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Those European colors. This shot would remind me of my days in Holy Loch, Scotland, except that I don't ever remember it being that sunny in Scotland. Certainly, there was a lot of color in Scotland, which I took to be, in some small measure, compensation for the overcast weather.
25 Jul 2007 2:19pm
@Twelvebit: This was one of the better days for good weather, so we were very lucky :)
@dee: Thank you dee :)
I thought that I wouldn't see this sight again, as most of them are in bad repair, so I was really happy to see that they were improving these, and building new ones.
tyan from Singapore, Singapore
oh i love the rainbow coulours!i like the way u took this pic.So is that why there is nobody here?:)
25 Jul 2007 2:43pm
@tyan: Thank you tyan :)
I think that they were still working on them, some were being used but not these ones.
aggie from Singapore, Singapore
So pretty, beach huts all in a row! Great composition and such vibrant colours. Read that these beach huts are rather limited in number and are very much desired.
25 Jul 2007 2:48pm
@aggie: thanks aggie, yes they can be very expensive if you wished to buy one, at one time in Dorset UK, they were selling at a amazing £160,000!!!! but now they have dropped in price by about half.
@Riya: It was very colourful brightend up the place :)
Wolfgang Prigge from Granby, Canada
Beautiful colors that break up the repetition of the shapes. Good angle!
About the damage to the trees, it was done by beavers, not by muskrats. Beavers are a lot more difficult to photograph though, they are really suspicious and dive at the slightest sign of trouble. For my last weekend's turtle pic, it seems that you got the wrong one. Try the album "Lac Boivin", it's the last one in the list. The other turtles were from April.
25 Jul 2007 3:58pm
@Wolfgang Prigge: Cheers Wolfgang :)
I thought it might have been beavers, but wasn't sure.
Oooops! I'll take another look, thank you.
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
This is a positively colorful and exciting shot; good angle, wonderful composition.
25 Jul 2007 4:24pm
@Viewfinder: Thanks for your kind comments Viewfinder :) I was like a kid in a toy shop when I saw these, so excited :D
Jen from Alpharetta, United States
LOVE IT!!!! Great colors, great PoV, just plain terriffic!!!
25 Jul 2007 4:25pm
@Jen: Thank you Jen, for your extremely kind comment :)
Helgi from Montclair, United States
I am a totally "colorperson", THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!! Thank u Mary!
25 Jul 2007 4:42pm
@Helgi: Awww! I'm really pleased that you like it Helgi :)
Tal from Canada
Great pic! The colours and perspective make it a very fun pic that screams summertime! :)
25 Jul 2007 5:14pm
@Tal: Cheers Tal, for your very kind comments :)
@Pixadilly: Cheers Pixadilly :)
@Michael: Thank you very much Michael :)
wolf from Brussels, Belgium
awesome shot-and-a-half that one! don't get to see a capture like this everyday... well done and I wish that the places around here would be a little more colourful... wolf
25 Jul 2007 5:56pm
@wolf: Thank you wolf, for your very kind comments :)
@Pinto: Thank you Pinto, for your kind comments :)
Tats from Manila, Philippines
cool. very vibrant and warm. love the perspective on this one.
25 Jul 2007 7:12pm
@Tats: Cheers, Tats for your very kind comments :)
@LuisRodrigues: Thank you very much Luis :)
@Stunner: Cheers Stunner, they were so bright and fresh!
@Erik: Thank you Erik!
@Erik: Thank you Erik, the colours were magical :)
tengtan from Melbourne, Australia
Quintessential English beach huts well captured in their full colour glory. I hope to see Scarborough some time. We have a pale imitation at our local Brighton Beach in Melbourne.
BTW I hope you are not too affected by the floods currently davastating Gloucestershire and surrounds.
26 Jul 2007 12:18am
@tengtan: Thank you tengtan,
mercifully we have no problem with the floods where I live, we have been flooded in the past! but we seem to have escaped this time. thank goodness!
@rags: Thanks Rags :)
The weather here today has been very bad, lots and lots of rain! some of the country lanes were flooded so we had to find different ways to get out!
Sunshine is forcast for tomorrow :)
Soodabeh from Yazd, Iran
WOW! This is an excellent colorful photo. I like these brilliant colors, neat houses and full framed scene. Every thing is beautiful here. I love perspective and repitition. Thanks for sharing MaryB. Thanks for your regular comments on my photos too. You are so kind.
26 Jul 2007 4:19am
@Soodabeh: You are very welcome Soodabeh :)
Thank you for your very kind comments too :)
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
Absolutely beautiful, as everyone has already told you. Wonderful colours and great framing. Now don't take this as a criticism, because it's just me thinking out loud on the possibilities here... I do not believe that you have to do any perspective correction on this one, necessarily. I did, however, try it in Photoshop, and found that by dragging both sides, it's possible to line up all the verticals perfectly. It gains in architectual correctness, but in side by side comparison, some may feel that the original has more drama to it. Lovely as it is, in any case.
26 Jul 2007 5:54am
@Andrew Gould: Thank you for your comments, ideas & suggestions Andrew, I'm hoping to get photoshop for my birthday, and then I can try some experimenting :)
@Benetton: Thank you Benetton, for your visit and kind comments :)
Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lovely saturated colors and i love the way you have framed all of them together in this shot. You sure went to the place called "HEAVEN" for a holiday. Cant wait to be there with my camera now. You are tempting me pal. LOL!!!
26 Jul 2007 5:36pm
@Rahul: LOL Rahul, it's not quite heaven, but it's pretty good :D now Cornwall on the south west coast, that's very near to it :) that has amazing scenery.
You are very kind with your comments, I greatly appreciate them :)
@Markus: Thanks Markus, it was great to see them all freshly painted :)
HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States
a rainbow of colors at the beach. Nice. :)
27 Jul 2007 12:21am
@HorseRotorVator: Yes, it was like a rainbow! thank you HRV :)
red queen from Scotland, United Kingdom
Wonder if this is one of the places where a beach hut goes for the price of a small semi:) or they will after folk sees your photographs...
28 Jul 2007 4:19pm
RoBeRt from United States
I LOVE this photo .......the colors are fabulous ...... I would have been dying to post this find !!! GREAT JOB !
29 Jul 2007 1:17am
Bob Israel from Brookfield, WI, United States
Mary, you seem to be on a role with some outstanding images.
1 Aug 2007 8:21pm
@Bob Israel: Thank you Bob, your comments are much appreciated, thanks for stopping by :)
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
Yep, I'm a day late and a dollar short on commenting on this one.. typical of me. This is PERFECTLY framed and executed. Outstanding job!!
2 Aug 2007 4:37pm
@amy: Cheers Amy :) Your comments are very kind and also very welcomed :)
sandrine from Cincinnati, United States
Beautiful colorful photo! I love it! You have some great photos here!
10 Sep 2007 8:05pm
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