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We're into the conference and awards season now and October passed in a whirlwind of motorways, hotel rooms and conference centres. November looks like being similarly busy, working with some great new clients and so inevitably the blog has taken a back seat. On the subject of travel, my Toyota has now been replaced after five years and 96,000 miles of faultless service. Clients who were amazed by just how much equipment could be packed into the old car will be able to see me hone the trick still further with an even smaller car, a Mazda 2 Tamura. Googling Tamura reveals it to be either the name of a Samurai warrior clan or a new town in the Fukishima prefecture. Either is pretty cool, although I'll lean towards the former. I've made my career out of Japanese products and it seems like this is the time to support the Japanese workforce in return, given the events of the past year. Why a smaller car? In a word, parking. Driving daily in London, when I come to park I'm often taking the only place left, the one no one else can get into and parking spots, particularly in hotels and multistorey car parks seem to be getting smaller every day.
To the picture: I managed to grab a few days on the coast and am exploring seascapes. This image was made with the last last seconds of daylight. I was rewarded by a good soaking from behind when this wave receded. Interesting that the last time something similar happened, the F5 I was using at the time was written off. My D3 and 14-24mm lens escaped unscathed, largely due to improved weather sealing between the lens and body. Although it may not be visible in the web version of this image, I'm also experimenting with subtle colour shifts in the shadows via channel masks in Photoshop.
