I think the similarity between sea and sky is remarkable - you could work this as a 'plus' in this image. Just imagine if the sea and sky were seamless - and endless...

10,000 views cracked - now on to 1,000 posts...

While analogies and metaphor are limited in their application and eventually break down, I wonder if this is a bit like saying that 'autopilots are the enemy of aviation'? Ironic, as they are affectionately known in the industry as 'G' - for George...

The point is though surely, that it's not the application itself, rather it is how one uses the application? Yes, it may have the potential to be 'mis-used'. Then, so have many other things. Does that make them inherently 'bad'?

What, then, is misuse? What is appropriate use? And - who defines those things? And why?

Tim,

Ditto in the Middle East.

Ken,

You might have been one of the kids like me - putting metal eating utensils into powerpoints when we were very (very) little, getting bowled over backwards, and then trying it again to find out what the hell just happened there?

They are visibly very different conditions Glyn...

Mike,

Commiserations - are you sure there was no damage to the camera (esp. to the hotshoe area)?

BTW - well done on your weekly comp entry

Hmm... Sometimes getting out old lenses unearths a bit more than good glass, eh?

It sounds like you were not only close to the people, but also to the events of the day.

Vale to those people, and a penny for your thoughts. Chin up (easy to say - I know).

The plaque is interesting - are the numbers beside each of the deceased's names their years of birth in chronological order? Can't work out what else they would signify...

I've not seen just the years of birth appended on a plaque.

It appears to have done a good grab through the glass.