More aerial shenanigans

It's not every day you get the chance to take some photos from a basket hanging under a crane nearly 200 feet above Brighton beach so I'm sure you'll forgive me for using one more from the weekend's bungee shoot (get me, I'm calling it a 'shoot'). In fact I reserve the right to use more of these if the mood takes me and I don't find anything fresher to offer. I very much look forward to spending some time really getting to know the new camera properly and then practising with it. Right now I feel somewhat out of my depth - both with the camera and the new wide-angle lens - but I'm seeing this as an opportunity to learn stuff, once the pesky job is behind me.

Beach volleyball

It took me ages to choose this image. It's not the best one I took today - I think this one's better (if the seagull was in focus and I'd framed it a bit better it would be a no-brainer) - but this shot shows Brighton beach in such a summery light that I couldn't resist it. You'd think you were in Rio or Antibes or somewhere similar in the height of summer wouldn't you? Well you're not. It was relatively chilly when I took this shot - probably no more than 12 or 13 degrees - and there was a brisk south-easterly blowing sand into the players' faces. And they say us southerners are soft!