What a great contrast of beach & cityscape. Do the skyscrapers cast shadows over the beach? Just wondering, as that was a problem experienced in the old jewel of Cyprus, Varosha/ Famagusta, before the Turkish invasion, 1974. Hotels were built too close to the beach, though obviously they weren’t as big as these buildings.
@carole_sandford Hi Carol - thanks for your interest. They sure do cast shadows!! When they first started building these things many decades ago there were a lot of protests from locals who lived in beach houses along the front. Money and a few decades of "progress at all costs" councils won out and they've been building them taller and taller ever since. At one stage the building with the tall spire was the tallest in the world. They are now pretty much the expected thing with units in them sellling for millions of dollars. I've lived here for 70 years - the change has been incredible. The beaches are still fabulous though! Cheers Rob
Thanks so much for all of your wonderful comments on this. It's very easy to become blase about the GC and what it is these days, but when you see a sight like this it is impressive. It was just a fluke that I got this image - the "Illustration" setting is one I usually keep for inner city shots - but I really liked what it did here! Thanks again. Cheers Rob
The skyscrapers are both impressive and saddening. What natural beauty was lost to them when they won out over the little bungalows. It's a great shot though and the beach looks very inviting.
I love the clouds to the buildings to the beach. With the big buildings, it looks like what is happening to Florida and Oahu, Hawaii. Everyone wants to see the water...I am with Ann. I like the little houses and cottages lining the beach the best. @olivetreeann
Hi Ann and CC. Thanks for your comments. I'm afraid the days of small beach houses are long gone on the Gold Coast. There are still a few remaining on beach blocks - but the land itself is now worth about 3 million dollars! So the rates are huge and most of the blocks are just land banks held by development companies. Luckily, there are still some public camping grounds on the beach side - very popular! Cheers Rob @olivetreeann@gardenfolk
@jyokota Hi Junko - Thanks for your interest and comment. My crazy little camera seems to have dozens of settings and effects to play with. This one seems to convert an image into a type of sepia format - but with a lot of contrast - hence the clouds as seen and the dark colours on the buildings. Fun to play with!
Thanks for your congratulations on this image appearing in the Top 20 list - and for letting me know it was there. I still find it amazing that one of my photos can be chosen to appear along with all of those marvellous images! It's very exciting. Thanks again Cheers Rob @kvphoto@vesna0210@rjb71
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