Champagne
We lay up on the golden sands – I got my equipment out

Sony A100
Sony kit lens
Champagne belongs to the following groups:
Abstracts from Nature,
Beach Art,
IPA -International Photographers Alliance,
Sony Shooters,
United Kingdom,
Wales, Rich in Beauty and
Waves
Available for sale as Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
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kcranmer
Fantastic timing and shutterspeed!
karolina
what a cool shot!
Naturegirl
Nice shot
David Meacham
Cheers folks you’re very kind
Sean Farragher
beautiful capture
David Meacham
Thanks Sean you’re a star
Barbara Sparhawk
How beautiful! And unusual to see so much romping water activity right up to the shore, great capture of crashing in. The little shell’s a wonderful inclusion. I imagine it must be thrilled at what’s heading its way.
David Meacham
Cheers Barbara – not a Buoy in site either
geraint
Hope you used a filter!! excellent shot Meach
David Meacham
Lol – thanks Geraint
booboo
Excellent shot Meach well done
David Meacham
Many thanks Brian
David Meacham
Whoops: Cheers Barbara – not a Buoy in site either – in sight I meant
Catherine Veal
Superb capture Meach. I wish it was summer, as I will be on the beach a lot for the next 10 days…
Arthur Chambers
perfect perfection!!
David Meacham
Thanks Catherine – it will be a nice change, bit of sea air and some proper seaside fish and chips
Cheers Arthur – don’t think you can get better than that :-)
gypsygirl
Wow, wonderful capture, frozen in time! Well done!
wdavies285
wow fantastic shot brilliant shot meach
kipishiux
SUPER
Linda Syms
Amazing shot Meach well done.
David Meacham
Cheers folks very kind of you to take the time to comment
Dave Warren
Meach this is absolutely stunning so crisp and sharp!! Top work!!
David Meacham
Thanks Dave – proves that you should always take your camera – insure it first, but take it
Cathleen Taraw...
Wow, good timing and lovely colours.
David Meacham
Thanks Cath
Jaytee
oooooh yummy..champers delish.
smashing photo.
David Meacham
Many thanks Jodi
Amanda Hammock
This is beautiful. Absolutely a wonderful capture.
David Meacham
Thanks TG
Michael Rowley...
nice work great title
David Meacham
Thank you MIchael
David Meacham
Thank you MIchael
Barbara Sparhawk
Buoy in sight or site, I looked for BobaLinks…but was terrified of going there.
Ribs getting brief rest from laugh-exertion.
David Meacham
The Bobs are lurking somewhere I’m sure
midzing
fantastic capture, and the title certainly is fitting,,, well done, I love this Meach
David Meacham
Cheers – you’re kind as always
LocoCow
Great Work Meach, I love how you stopped those droplets for an eternity of Veiwing…
Margot Kiesskalt
Fantastic shot!
kaylarenee
WOW! amaing! :)
drjones
Love the up-splash of the water…stunning!
Trevor Patters...
Wonderful image Meach, so crisp and clear! ... whow r u sure you have enough Tag words on this one? lol
Andy Evans
Nice shot, Welsh beach?
Nicely placed shell
susan davies
thats such an amazing capture, im speechless….....not for long tho lol
Gilberte
Fantastic shot Meach…I see you have the same shells as we have..tourelles we call them (little towers).We used to collect them
Von McKnelly
Meach, I didn’t think that old dudes went to the beach! But that’s neither here nor there or anywhere.
Straight to favs with this outstanding image.
Karen Martin IPA
beautiful
TrEaSuReDiMaGeS
Outstanding shot Meach!!! Beautiful capture….. wonderful timing :-)
Helene Kippert
Fantastic capture!
Heather Rivet...
perfect..timing!!!
Heather Rivet...
and gorgeous..also:D
Marion Cullen
Hope you didn’t get any sand in you ‘equipment’ Meach o !! Lol
Excellent visual metaphor.
Irene Burdell
Yes please ! Oh sorry I thought you were asking.
Very nice work.
Paul Vanzella
what aperfect moment in time captured!
David Meacham
Many thanks to all of you – I’m sorry I went to bed now, this shot seems to have hit the spot and I slept through all the fun
RoughDiamond
WOW Meach … you’ve outdone yourself here
great pic AND my favourite drink!!!
David Meacham
Thanks flower
Tigger
Chuffin Magic !!!
David Meacham
Why thank you honey
aphoto4you
oh this is TUNNING meach
how awsome ..what a creative work…
Into my favorites it goes
David Meacham
Cheers
Anthony Pierce
Love how you’ve stopped this. Generally people go for the slow stop to get that smoothness, but it’s refreshing to see this take. It looks like an abstract sculpture here.
David Meacham
Thanks Anthony
ECGardner
Wow Meach awesome action shot and use of shutter speed. Love the little shell off in the corner as well.
David Meacham
Cheers EC XXXXX
Jeff Burns
Wonderfully done this is a great capture
David Meacham
Many thanks Jeff
Mark Peterson
Absolutely fantastic!
David Meacham
Thanks Mark
Jamie Lee
Perfect stop action
David Meacham
Thanks Jamie
coffeetea
awesome!! it looks good in the frame.
coffeetea
i tried to get a wave foam like this but ….....you got it ! :)
David Meacham
Thanks Susan – yes it does look good framed I printed one off this afternoon and put in an old wooden frame that I got from a recycling place
Quigi
Those waves are pretty intense! the shell makes a great compliment chaos/complacientcyb
David Meacham
Many thanks my friend
~ Selle
Wow! What a great capture. Love the shell in the corner.
David Meacham
Many thanks
RoughDiamond
superb
so splashy and wet and interesting and all that stuff x
apjenkins
Absolutely fabulous !!!!!
David Meacham
Thanks Alice
katphoto
wonderful “splashing” shot
I like the lone shell as well.
RichardV
Nice capture Meach.
Scott Ruhs
Great stop action shot, and congrats on the number two spot in popular
Julie Langford
Wow – I must have missed this while I was sleeping Meach – what an awesome shot
David Meacham
Cheers guys
Fiona MacNab
Nice shot.
David Meacham
Cheers
Mark Gardner
wonderful work chap :-)
David Meacham
Thank you chap – you’re so kind
Shanina Conway
It’s a fantastic capture…well done;)
David Meacham replied
Thank you Shanina you’re very kind
Miss Misery
this is great , nice title too !
David Meacham
Cheers Peter
vonne
As you can see from all the above This is AMAZING! Love it!
vonne
As you can see from all the above This is AMAZING! Love it!
David Meacham
Thank you Vonne
David Meacham
Thank you Vonne – you’re pretty amazing yourself
Dana Yoachum
Nice capture here! Clear..
David Meacham
Cheers Dana
PhotogeniquE IPA
a stunner!!
David Meacham
Cheers buddy
Mia1
That is very cool. Fantastic.
David Meacham replied
Thanks Mia you’re very kind
itsallgoodamanda
Oh super job
David Meacham
Cheers
jesika
Gosh this is good.
Nice shot.
j
David Meacham
Many thanks J
LindaR
Excellent!
David Meacham
Thanks Linda
vonnie1989
So beautiful!
David Meacham
Thank you very much
sticky
This is quite stunning…..........
David Meacham
Thank you sticky
Rod Adams
This really is awesome!!! What was the shutter speed? I assume very fast.
David Meacham replied
Very fast but I can’t remember exactly how fast – unfortunately my aged version of PS doesn’t bring up the info
nikicntry
You are very talented! And you have a wonderful eye.
David Meacham replied
Hi Niki – many thanks – I enjoy every second
Rosina Lamberti
Fantastic image! Great comp
David Meacham
Many thanks Rosina
GerryMac
excellent capture!
David Meacham
Thanks Gerry
Alan Findlater
very nice work well caught
David Meacham
Thanks Alan
ShepS
AMAZING – what an incredible shot
Lucindawind
awesome !
David Meacham
Many thanks both
Jonicool
Fantastic capture!!
David Meacham
Thank you Joni
ktowers
beautiful !
David Meacham
Thanks Kate
Romeo Koitmäe
Wonderful picture! Everything is what it should be.
David Meacham
Many thanks Romeo
4getsundaydrvs
great capture
David Meacham
Thanks :-)
Antanas
fantastic
David Meacham
Thank you Antanas
agtaylor
The title is great. Beautiful shot!
Angi Baker
Beautiful
David Meacham
Many thanks folks
rcphotography
very nice, ur shell looks kinda fake though. very nice
David Meacham replied
It’s not fake – placed but not fake
solareclips~Ju...
What a great picture! Right place, right time!
David Meacham
Think that sums up most photos :-) Thanks for commenting and for the fav
Karsten Stier
that’s EXCELLENT !
Jodie Carruthers
Great hot!!
Jodie Carruthers
Ooops, I meant ‘Great shot!!’
David Meacham replied
I quite liked hot!
Herkissable
looks like the ocean impersinating coral!
David Meacham replied
Funny you should say that – Liquid Coral was one of the names I thought of before settling on champagne. :-)
Caroline Gorka
Absolutely wonderful….
dairygirl08
absolutely amazing capture, so perfect in every way
peyote
lovely shot
so rich xXx
sra58
This is very nice.
sharon a.
CinB
fantastic shot great timing!
cags
Awesome image…one of the very best!!!
genevievem
This is amazing. Just read about this in my bubble mail. A fabulous image. Love the little shell on the right.
nick board
Brilliant Meach, almost tangible
Arlene Zapata
Truly amazing energy + perfect shell placement!
Iani
Great shot love these never know how the sea is going to react
Sheila Smith
What an amazing shot
avalyn
Like everyone else above – this is too good!
yanmos
amazing!
David Meacham
My thanks to all of you
Jeremy Harrington
this turned out awesome Meach, the shutter speed must have been spot on. and i love the small shell to add to the image
David Meacham replied
Cheers Jeremy – I’m having a huge print done of it to donate to a school project so I’m looking forward to seeing that.
Thanks for popping in ;-)
lareejc
oh wow! perfect timing! great capture…I love it!
Globalphotos
Simple and so beautifully captured, love this :)
Michelle Hogan
Love this and champagne too….
David Meacham replied
Hi Michelle – many thanks.
Paul Vanzella
love the way the wayer lifts off like a thin layer!
Anthony Mancuso
just fabulous David, really great capture
Karin Taylor
absolutely brilliant!
Les Magee
amazing work of art
AthenaBlanco
That is brilliant
Che01
Perfect title! Nicely timed.
SkyFox
Stunning in large view! Crisp detail – very well done!
Di Dowsett
totally gorgeous, love it!!!
xx
georgiegirl
what a brilliant splash!! How do you stop the sea getting on the camera lense when this close?
David Meacham replied
I used a small zoom lens on a tripod – got my feet wet though!
suefel48
Absolutely stunning, Meach….Loooooove this capture…
claudiu
wow, this is amazing, perfect details and perfect composition.
Devalyn Marshall
WOW!! Fantastic shot!
David Meacham replied
Thanks Devalyn you’re very kind
Lisa Defazio
What a capture! truly amazing.
AQUALINA
Very nice.
Elysia Ranking
wow amazing image
Robyn Carter
This is great – it really look slike chapagne too:)
moonglow
One word …Stunning
David Meacham replied
Many thanks Moon person
StarKatz
WOW look at that salt! Great capture! :)
David Meacham replied
Just goes to prove that salt is sometimes good for you!
Many thanks for dropping by
Zepadeedee
Very neat.
gothgirl
such a creamy sculpture and the shell is a perfect touch – wonderful
David Meacham replied
Many thanks you’re very kind
Dee143
I certainly cannot add to the comments so far. Truly a wonderful capture of the sea caressing the shore. I love that lonesome shell, if it could think i wonder what would be on its mind as the wave rushes towards it!!!
David Meacham replied
Thanks Dee X
Makeba Kedem-D...
Perfect! peace…
David Meacham replied
Many thanks Makeba you’re very kind X
BettinaSchwarz
omg how marvellous is this … you have given it a personality and a life way beyond the expected and “regular” ... that shell is a delightful touch :)
David Meacham replied
Many thanks Bettina X
Jasmine Staff
Fantastic composition! How you captured the action of the water is excellent. I like the little shell in the corner too – very nice all around.
David Meacham replied
Thanks Jasmine X
Robert Boretti
Perfect! super detail and that shell in the corner is a wonderful addition to this great water capture!
David Meacham replied
Cheers Robert
Photomojo
Wow, this is a fabulous image. Yes I love the shell also!
David Meacham replied
Many thanks X
Steve Oliver
I just love that shell!! :)
David Meacham replied
Thanks Steve very kind of you
Cathy Cale
Oh, I LOVE THIS!!!! ({:o)
David Meacham
Thanks Cathy
Hazel Dean
Perfect shot! Brilliant!
David Meacham replied
Many thanks X
lallymac
Fantastic shot but please could you say which camera you used in the Image Description for acceptance into the Sony SHooters Group:)
Karen Stackpole
what life and action captured here, well done
David Meacham
Many thanks Karen
CapturedByKylie
Congratulations for having your work featured on the Red Bubble “Time and Tide”-themed home page.
October 19th 2009.
David Meacham replied
Many thanks :-)
Lisa Defazio
Congrats on the home page fella – recognized it instantly! x o
David Meacham replied
Thanks Lisa xxx
Garth Smith
Cool shot, congrats on the homepage

David Meacham replied
Cheers Garth
KellyThomas
yup, gorgeous pic, looks like milk
David Meacham replied
Many thanks Kelly
stickelsimages
Awesome shot David
extremely well done…
Cheers lee
David Meacham replied
Cheers Lee you’re very kind
iLoveGRaFiX
hahaha random shell, was that shopped? perfect capture though love the shutter speed
David Meacham replied
Cheers :-)
rheeaa
simply gr8
David Meacham replied
Thanks :-)
brigusser
Amazing shot so technically difficult….Well done.
David Meacham replied
Thanks – it was a fun shot to do, did get slightly damp feet though