500ft cliffs at Beachy head, Sussex, England.
1997:There were four deaths from February to May: three men and a woman, average age 32. Then comes an ugly cluster. On a Wednesday in June an 84-year-old lady goes over. The following Wednesday a man jumps with his two young sons. On July 5 it is a man in his thirties; as nobody reports him missing, he is still unidentified five months later. On July 7 - a Monday - two more plunge to the beach, falling so close together that the deaths are thought a suicide pact. In fact it is coincidence. He is 35, she 66, and they are strangers. Since then there have been another five: three men, two women, average age 43.
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Fits The Challenge- WOW yes.
Composition- Good perspective shot.
Background- Wonderful
My Opinion- Hummm, I like this shot very much. I want to go to England so much and see sights just like this. This is a place I hope that you can photograph often at different times of the year. I think some levels adjustment and saturation would work well with this photo. The lighthouse is a bonus for the eyes enjoyment. Good work.
wow, very intense shot. the title adds quite a bit of mystery/danger. the lighthouse looks so tiny! the scale seems to be skewed, I can't wrap my head around the true distance.
Nice shot. I do not like the explanations in the title. I do not like the red border it distract too much from the image. Nice angle and nice photo. Lionel
A good composition and subject. The power lines runing down to the lighthouse are interetesting. Unforetunate the water color was not cooperating on this day. Good image.
Beautiful shot of the water, cliffs and the lighthouse. Beautiful colors in the waters below, and those colors on the lighthouse are lovely. It's just so sad that people could come to such a lovely place as this to end their lives!
Someone jumps every 3 weeks? Where is this? Nice shot, the lighthouse almost looks like a toy it's so small. I love the colors. Great and natural looking.
This must be really high, looking at the little light house below. I feel that the color of the border takes away from the shot. I would like to see more of the water and less of the nearby grass.
Hmmm... This looks familiar. I was just there freezing my butt off, taking pictures for this challenge. I didn't enter the ones I took there. Good shot tho! Not sure about the border.
Moving closer to the edge and tilting the camear down more might better convey the danger and height you are at. Also, the title seems a bit too much. I would have left out the suicide stuff for it's rather disheartening.
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