Stills

I'm not sure that I think that the statues are magnificent, but I do think that they are rather fun and this photo makes a good use of that aspect.
 

A gazing statue given something to gaze at. A fine image John.

I wasn’t aware that this guy was a statue until Rex posted, though I did think his pose slightly suspicious. Those hands you see……
 

There are 100 of these replications of Anthony Gormley's body placed along a stretch of more than two miles of beach. I have added Gormley's own artistic statement under the original post.

I would agree with Auspicious that these are not magnificent bodies but the end result is infinitely intriguing and brings art to people who would normally not think of looking at sculpture. The locals love their 'iron men', with the exception of surfers and a few others who are bringing the Health and Safety case. In fact, the intallation originally had a timescale so the recent debate seems a bit contrived. As I understand it the next site is in the USA (the first was in Germany).

We were there for a day in April with average photographic conditions. It is difficult to make the most of it but no doubt some ideas would work out better than others. Because of the huge distances, I spent most of the time with a telephoto lens fitted to avoid a dot-in-the-distance syndrome.

There are 22 shots, including this one, on my site:

http://www.johnelliseone.co.uk/gallery/list.php?exhibition=60&pass=public&lang=eng

http://www.johnelliseone.co.uk/gallery/list.php?exhibition=60&pass=public&lang=eng

 

I'm wanting a little more space between the from of the boat and the statue. Failing that, then a much tighter crop around the edges would help me balance this out a little better. Great use of shadow on the statue to make the viewer believe it a real. I too would not have guessed this as being a statue.
 

I took a sequence of the ship passing that included a shot with more space - both fore and aft. But I chose this one!