Capt. Lawrence

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted August 21, 2011183 views4 comments

Saw this shrimp boat docked at a local fish market and just had to put off shopping long enough to catch a quick shot. Loved the combination of colors and water ripples. Shot this several years back and just got around to processing it.

D2x w. 70-200 VR @ 130mm
1/800 @ f/2.8 (don't ask me why - I don't have a clue!!)
100 ISO
No filters (that I remember)
Tripod
Capture One 6, CS4

Your thoughts are appreciated. Thanks for looking!

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 21, 2011 at 1:11 AM

Very appealing image. Love the character of old wood fishing boats, having grown up with them on Lake Erie.
The 2.8 worked fine, but I think I'd like the whole anchor and just a bit more of the lines on top.
Nice!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on August 21, 2011 at 8:30 AM

Thanks Sandy - good point on the anchor/lines, but the situation just didn't allow for a different crop. There was an rather intense and distracting intrusion on the deck of the black boat in the BG, so I had to crop it down to this point. I shouldn't have been in such a hurry to shoot the shot as I'm sure I probably could have composed it differently to reduce/eliminate the distraction.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on August 21, 2011 at 1:37 PM

Really nice composition. The processing looks great, too

Registered on January 29, 2010, 285 Posts, 4281 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on August 21, 2011 at 10:36 PM

Beautiful colors and scene. I was also looking at the cutoff anchor. I think if you clone out that line going out to it at the top, the cutoff feeling will go away.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments