The Red October (w/orig photo

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted July 12, 2012186 views6 comments

Put this in POP photos because there is very little PS... the curves were exagerated, cropped and some canvas added on right.

Taken from a boat in the Thames River during a very disappointing tall ship display leaving New London, CT at the end of Opsail 2012. But there was a small submarine and a tug boat or two. Taken with Canon 7D, using 100-400 IS lens. The lighthouse is New London Ledge Light.

Hope you enjoy your ride on the Red October!

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on July 12, 2012 at 12:35 PM

Cool mix of nautical elements. Do subs usually tool around the Thames?

You said very little PS. How about the colors? I am not sure what you did there?

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on July 12, 2012 at 1:00 PM

Yes Harley, New London area makes subs and Groton has a sub base. This one was quite small and flew a flag of another country. Don't know whether it was in for repairs or whether it was part of OpSail. As far as the colors go, if you drastically move the curves feature you get very distorted colors. The picture itself was not touched except for cropping and adding a little water in front of the sub.

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Cross on July 12, 2012 at 1:27 PM

Way cool. At first I thought it was one of those photos made of a collage of unrelated objects. I guess it was the lighthouse which initially threw off my recognition. A successful image in that it held my attention and made me think. Thanks for submitting this one.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on July 12, 2012 at 3:17 PM

Here is the original image with only the horizon line straightened.

If the moderators wish to move it to photo art, please do so. thanks. Pat

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Kent Staubus on July 15, 2012 at 11:12 PM

I like it! It's a hodge podge of related subjects and the distorted colors are working for me. You get bonus points for the creativity too.