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- Christine Lobsinger Contact Christine Lobsinger Christine Lobsinger's Gallery |
aNOTHER AWESOME POV DAN... LOVE IT!
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Dan W. Dooley |
Thanks Chris. There is not a "crew" as such since this ship has now been decommissioned and is serving as a memorial. The last time she saw active duty was in the first Gulf War. She is equipped with modern misile systems which were used at that time in the war. Battleship Missouri is best known for the site of the signing of the Japanese surrender which ended WWII. Yes, we did get a guided tour. I have several more photos but I don't want to fill up my BP gallery with just the one subject. I'll be creating my own gallery on line as soon as I get through all of the processing of the hundreds of shots I made on the trip.
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Jane Tweedy |
Love the persepective, really emphasises your point of how big the chains are. Well done.
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Dan W. Dooley |
Thanks Jane,
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Arthur Bohlmann |
Nice image Dan, gotas love the wideangle lense for great DOF
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Dan W. Dooley |
Thanks Art. Of course it presents some challenges in the way of perspective angles and lean. Oh well. :-)
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Jeanie L DeNuzzio |
Very Nice :D
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Dan W. Dooley |
Thanks Jeanie,
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Yeah you never wanna be around if the anchor chain doesn't catch :) Or a line snaps... Nice symmertry Dan! I love ships!
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Janet Dietz |
Or, when those guns were firing! Very awesome display of power. Ditto all the above!!
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Dan W. Dooley |
Thanks Samantha and Janet. You can sense the history and the power. These guns were last fired in the battle to free Kuait in the first Gulf War.
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Larry M. Mercer |
Nice work Dan. The composition is excellent - a piece of our history captured well.
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Dan W. Dooley |
Thanks Larry,
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Greg Rhodes |
Dan: Of the two shots you entered, this is definitely the stronger. The other one (the Honolulu aerial) seems flat to me..I want to boost the contrast, saturation, etc. It looks like you have done that with this photo, the chains really pop...nice contrast. My only picky comment is the clutter to the right of the boat...a little distracting, but I don't know what you could have done there...except move right, but then you lose the symmetry of the chains and the guns. Also, the tower behind the guns, could you include all of that? Maybe it was too tall. It just feels a little cutoff.
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Dan W. Dooley |
Greg, thanks for the comments. The shot out of the airplane window will not be as "contrasty" as some may desire due to the distance involved and the fact that I was shooting through the glass of the airplane window. We all have different taste in elements such as contrast, etc. I have a bias against stronger contrast and will rarely ever do anything to unnaturally add contrast. I actually will work to lower contrast much of the time and thus the result on the chains picture. This shot is not cropped and I was as far back as I could go and remain on the deck and my lens was down to 11mm so it was not possible to capture the main area of the subject which was the captsans and chains and still have all of the superstructure. So what is seen here is what the lens saw. As to the objects to the right, they were in the scene and I am one of those who will rarely remove objects within a scene unless the end result photo is intended to be an "art object" or something of that sort. So I guess what I am trying to say is that the results on both shots are the result of intentional work. Realizing, of course that we all have our own technique preferences and taste. :-)
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Greg Rhodes |
Thanks for the quick reply, Dan. I was not suggesting removing that clutter in post-processing. I try not to do that much either. You are absolutely right about all of us having different tastes regarding contrast, saturation, etc. I find I like many of my images better if I add a little boost. I struggle with all that. How much to add, how much to tweak. Part of the fun and the challenge.
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Debra N. Miller |
Great shot Dan. I love the perspective and the size in the foreground certainly makes the entire photo for me.
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Dan W. Dooley |
Thanks Debra. A wide angle lens can certainly enhance the perspective of a scene. Both a good and not so good thing. Tends to also lean things which are sometimes easy to correct and sometimes not. It certainly did enhance the affect of the size of the foreground.
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Debra N. Miller |
You're welcome. I agree, although I absolutely love my wide angle lens it can make things lean and sometimes make you feel a bit dizzy while taking photos. Not necessarily a good think when hiking a mountain (LOL). My husband kept reminding me while climbing Cadillac Mountain not to get so close to the edge. Sometimes you just don't realize.
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Dan W. Dooley |
Or as the little tag on the mirror says, "objects in view are closer than they appear" LOL
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Sarah G |
Great image. The perspective is great.
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Dan W. Dooley |
Thanks Sarah,
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Sarah G |
Congrats!!
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Dan W. Dooley |
Thanks Sarah :-)
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Merna L. Nobile |
Every month, with our camera in hand, we go out and find what we hope will be the “winning photo.” Those of us that don’t get recognized, just continue to search for that special image, until one day the Congratulations come pouring in from some of the best artist and friends anyone could image. So to the Better Photo winners for the month of September, I congratulate you on a job so well done. My very best to all of you, Merna Nobile
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Dan W. Dooley |
Thanks Merna. That's what makes it interesting and challenging.
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