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Preparing the nets

© Peter W. Marks

Preparing the nets

Uploaded: July 26, 2008

Description

Getting ready for the night's fishing.

Exif: F Number: 20, Exposure Bias Value: -0.33, ExposureTime: 1/200 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 24.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 20D

Comments

Dale Hardin December 14, 2008

I like this one even better than the other from this location that you applied the filter on, Peter. It's hard to get good shots at places like this because ports are always so busy and full of distractions that lead the eye away from the center of interest.

I like this shot because the layout is such that your eye follow a natural path from the main character, to the man in the boat, up the border to the interesting housing, down the diagonal skyline and back to the main character. Well done. #1051676

Peter W. Marks December 15, 2008

Thanks again Dale. I will get back to you on the other version of this image when I remember how I achieved it! It is not a filter as such, but an 'action' plug-in.
This image is of Mevagissey where one of my sisters lives and my other sister has a holiday home. Wow, I am flattered by your appraisal of my composition! My wife is a professional artist and she kindly tells me that although I am too lazy to use a tripod she does credit me with a reasonable eye for composition.
Right behind me when I shot this is a typical English pub and I couldn't spend too much time on technical stuff when there was a good pint of Doombar bitter waiting on the bar for me!
Thanks again friend. Pete #6894314

Dale Hardin December 15, 2008

Doombar bitter you say? Hmm-m. Maybe my compositions would improve if I tried that. Will have to get on Google again I see. #6895025

Peter W. Marks December 15, 2008

Doombar bitter is made in Sharps micro brewery which is near Wadebridge in my home county, Cornwall. Wadebridge is at the mouth of the River Camel and there is a sand-bar between the harbour (English spelling!)and where the river empties into the Atlantic ocean. At low tide there is very little water covering the bar and during gales many sailing ships have come to grief and lives lost here; hence the name!
There you go Dale; a bit more trivia and geography for you. Get Googling!
And by the way, two or three pints (20 ounce in England, not the wimpy little 16 oz glasses we have in the US) and who knows where your horizons will end up! #6895487

Dale Hardin December 15, 2008

that's what I'm afraid of! 20 ounces? I'm in big trouble. #6895700

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