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Scalloper

© Peter W. Marks

Scalloper

Uploaded: December 24, 2008

Description

Mevagissey scalloper back to port.

Exif: F Number: 7.1, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/250 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 85.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 20D

Comments

Susie Peek-Swint December 28, 2008

Great seascape scene Mark ~ I love the colours and balance of composition with the person standing on the dock! #1057716

Peter W. Marks December 28, 2008

Thank you so much Susie. This image was cropped from a wider scene and is a self-indulgent nostalgia thing. I was born and raised just a few miles from here and have stood against those railings dozens of times and watched the fishing boats come and go. For the past 16 years I have lived in central Illinois-about as far from the ocean as it is possible to be! Oh well!
Pete #6949525

Geri Schwarz June 21, 2009

Hey Peter, I like the person on the railing, too. It gives the photo good perspective.
Welcome to the group!
Geri #7662438

Peter W. Marks June 22, 2009

Thank you for your welcome and for your comments Geri. #7663856

Susan M. Reynolds level-addict June 22, 2009

Waiting for a child to be at the railings and getting a colorful boat all in one shot...quite a capture I would say! Nice job. (P.S. I wonder if taking out the buoy would keep the eyes more focused on the boat and child instead of drawing the eye to the buoy?)
~S~
p.s.s. I put my welcome on the discussion board...just have to mention the photo in your gallery "Four Orange Windows" I love it!
~S~ #7665817

Peter W. Marks June 22, 2009

Thank you kindly m'am.
When on vacation and having had a wonderful English pub lunch with a couple of pints of Doom Bar ale it was no hardship to sit me down on in the sunshine and see if anything interesting turned up. The little boy had been fishing off the jetty for some time and I could see the boat approaching across the bay from a couple of miles away so the only clever bit was not to have dozed off at the vital moment.
I was wondering about the buoy but decided to leave it in for no better reason than it was there and that was what I was seeing! I sway back and forth on the argument of what should stay and what should go in images. But I can tell you that if I did a self- portrait and I had a zit on the end of my nose then photoshop and I would have that gone in a flash! #7666391

Susan M. Reynolds level-addict June 22, 2009

Great back at ya and you made me smile today! I love it...So yes! The buoy stays and the zit goes! Great answer...
~S~ #7667953

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