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Chain, Chain, Chain...


 
  Chain, Chain, Chain...
Chain, Chain, Chain...
ISO 800, 32mm, -.7EV, f/4.5, 1/30 sec

Elaine Hessler

 
  Wm Mather
Wm Mather

Elaine Hessler

 
 
 

Elaine Hessler
 

Here's the ship those chains belong to, the Wm Mather.


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August 08, 2013

 

Susan Williams
  Well, it's not very ladylike, Elaine, but it sure is an awesome imgae!


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August 08, 2013

 

lisa anderson
  The picture of the chains doesn't do much for me, but I love the photo of the boat.Is there any way to give the sky more colour?


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August 08, 2013

 

Peter W. Marks
  OK Elaine; now you've got me humming Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools"

"For five long years
I thought you were my man
But I found out, I'm just a link in your chain
Oh, you got me where you want me
I ain't nothing but your fool
You treated me mean
Oh you treated me cruel
Chain, chain, chain
Chain, chain, chain
Chain of fools"

And for the more serious minded- the William Mather is a retired Great lakes bulk carrier steamship, built in 1925 and now a restored floating museum in Cleveland. Used to carry up to 14,000 tons of iron ore to the steel works back in heyday of Cleveland's steel industry.

And there you are Lisa; it might just be a boring chain to you girl but it takes me off on yet another voyage of discovery.


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August 09, 2013

 

Susan Williams
  I had the same reaction as Peter, and have that song stuck in my mind, to the credit of a powerful image.

Thanks for the background on the ship, Peter, which is particularly interesting to me, having grown up near the shores of Lake Michigan.

I would bring out the details on the lower part of the ship and the "sky is the limit" on what you can do with that. Love the POV.


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August 09, 2013

 

Elaine Hessler
 
 
  Wm Mather
Wm Mather

Elaine Hessler

 
 
I can only say one thing-RAW rules.

Let me know if I brought out the shadows or anything else too much. I used Viveza.


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August 09, 2013

 
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