Lobster pot maker
Uploaded: December 14, 2013
Jeff E Jensen December 14, 2013
Not a thing I'd change about this, Peter. Nice work. #1555988Kalena Randall December 14, 2013
Oh, I like this! Great shot, Peter. I love the contented look on the gentleman's face. The whole photo is wonderful! #10921798Peter W. Marks December 14, 2013
Thanks Jeff! But of course there is still plenty of time for someone to say they would have preferred a green shirt and a red beanie; not to mention shaving those hairy arms. lol #10921812Peter W. Marks December 14, 2013
And thank you Kalena. I shot this last summer at Mevagissy in Cornwall and this gentleman, Dick Eade is one of the few crab and lobster pot makers who use the old traditional method using willow twigs (know as withies in Cornwall). On this occasion he was demonstrating this on the harbourside during Mevagissy Feast Week celebrations. I would have liked to have made many more images of him at work but he was surrounded with folk watching him at work. #10921815Sherran Andersen December 14, 2013
I like this too Peter. #10921851Michael Kelly December 14, 2013
Nothing better than the man at work shots for a great story photo. Looks good Peter. #10921867Dale Hardin December 14, 2013
Very interesting image, Peter, though I would have preferred a green shirt, red beanie, and cloning of the hairy arms, but that's just me.One thing I don't understand. How can you cook the lobster in that pot when it's so full of holes? #10921898
Elaine Hessler December 15, 2013
You guys are TOO funny! I am laughing:)Really neat image-I've never seen anything like this.
And I especially like the tuft on his shoulder... #10922261
Peter W. Marks December 15, 2013
Of course you would have Dale and there was me taking care not to include the ocean horizon which is just beyond his right shoulder. :0)Beth Spencer December 15, 2013
He does look hard at work. Did you happen to get one of a finished pot?Peter W. Marks December 15, 2013
Thanks Friends. I have no idea why I have sat on this for a year or two as I like it and it takes me back to the old country and although only I can appreciate it I can 'hear' his broad Cornish accent.. #10922728
Susan Williams December 16, 2013
One of my favorite subjects -- men (and women) at work and a story within. Thanks for the interesting story, too, Peter. Nice captures of both. #10923139Rita K. Connell December 16, 2013
both of these shot are very nicely captured. very interesting to see how they do it. thanks for telling us the story very interesting. #10923176Elaine Hessler December 16, 2013
Funny story Peter! I really love the second picture a lot! #10923279Debbie E. Payne December 16, 2013
Great "at-work shot, Peter. I always enjoy your shots like these. I think getting shots of people working are by far the better images than telling them to just smile and look natural. You get to know them and their craft and that is what makes for interesting photography. #10923521Peter W. Marks December 16, 2013
I thank each and everyone of you most sincerely. This type of image whether my own or someone else's gets deeper into my soul than almost any other. It is people that most draw me in and even when I am looking at some deserted abandoned homestead, what I am thinking about beyond the weathered boards and weeds is to wonder who lived there, what families were raised there and what circumstance pulled or forced them away. How can I not look at Dorothea Lange's, beyond-superb images of the depression era of the '30s without that deep sense of having received so many undeserved advantages in life? #10923600Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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