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Copyright ©2005, Rob Smith HoF Win ♥ ¤ $
This old square rigger (Alma Doepel) is semi-permanently tied to the Lady Nelson wharf in Port Macquarie. She's a wonderful subject and lends herself to twilight portraits very well. I like being there at low tide when it's possible to include more interesting details in the foreground. I use a tripod and trust the E-1's time exposure capabilities for the metering. There is no post-processing on this image other than exposure, brightness and contrast settings during RAW conversion. I used a small aperture to get maximum DOF.
| Photographer: | Rob Smith HoF Win ♥ ¤ $ |
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| Folder: | SmithPix |
| Uploaded: | 2005-Apr-12 06:24 EDT |
| Current Rating: | 9.00/5 (Weighted rating: 8.55) View all ratings Delete my rating |
| Copying allowed: | No |
| Camera: | Olympus E-1 |
| Lens: | Olympus ED 50-200mm f2.8/3.5 |
| Lens Adapter: | None |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Aperture: | 19 |
| Shutter Speed: | 10sec |
| Focal Length: | 31 |
| Flash: | No |
| Tripod/Monopod: | Yes |
| Critique Level: | Dead Honest Critique |
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All parts of the picture are very well resolved. Foreground, middle and background. Nice water effect, good exposure and .... well I thinks all works really well. The only point is maybe if you had choose a landscape format the space between the rocks and the ship would not look so big. Just a little point!
Carles Serra-Pagès ♥ ¤ $ at 07:49 EDT on 2005-Apr-12 [Reply]
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and btw welcome to MFT!
Carles Serra-Pagès ♥ ¤ $ at 07:56 EDT on 2005-Apr-12 [Reply]
Great choice
of aperture...I love what a smaller aperture does to lights--sort of a 'natural and filterless' star effect...
Another way to maybe bring the subject and foreground togrther more would have been to lower your tripod a bit--maybe that would have given the masts a little 'headroom' as well....Just my two cents.
Monica Cowles HoF ♥ ¤ $ $ at 10:03 EDT on 2005-Apr-12 [Reply]
Spectacular shot
You really caught this one nicely. The sun right on the horizon with its star rays, the ship's lights not too excessively exposed, and that blurred, fog-like water all contribute. I really like the way the lens produces such nice star-rays around light points.
Norm Havens ♥ ¤ $ at 10:11 EDT on 2005-Apr-12 [Reply]
Thank you
Thanks everyone for your comments on my first contribution. I could reduce the gap between rocks and ship by lowering viewpoint, although this would 'compress' the rocks and make less water visible between them. The reflection and misty effect on the water saves the gap from being uninterestng, I feel. Carles, thanks for your welcoming comment! Monica, I hadn't realised that the smaller aperture was causing the star effect...but you a re right! More headroom for the masts would be an improvement. Norm, thanks for the compliment. The 'sun' is in fact a light on a lampstand on the wharf. I hadn't realised before that it looks like the sun, but it does! Thanks all.
Rob Smith HoF Win ♥ ¤ $ at 16:18 EDT on 2005-Apr-12 [Reply]
The Alma Doepel
Hi, John. She was built on the north coast of NSW early last century. Plied the freight routes between Melbourne and Tasmania for many years. Now 'retired' not far from where she was built. Thanks for your comments. I will continue to look for more photo opportunities while she's docked near my haunts.
Rob Smith HoF Win ♥ ¤ $ at 17:31 EDT on 2005-Apr-12 [Reply]
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Thumbs up. Good mixture of elements.
Juha Makkonen ♥ ¤ at 04:33 EDT on 2005-Apr-14 [Reply]
very nice
Very great shoot! beautiful - congrat.
greets xian
PS: thx for your comment @ my pic "cinderella"
xian kum at 11:52 EDT on 2005-Apr-21 [Reply]