Living the Dream II Photo

Photographer’s Note

Most of my travel dreams involve sailboats. We has sailed on a Windstar vessel from Rome to Athens. However, I still watched this boat leave Hydra with envy. If you look closely, you can see that this sailboat is flying both a German and a Greek flag; indicating that the boat is from Germany. I dreamed about all the places the boat had been on its trip from Germany.

The windmill is a 2 bedroom vacation rental; perhaps that was where this tourist was headed.

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avene (10888) 2007-11-26 21:06

awh, Pat, not fair - it's midnight, I'm still up writing papers for work, and here you come and post this totally distracting shot :)) wanna go there nooow...
jokes aside - excellent shot, love how the ripples in the water seem to mirror the lines of the cloud formations, love the different shades of blue and how it makes the white sailboat really stand out. I also like the composition, so smooth, simple and calm, perfectly fits the overall mood of the shot. and even though now I find it difficult to concentrate on what I have to write - thanks for sharing :)
best,
Kristine

angela926 (1882) 2007-11-26 21:37

Pat,
absolutely stunning photo, great composition, beautiful colors and very sharp. nice shot
Angela

lasscor (7623) 2007-11-26 22:10

Hi Pat,
Lovely landscape.
Nice framing, blue tones and light.
A beautiful postcard.
TFS,
Corinne

kiwi_explorer (12195) 2007-11-26 22:18

Hi Pat,
Perfectly composed with very good image quality. The colors and contrast is just fantastic. Great capture ... excellent work! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

edytungkal (4517) 2007-11-26 22:43

Perfect composition with vertical view shown two nice different part, the high sky and sea below. The sailing boat and the tower just make it more impressive. Great one Pat, tfs

daniel

MarianneS (14262) 2007-11-27 0:18

Hello Pat,
This is another very nice dream you share with us.
The composition is great and includes all necessary components to have us dreaming with you.
TFS. Marianne

ribeiroantonio (21749) 2007-11-27 0:53

What else can we wish in life? A sailboat, a windmill for a terra firma house and a wonderful scenery would do it for me!
Let come down to earth and say that you have a perfect holiday picture with all the ingredients to be remembered for ever. Well done.
Antonio

portmanndominic (2388) 2007-11-27 2:35

Hello Pat

Hydra est un super endroit pour la photo , belle sortie de port ,le ciel est somptueux , tout est bien cadré le moulin , le bateau et l'ile de Dhokos

Bravo

Dominic

yedirenk (7151) 2007-11-27 2:56

Hi Pat.Beautiful composition and feflections.excellent blue colors, nice sky.well done.thanks for sharing.

Cevdet

meltemi (9746) 2007-11-27 3:39

Hello Pat,
this is really wonderful. Gorgeous colours and a great point of view. Lovely blue! You captured the beauty of the place. Looks like a paradise indeed. Exceptional clarity.
Kind Regards.
Stella

delkoo (33976) 2007-11-27 4:04

bonjour patricia,
The vertical composition is well planned with a nice colors everything is in place for an hydillic picture.

nicely done
didier

ALIRIZA (16195) 2007-11-27 4:34

Hi Pat,
Beautiful scene, very nice landscape. Wonderful composition with blue tones and light, peaceful. Well done my friend...
All the best...
Ali Rıza

jwmunro (6561) 2007-11-27 7:43

Hello Pat -

A lovely scene for sure. I can imagine your dreams of sailing, it's not one of my things though, but I sure can see where you are coming from. My only comment is that the boat kind of merges with the shore in BG. There is no separation and makes it hard to really focus on the boat. No there is little you could have done but wait a few seconds more for it to clear the landfall but then you would have lost the windmill. A little water between the boat and shoreline would have also provided the separation, again little you could do. Anyway, well exposed and well done!

Thank you for sharing.

John

drago (4826) 2007-11-27 10:08

Wonderful vertical shot Pat,excellent quality and perfect light-vivid colours.Well done!
Panagiotis

xuaxo (5637) 2007-11-27 10:47

Olá Pat,
A dreaming picture, indeed.
The land at background at right is nice to give a perspective of the location.
About flags on boats (and far away car plates), I think/dream the same when I see them: how they came here, which route, what they saw on the way, etc.
I guess you put a wrong link for the tourist. Weren't you thinking about this other one?
SAA,
F

gunbud (27559) 2007-11-27 11:19

Hi Pat,
The gentle wake in the foreground gives a lovely disorted reflection of the sailboat leaving this blue harbor. Staying behind is the old fortress and windmill. Beautiful clear colors with excellent sharpness. I love the two tone blue sky.
Regards, Tom

stelli (2939) 2007-11-27 12:12

Excellent capture!! It looks like a post card coming from one of this boat's "riders"! Beautiful blue shades and excellent sharpness and framing! Thank you for sharing! Regards Stella

Cormac (26449) 2007-11-27 13:03

Geat title and a wonderful shot! For some reason this is very appealing to me today (maybe I'm dreaming of retirement!). I like the use of the vertical format, which is unusual, but works well in this case because of the interesting waves and clouds. Nicely done!

zmey (7242) 2007-11-27 13:15

hello, pat.

yes... those greeks... they should be ashamed... living on their islans among sun-lit sea channels. when i see these meditarranean scenes i always wonder what "bit" my ancestors to turn north rather than west as they were descending from the caucasus mountains along with other indo-europeans. oh well...

great atmosophere, great colors, and the white boat brings in just the right dream-like mood.

my compliments and TFS
kristaps

Floydian (30970) 2007-11-27 15:24

Hello Patricia,
What a lovely composed scenery with that boat that is passing by. Looks very peaceful and quiet. Those rolling waves in front give a nice calm touch to it and your colour handling is excellent. The vertical framing suits the picture very well, especially the clouds on top give a nice detail instead of a clear blue sky....very nice work.
Regards, Henk

ruisc_pt (6206) 2007-11-27 15:48

Great Image Pat
Well I'd love to sail with this boat from Germany .. but with a a good photographer..
:)
TFS
R

gneufeld (15007) 2007-11-27 16:37

Hi Pat,
This is a great portrait view of a superb place. I like the extent of of water in the foreground as we are guided to view the yacht beneath the big very blue sky. Good light and excellent composition. TFS. Gerald

markstaples (15670) 2007-11-28 1:58

Hi Pat
A very nicely framed shot, the ripples in the water have nice graphical qualities and the colours are lovely and natural. Nice work.
Best wishes
Mark

ktanska (16414) 2007-11-28 4:26

Hi Pat,
It's easy to become envious on such. All the time in the world and freedom to go where the sun shines. Really nice looking place. gentle ripples and sunny weather. I'm not sure about narrowish vertical framing here. Maybe a square one with less sky would fit better.
Kari

John_F_Kennedy (30689) 2007-11-28 8:40

Very nice composition in many different layers of blue. Beautiful. Very well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

Angshu (33324) 2007-11-29 1:08

Hi Pat
Normally we don't associate such shots in vertical format, but here it works fine with the different shades of blue & the clouds. Nice reflections on the ripples of the sailboat. The windmill stands out in the BG. A very nice postcard of a shot Pat.
Best Regards
Angshu

danos (31740) 2007-11-29 3:24

Hello Pat,
splendid your shot from Hydra with the windmill in the background and the sailing boat in the foreground.A well balanced capture with the white of the boat to contrasted perfect with the rocks and to bring out the details of it.I think that your trip with the sailboat from Rome to Athens would was fabulous.I make one day trip of Milos island on October,with a cutter and my impressions are exciting.

Regards,Danos
PS You can see some shots from Milos island here

pablominto (40020) 2007-11-30 7:30

Hello Pat,
Beautiful rich colours!
A well composed image containing elements we all associate with a great time...
Tech wise the image is spotless, and the artistic work is skilfully done!
Greetings,
Pablo -

:-) OK-

gracious (20017) 2007-11-30 13:24

Hello Pat,
Excellent composition with such a serene and peaceful atmosphere!
great depth with total clarity, vivid colour and details
well done and TFS
all the best
Tony

cunejo200 (7157) 2007-12-01 5:53

Hello Pat,
I could only guess that boat dreams mean you like to travel. The boat is well featured in this vertical composition that conveys travel, good time, and nature. Greetings! Danilo

Flavia (10202) 2007-12-02 1:27

Hi Pat,

Excellent clarity and colors. The blue tones and the solitary boat invite to relaxation. The vertical format is quite original for this kind of picture and works well oce it helps put the ocus on the boat. Sea and sky are well balanced in the composition.

Regards,

Flavia

turkamerikali (4772) 2007-12-02 13:33

Hi Pat,
Excellent photo from Hellas my friend.
This is one of the best Greek Islands photo I have ever seen here on TE.
I ike your POV,DOF,colors,clearity,focus,sharpness,lighting,framing and composition.TFS
CT of Indiana

jmcl (13721) 2007-12-02 15:25

Hi Pat,

Overwhelming and wonderful blues .. the give a great mood and dow a wonderful job contrasting that focusing white of the ship .. great layers and depth .. love the scale from the boat and person in red .. very nice.

take care,

John

Emile (19807) 2007-12-05 10:39

Hola Pat.
Awesome shot with great colors contrast. The sailing boat just crossing your point of view at the exact moment, the calm blue sea only disturbed by some nice ripples and the windmill hotel standing at the top of the rock, all this produces a very good composition. The mountains in the bg give a good depth to your beautiful photo.
Well done. TFS.
Cheers.

Benedict (7062) 2007-12-11 16:07

hi pat,
this is one helluva fine work! cool colors, sharp, great POV with that stunning vast infinite view.
my 3Ks-
benedict

jusninasirun (10076) 2008-01-10 5:55

Hello Pat,
Another pristine composition from your superb collection. Well placement of subjects all in good depth and vivid clarity. The sky looks handsome for the day. Well done with interesting aspect ratio.
I like it.
Regards,
Jusni.
p/s: Thanks for your nice words in my post.

JCG (24857) 2008-01-24 21:50

Hi Pat,

Very beautiful composition and a judicious framing giving this good place to this radiant sky. I like much the clearness of the image and the colors natural. It is very pleasant to look at and resting, thank you Pat.

With all my friendships and a good WE

Jean-Charles

scobert (5333) 2008-01-25 10:20

Hello Pat,
I am not much of a water person but this looks like a wonderful spot to spend some time at. The composition, sharpness and beautiful colors are your trademark and this photo succeeded beautifully. You really lucked out with the person in the distance wearing a red jacket. This person only takes up less that .001% of the frame but what a dynamic addition he/she is. You are very good at this type of work!
Stan

emjleclercq (14133) 2008-12-20 22:04

A beautifull sea, very quiet apart from the small undulations, and I like the rocky island in the background for the depth it suggests.

All the best,

Emmanuel