New Year's metaphor... Photo

Photographer’s Note

The boat in foreground is clearly almost K.O., and the fresh new one sails in the blue... (OK, perhaps a little too rhetorical, i agree!)

tech:
Camera Model: Canon PowerShot S40
Firmware: Firmware Version 1.10
Date/Time: 2004:10:03 16:45:21
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: 3,2
Exposure mode: Program
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Center-weighted average
Drive mode: Single frame shooting
ISO: 50
Lens: 7,1 to 21,3mm
Focal length: 7,1mm
Subject distance: 655 m
AF mode: Single AF
Focus point: [Center]
Image size: 800 x 604
Rotation: none
Image quality: Superfine
White balance: Auto
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Color profile: IEC 61966-2.1 Default RGB colour space - sRGB

P.proc.(PS7): horizon straightened
cropped a little
USM sharpened 1°step (400 - 0,2 - 0)
resized to max 800 pix USM sharpened (40 - 0,8 - 0) & framed for TE

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Critiques | Translate

bantonbuju (48796) 2004-12-07 4:13

hi giorgio; i would prefare to use the new one and to shoot the old one; nice contrast with both of them on one pic; maybe i would play a little with the colour of the sky which for me is too fainted, but overall impression is very positive

olli (2091) 2004-12-07 5:03

Very beautiful old wooden boat. I like its color – it´s almost like a camouflage. Beautiful overall tones, too. I like how the sailing boat adds sumbolism in the image. Well captured, Giorgio.

jp80 (8437) 2004-12-07 5:04

Very beautiful shot, natural colors and great DOF. I like the old boat on the forground, very lovely. Thanks for sharing,

Pascal

jasmis (51023) 2004-12-07 6:00

Fine idea, good composition, interesting motive. Superb.

SophieL (6030) 2004-12-07 7:57

Interesting vision, as if the boat had left her old skin behind, before leaving, brand new, to a new adventure! I like the way the boat colors merge with the sand in the foreground.

Guenther (6859) 2004-12-07 8:37

Ciao Giorgio, sembra quasi che la barca vecchia abbia assunto il colore della sabbia per mimetizzzarsi come un animale braccato ... La luce è molto bella e la barca bianca rende la combinazione particolarmente riuscita!

carper (65696) 2004-12-07 12:42

Well Giorgio,
I like the shot you made, but I think you can made this better when you had cropp a little of the right side, The boat is now laying in the centrum of the photo, farther very good composing, good colours, great job.

efimoore (2126) 2004-12-07 20:27

Nice capture of this beach scene. You got good elements with the old and new boats. The sand, water and sky are well divided in the bg. The colors are a bit pale but seem very natural, so I think with diffrent light conditions maybe early mornning or late afternoon you can get extra colors that will add some magical touch to the shot.