view from Fort Beeck Photo

Photographer’s Note

If you want to see the straight version that I wanted to post, pleas see the workshop.

View from the other side as the posting 'baya beach'from two days ago.
You can see Baya beach on the left and behind it the 'quarantaine-house'in wich 19th centure immigrants had to stay for a while before entering the country. A ship is lying ashore at the entrance of Caracasbay. The picture is taken from Fort Beeck, a 18th century Dutch fortification againmst pirates harassing these parts of the Island then.

ChrisJ, Giorgio, papagolf21, peck, leo61, riclopes, rakeshgupta, ruisc_pt, paura has marked this note useful

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devimeuxbe (55673) 2006-02-16 4:11

Hi Gerrit
It's impressive to see this big boat so close to the beach ! Nice an colorfull picture. Interesting also.
Thanks
Bertrand

ChrisJ (69588) 2006-02-16 4:18

Hi Gerrit

I like the superb color contrast, between the cyan & red. Good pov, with excellent lighting, & reasobnale color & sharpness. I may try a ws later, to add a little red & yellow. It looks a bit cold on my monitor. But good work overall, & tfs!

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Giorgio (8628) 2006-02-16 4:19

- Still a beautiful image, the hard and metal structure of the cargo, slices with the softness of the landscape, the sea is very beautiful, cheer!
giorgio

papagolf21 (55990) 2006-02-16 5:00

Bonjour mon ami Gerrit,
J'ai regardé avec attention les différents WS, j'ai une préférence pour celle présentée aujourd'hui. Les couleurs sont parfaitement rendues. Il est impressionnant de voir un si gros navire aussi proche de la plage. Image très bien composée.
Bravo !
Amitiés.
Philippe

peck (2779) 2006-02-16 5:24

Hello Gerrit,
The ship looks incredible!!! excellent shot, and your point of view!! This framing and colours too, I like it much!!
thanks and regards
Gregory

jhm (81731) 2006-02-16 7:09

Hoi Gerrit,
Ik heb nu niet onmiddellijk welke diepgang dit schip heeft, maar blijkbaar kunnen ze daar vrij dicht bijkomen en dit allemaal tegen openzee, ik blijf er bij Gerrit u maakt zeer mooie foto's goede samenstellingen en goede kleuren, want misschien overdrijft Chris iets met zijn kleur in de WS, maar de rotatie is wel in orde gebracht, heeft u daar soms problemen rotatie, laat iets weten wij zijn er voor te helpen.
Groeten,
John.

IvarsU (2499) 2006-02-16 9:09

Hi!
How can be so different blue colors in water? Good composition and interesting scene....
Regards,
Ivars

BlaiseCendrars (0) 2006-02-16 9:34

Hi Gerrit!
Man it's that beach again! It's surrounded by huge ships! I would feel slightly claustrophobic! The view is very beautiful and colourful again and there are many interesting details,but perhaps I would have liked a more obvious focal point, the different things in your composition tend to disorganize my viewing a little. A suggestion could for example be to actually leave out the eye-cathing cactii and concentrate on beach and ship with the lovely coloured water in front. Anyways, you are really marketing this wonderfully exotic place in a fine way. I hope to see more of it!
The best to you,
Chris

pastadog (12821) 2006-02-16 9:57

Hi Gerrit: the frame with vegetation, colors of the sea, landscape, all this is very nice in your photo, but IMO the star here is the ship, we can grasp its enormous size! I like these combinations of nature/man-made miracles, when they look in harmony, like in your pic. Well done! Regards, Daniel.

leo61 (42886) 2006-02-16 12:14

Hi Gerrit!
What a huge ship.The house on the cliff looks so small.
Verry good sharpness,fantastic colors and nice foreground:Good composition.Well done.
Regards,LEO

Fis2 (45250) 2006-02-16 13:44

Witaj Gerrit!
Your photo is nicely. I like the composition and frame. Good colours sharpen. Good job.
Regards
Krzysztof

cjmm (4019) 2006-02-16 15:51

Hi Gerrit,

Another very good photo from beautiful Antilles!

The colors are very natural yet perfectly saturated; the water looks terrific. The composition is very good, too.

Best regards,
Carlos

rakeshgupta (2670) 2006-02-16 21:15

Hello Gerrit,
Great POV. Colors are well saturaed. The sharpness is very clear and I can see many details of ship. Very good framing.
Thanks for sharing.

riclopes (32865) 2006-02-17 3:50

Hi Gerrit,
Spectacular POV over this bay. The colour of the water is really attractive and these cactuses in foreground make a wonderful frame for the bottom. The big boat is strangely funny as it seems out of context (and scale!), in such a beautiful place. The 'quarantaine-house' is also in a great spot and adds interest to the image, along with your note. Very well done!
TFS,
Friendly regards,
Ricardo

rosaline (0) 2006-02-17 4:18

Hi Gerrit
A good composition here with good foreground interest. The ship is well positioned in the frame and the colour of the sea delivers good impact. Well done.

carper (64130) 2006-02-17 14:08

Leuk dat je het erbij vermeld gerrit.
the straight version in a WS. prachtige compositie, mooie diepte foto, geeft een enorm ruimetelijk gevoel. prachtig werk.
gr. jaap

oochappan (22026) 2006-02-20 11:14

Hi Gerrit
een mooi zicht hier, uitstekend geframed met het voorplan van groen en het uitstekend land in de zee als omgeving om dit schip aan de aanlegsteiger in focus te brengen, mooi !
Een fijn doortekende wolkenhemel.
Henk

jasmis (49691) 2006-02-23 4:31

Breathtaking view, really. Fine comparison of wild nature with big ship. Well done. Regards, Gerrit.

nels (2455) 2006-03-16 12:59

not the usual sight so close to a beach the water must go very deep very quickly great pov

adrian

ruisc_pt (6206) 2009-02-21 10:00

The deep in this natural harbors must be huge.
Nice ws too
TFS
rui

paura (37872) 2009-10-17 17:32

Gerrit,
Incrível como tem profundidade para entrar esse enorme navio tão próxima da pria. Linda fotografia.

Abraço

Paulo