Making A Living, a photo from Naples, Campania

Photographer's Note

ENGLISH: These are some fishing nets I saw in the marina of Castellammare di Stabia, situated on the Gulf of Naples. This town has been home to the oldest shipyard in the world, the Cantiere Navale founded in 1783. A majority of Stabiesi have relied on the sea to make a living. My Dad worked in the shipyard for a number of years before immigrating to Australia. He and my grandpa also owned a little fishing boat which not only literally put food on the table but also helped to supplement the family income by taking tourists out in the boat. Castellammare is again being hit by the Global Financial Crisis, which has heralded the closure of this ancient shipyard and the loss of thousands of jobs.

ITALIANO: Siamo a Castellammare di Stabia, la patria di mio papa'. Situato nel Golfo di Napoli, il commercio di Castellammare ha fatto affidamento sul mare. Il cantiere, fondata nel anno 1783, e' il piu' vecchio nel mondo. Purtroppo, i crisi globale, ha portato il fine per il cantiere. Mio papa ha lavorato al cantiere per tanti prima di andando in Australia.

Canon 30D
1/400
f/8
ISO 200
92mm

Sonata11, francio64, photoray, bayno, Gigidusud, ourania, baddori, SnapRJW, ikeharel, tyro, Noel_Byrne has marked this note useful

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lousat (58404) 2012-05-18 4:08

Ciao Lisa,la scelta dei colori del soggetto è davvero azzeccata,una composizione originale e molto particolare dal mare di Castellammare,bella anche la messa a fuoco con la sfocatura sullo sfondo.Buonanotte e complimenti,Luciano

williewhistler (7581) 2012-05-18 4:26

Hello Lisa,
Whilst this appears to be a bit of a tangle, the jumbled up nets somehow symbolises the mess our financial organisations have got themselves and the rest of us into,some of the consequences are so sad.
The complementary colours are very pleasing in a typical sea side scene.
Best regards Les +G

Sonata11 (28726) 2012-05-18 4:42

Hello Lisa,
This composition is very interesting with icredable cobweb network. Wonderfully captured this an amazing spot of it. Beautiful colors and perfetc sharpness, clarity. Perfectly well done. Awesome photo job with excellent ability.
All the best,
Barbara

francio64 (38188) 2012-05-18 4:44

Ciao cara Lisa,
bello l'effetto grafico dato dalle reti da pesca.
Buono il contrasto cromatico tra i due differenti colori di rete.

TFS!
Cicc

Sergiom (40107) 2012-05-18 5:11

Ciao Lisa

Making a living,yes, but the hard way. One of the toughest way of life and very dangerous. A nice composition with nice colors.

Have a very good day

Serge

photoray (4986) 2012-05-18 7:34

Howdy CampaniaLisa,

A fine jumble of firework neting, ropes, floats, in fine resolution and colorful. A good slice of life of the classical net fishermen.

Your Dad immigrated to Oz, and mine left Wisconsin, for LALA Land. My life, when it arrived, was a lot more complicated than it would have been in Neenah, WI.

Have another wonderful weekend, and every day,
Sincerely,
Ray

ciakgiak (30337) 2012-05-18 8:07

Ciao Lisa,
È una scena che mi ha sempre colpito quella delle reti colorate, ed avevo ragione, perché il risultato è molto bello, buon occhio, complimenti.
Un caro abbraccio.
Giorgio

bayno (16395) 2012-05-18 8:19

Ciao Lisa,
mi sembra di sentire odore di frittura di pesce...ehehehe....molto particolari i colori di queste reti da pesca...bella, ottima la messa a fuoco....
buon WE...
Valter

Gigidusud (8322) 2012-05-18 10:22

Ciao cara Lisa,
Che bei colori di questi reti da pesca!Buona idea!
Viva Napoli!
Bacioni.
Ghislaine

Silvio1953 (99133) 2012-05-18 10:27

Ciao Lisa, peccato sia finita così questa bella storia, deliziosa composizione con le reti dei pescatori in bel contrasto di colori, ottima nitidezza e splendida luce, brava, un grande abbraccio Silvio

ourania (13047) 2012-05-18 13:22

Ciao cara Lisa,
un commento malinconico ed effettivo sulla situazione imposta sulla gente di mare che spesso la forza ad allontanarsi dal mestiere e l' ambiente che gli d`a vita. `E un mestiere difficilissimo per`o loro ci sono attaccati per generazioni, non `e buono quando il cambiamento di vita non `e la propria scelta ed `e triste vedere le reti abbandonati e disordinati. Queste sembrano nuove e spero che presto si siano messi in ordine. Ottima nitidezza, belli colori contro lo sfondo scuro, molto adatto il taglio stretto. Complimenti e grazie!
Tanti saluti, buon fine settimana,
Ourania

carlo62 (13484) 2012-05-18 15:52

Ciao Lisa
un bellissimo groviglio di colori tenui, sembra quasi la tavolozza di un pittore.
La nota è molto bella e ci ha permesso di conoscere qualcosa di più del legame tra te, tuo padre e la terra d'origine.
Buona giornata
Carlo

baddori (19065) 2012-05-18 23:09

Lisa
Vicino a casa ...nel porticciolo vi sono molte reti abbandonate e piccolo o grandi nasse.
Se vivessi da solo....
Trovo molto fotogenico l'ammasso ed i singolo colori ed il volume prodotto.
Viaggiatrice ...ed io malato.
GF

gus72 (2510) 2012-05-18 23:25

Hi Bambina !!
The story complements the photo quite well.
Soft colours make it a pleasant image.
Tanti Saluti and have a great week end.
Gus

emka (58944) 2012-05-18 23:45

Ciao Lisa,
Creative shot here with all these nets. To disentangle them must be a hard work. Beautiful colours. Well seen and excellently presented.

HAve a nice weekend
malgo

ifege (9503) 2012-05-19 0:14

A great colourful tangle Lisa - well spotted and a good story to go with it.
cheers
Ian

dkmurphys (37377) 2012-05-19 7:49

Ciao Lisa,
A great idea to capture this detail. Unobserved by the most, well spotted by an artist eye.
Have a nice weekend.

Daniel

ChrisJ (87654) 2012-05-20 4:46

Hello Lisa,

A superb daily life scene of the colourful fishing nets with effective tight framing & good sharpness. I like the plae orange overlapping the bg red & the shallow dof to isolate & emphasise both away from their bg. Have a nice Sunday!

willperrett (3049) 2012-05-20 11:55

Hello Lisa
Very well composed image. I suspect most would have passed this scene without a second look, let alone consider it a photographic opportunity. I like the complementary tones and the swirls of rope that hold the composition together.

SnapRJW (19188) 2012-05-21 0:05

Hi Lisa - I love the colours here and the tangled web of nets is very attractively textural against the darker OOF backdrop. Your note speaks to the changing and uncertain times in which we live. A muddled mess where ordinary folk are buffeted on a daily basis. The shot a good metaphor for your note. Have a great week ahead Rosemary

Bluejeans (64241) 2012-05-21 4:55

Ola Lisa ,
Bonita composição com estas redes de pesca em dois tons , bons detalhes, parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

ikeharel (38022) 2012-05-21 8:35

Hi lisa,
I admit, the first thought before opened was of a new spagetti-souce dish... funny, but if you look from a distance...
Nice close-up on nets, a labyrinth of colorful ropes.
A good idea you gave me here.
Buongiornata in Australia,
Ike

tyro (13557) 2012-05-22 0:16

Ciao Lisa,

Just back home from a few days away, so now just catching up on the critiques.

A fascinating note (as usual) and a fine photograph which gives a lovely insight into the life of the fishermen.

Gorgeous colours and nice light and also stunning sharpness which fits well with the subject - we can just imagine how complex and painstaking must be the work to make and repair these nets - one of the less romantic (though probably one of the safest) pastimes of fishermen.

Beautiful!

Kind Regards,

John.

Noel_Byrne (8033) 2012-05-26 9:30

Hi Lisa,
At first glance, I thought this was one of those shots where people play with light on long exposure :) Very interesting and eyecatching shot, and with lovely colours.
Best wishes!
Noel