Star Clipper in Kotor II, a photo from Kotor, South

Photographer's Note

The majestic five-mast tall ship was anchored in the bay of Kotor, Montenegro. A few days ago I posted a daytime version of this photo, Star Clipper in Kotor I. The ship is a small cruise ship, one of three upscale sailing ships belonging to the Star Clipper Line founded in 1984. According the company's site, a fourth ship will be added to the fleet in 2017.

With exceptionally deep waters and a shoreline rising almost vertically from the sea, the bay has all the hallmarks of fjord carved out by receding ice sheets — following the last Ice Age). It is evocative of the fjords of Norway and Chile, but it is the southernmost fjord in the Northern Hemisphere, in this case, in the Mediterranean, as pointed out by Chris Jules.

To shoot this photo, I used an extremely sturdy Italian-made tripod borrowed from another passenger onboard the Crystal Serenity. With the waters of the bay exceptionally still that night, I was able to shoot a 15 second time exposure with a fairly small f/11 aperture. The red streak in the foreground is the light of a small passing boat, and the greenish white streaks in the background are from the headlights of cars on the opposite shore. An eye catching aspect of the photo is found in the far left, a building seemingly afloat. Also, in distinction to the daytime scene, the current in the bay has caused the Star Clipper ship to rotate 180°, the bow is now facing the left.

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jemaflor (129763) 2015-07-31 23:34

Hi Bulent,
Lovely view with your nightshot very well managed, great lights capture and beautiful result with these reflections on water, tfs.

Tigerlily (3379) 2015-07-31 23:42

Morning Bulent,
A superb shot! I love the detail of the light on the ship and the water..I rarely see such good detailed night scene. Beautiful tranquility, lovely atmosphere... like a magic, very well done.
Regards,
Jasmine.

emka (145549) 2015-07-31 23:47

Hello Bulent,
Splendid night picture of this magnificent clipper in Kotor. I like the rows of lights on the masts and excellent light management. I like it very much. Nice photo from your rich archive.

WArm regards Malgo

jhm (196621) 2015-08-01 0:29

Dear Bulent,

The majestic five-mast tall ship with all the lovely lights.
I was also by the Navy during one year, this for my military service, (1959)but on a minesweeper.
I like your night picture, we see clear a lot of details and pleasant reflection in water.
An excellent perspective and depth picture
Very nice composition, I like your presentation.
High quality picture.
Nice done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

cornejo (61504) 2015-08-01 1:50

Bulent Hello, good night view of this interesting and beautiful sailboat, very well composed and captured in this good and beautiful photography. An interesting image with good sharpness, light, color and quality. Very good and nice job well done, congratulations my friend. Thank you for sharing this interesting work.

Good day and happy Sunday.
All the best from southern Spain.
Angel.

kordinator (16451) 2015-08-01 2:17

Dear Bulent
Wonderful photos you taken in Kotor.
Excellent photo parameters.
I like play with light and reflection on the water.
Splendid night picture of this magnificent clippe.
Great photo job.
Kind regards
Saša

ikeharel (102151) 2015-08-01 2:23

Magnificent night sceen, after the day picture, Bulent.
Photojob superbly done, 15 sec.s exposure that did not bring an excessive bulbs glare.
Pleasent to look at this impressive sight.
Have a nice weekend,
Ike

Karolina999 (0) 2015-08-01 2:35

Dear Batalay,
amazing sail, amazing huge sail, fine night take, superb lights, good contrast.
Cheeeers!

Sergiom (117241) 2015-08-01 6:39

Bonjour Bulent,

J'aime beaucoup cette photo nocturne. J'aime la trace de filé rouge à l'avant plan ainsi que la très belle gestion de la lumière.Le bateau est superbement illuminé.

Bon samedi

Serge

williewhistler (16606) 2015-08-01 7:42

Hello Bulent,
despite the obvious difficulties you managed to capture a spectacular night time scene,with lights twinkling throughout her five masts the ship makes an impressive and attractive photograph.
Regards Les.

rychem (70897) 2015-08-01 8:47

Excellent night photo, beautifully and orignally illuminated sailing boat, it looks like a "ghost ship", maybe the Flying Dutchman?
regards Ryszard

ChrisJ (156123) 2015-08-01 14:54

Hello Bulent,

Good sharpness with excellent composition and framing. Nice repetition of the lights and masts, with fantastic reflections in the water. A good nocturnal shot. Tfs.

lousat (125145) 2015-08-01 15:27

Hi Bulent,magnificent capture of the big boat in the Kotor bay that i seen me too 9 years ago.The difference is made by the choice of hour,the night atmosphere is fantastic like the quality of your pic,i like it! Have a nice Sunday and thanks,Luciano

berek (50518) 2015-08-01 21:59

Merhaba Bülent bey,

bugünde aynı saat ve en azından aynı günü ben yakaladım. saat tesadüf tam 8 :-) . ışıklarıyla gelin gibi görünüyor. sudaki yansımalar harika. elinize sağlık.
sevgiler.
Burak

Royaldevon (68357) 2015-08-02 0:58

Hello Bulent,

Your slow shutter speed has taken every possible advantage from the many and varied, artificial lights at your disposal, to create this magnificent view of the tall ship. The ship itself makes a most eye-catching focal image, with strong competition from the reflections in the bay.

Have a great Sunday,
Bev :-)

Silvio1953 (197760) 2015-08-02 4:12

Ciao Burak, fascinating nocturne shoot, great expèosuree, spendid light, wonderful colors and beautiful reflections, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

claudeD (47754) 2015-08-02 10:43

Hello Bulent,

very fine and well done photojob you are sharing with us here Bulent. I like your composition, the fine sharpness and excellent light management very much. I like the picture very much and I would like to travael with this ship very much.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

JC

Tue (76552) 2015-08-02 11:30

Hello Bulent,
The masts of the tall ship are illuminated beautifully and the reflections in the calm water are truly wonderful. Impressive result with this 15 second exposure.
Lars

mcmtanyel (57957) 2015-08-03 20:44

Merhaba Bülent Bey,
The Star Clipper looks even prettier at night with all the lights. I am surprised that the water was so calm that none of its lights moved during the 15 second of your camera's exposure. I am assuming you rested the camera on something, if not a tripod.
Regards,
MT

Graal (103040) 2015-08-04 10:52

Hello Bulent,
view here's attractive and very nice. Amazing colorful lights and reflections in water. Clipper by night is beautiful. Good presentation.
Have a nice evening.
Aleksander

Hansaphotos (11313) 2015-08-04 12:09

Hi Bulent

Excellent night shot of this impressive ship. Who can resist capturing a scene like this. The long exposure produced painting-like reflections in the water. Beautiful work:) Thanks.

Greetings, Erling

nikkitta (17070) 2015-08-04 14:13

Hola dear Bulent
Like night captures and this is an eye catching one , because of the colored reflects as well as the lights on the ship
Well done with an instructive note, as always
Kind regards
Maria

*If you go to the Falls, may be you have time to visit Paraguay, some few km. and you will be in a rural landscape, well deserving a visit

papagolf21 (148514) 2015-08-05 6:03

Bonjour, cher ami bulent,
De jour, comme de nuit, ce Star Clipper bénéficie d'une aura toute particulière.
La réussite est bien présente.
Comme à l'accoutumée, la note d'accompagnement est un régal.
Amitiés.
Philippe

gervaso (28141) 2015-08-06 4:40

Hello, Bulent!

This ship looks even more beautiful at night with all these lights and their reflection on the water! The effect of some boat passing is also great, forming this red line! Wonderful night shot, with excellent sharpness!

BWJ (3094) 2015-08-08 8:05

Hello Bulent,
This is a beautiful and skillfully captured night scene of the tall ship. The 15 second time exposure and f/11 aperture worked well. What a majestical atmosphere!
Kind regards,
Betty

mkamionka (56114) 2015-08-10 11:51

Hi Bulent,
beautiful picture well complemented by the previous one. The night photo has something unique in it. I like here especially the red line of a passing boat as opposed to everything being crispy sharp and frozen.
Nice star shaped lights.
Very well seen and captured,
M

Gigidusud (21679) 2015-08-10 13:15

Hello dear Bulent,
Splendid this illuminated boat with beautiful reflections in the sea. A very successful night capture, I love.
Best regards.
Gigi

mirosu (16313) 2015-08-13 1:35

Hello Bulent,
Many thanks for your nice comment, I appreciate it very much. I’ve decided to post some more photos from my files, I hope that all TE Members will like them.
Now to your beautiful photo. Excellent night, superb view to to nicely lit ship and beautiful light reflections.
Fabulous photo in superb light & clarity, nice colors, nicely framed in landscape format.
Very well done.
Greetings,
Miro

eldancer1 (36343) 2015-08-14 7:35

I like the night version of the clipper even if it's hard to control the surroundings like that boat that created the red streak on the water. Over all very well done, tfs.

COSTANTINO (98112) 2015-08-15 22:19

Hello dear friend and have a nice time
and a nice sunday
impressive night capture with thousand
of lights shining into the night
presenting the majestic five mast
tall ship anchores in the bay of kotor
first class quality shot
you did your best dear friend
photo with useful notes
regards from samos island
costantino