[Leica] Boat Portraits

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Dick I don't know anything about sailing. Reading your post quadrupled my 
sailing vocabulary.
However, I think the second shot is a fine boat portrait. The other boat in 
the distance just adds to the composition for me,
without being distracting

Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Richard S. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, 13 September 2006 01:43
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] Boat Portraits

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is take a straightforward picture 
of an object that depicts the thing accurately yet is also 
interesting photographically.  Here are three attempts at boat 
portraits.  I wanted not only to depict the boat accurately in 
interesting light in these pictures but also catch a sense of action. 
In this case that meant capturing the bow wave as it splashed away 
from the bow of the boat with the boat moving up a wave.

My first is a double-ended, or canoe-stern, gaff-rigged sloop.  This 
is undoubtedly a wood hull boat that has been lovingly maintained for 
a long time.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/SAILING/R0011108_web.jpg.html


Same boat, alternate position.  I like the profile of the boat better 
in this shot but feel the second boat takes attention away from the 
main subject.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/SAILING/R0011105_web.jpg.html


The second is a somewhat more conventional sloop of about the same 
era, also gaff-rigged.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/SAILING/R0011096_web.jpg.html


And the third is a fiberglass boat of more modern (probably 1970's) 
design, Marconi-rigged, with one reef tucked in and being well-sailed 
in the strong breeze.  The skipper is looking at us (we were racing 
against him on Vineyard Sound for the Moffett Cup) probably trying to 
figure out why we're sailing through his lee so handily.  We were a 
couple of boat-lengths ahead of him just a couple of minutes after 
this was taken.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/SAILING/R0011121_web.jpg.html


Ricoh GRD.  Comments encouraged as always.  I'll post a few more 
pictures from the race later in the week.
-- 
Regards,

Dick

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