Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I should have addressed that last comment to Philippe. Sorry. For Lawrence I would would add to his comments on inflatables only that most of the ones I'm familiar with are never deflated. It's much easier on the fabric to leave them blown up. I car top mine back and forth to the Cape fully inflated and it hangs upside down in the garage that way all winter. And, let you think his comment about mice is mere fantasy, I have a friend who lost his boat to mice only a few years ago. The boat literally looked like swiss cheese when he pulled it from his garage that Spring. Regards, Dick On Sep 06, 2009, at 2:29 AM, Philippe Amard wrote: > > > Richard Taylor wrote: > >> Sonny, Philippe - Thanks for your comments. Those red boats >> really bothered me, too and I tried all kinds of stuff in PS and >> LR to make them less visible, all to no avail. Also, I didn't >> just crop the red boats out because I wanted to show context and >> felt even a minimum crop on the original post, one that just >> skimmed the bow of the red dink, was a nice shot of the boat, but >> boring. >> >> So, here are three alternates. I'd like to hear your opinion of >> them. >> >> So three variations. Here's the original post minimally cropped. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5475_crop.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/mm67nb >> > Why not if you keep more water below so as to keep the portrait more > balance - I see there's a fraction left to include > >> Here's an alternate shot I also really liked, uncropped. Here I >> felt that the red boat really was an eyesore, though. I also felt >> the shot wasn't as good a picture of the boat as was the first post. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5480.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/knossx > > This, for me is the picture - the red of the hemmothing is balanced > by the tiles of the mansion - an overall excellent compostion , > more atmospheric though, and less focussed on the boat , which was > not your primary goal I think ... > >> >> Finally, here's the alternate cropped so as to just clip the bow >> of the dinghy again. Looking at it now, I'm thinking maybe this >> is the best one after all though it does feel a bit cramped to me. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5480_crop.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/ma4mfz >> > Yes, but as in 1, leave her some more water to stay afloat, looks > too shallow and dangerous as is ;-) > > Thanks Dick - a fine series and boat in any case. > Bien cordialement > Philippe > > >> What to you think? >> >> As to why they have an inflatable: this boat is in charter >> service and I suspect often sails with total neophytes on board. >> Inflatables are extremely stable and much easier for boating >> newbies to deal with than traditional dinks. Also, red is a >> highly desirable color for safety that's probably why it was >> chosen, thinking again of the newbies and maybe insurance costs, >> too. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> On Sep 04, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at >>> sfr.fr >>> >wrote: >>> Marvellous ship ! the dinghies look so ridiculous with their >>> postures and >>> colours .. >>> >>> Yes, I agree, I always wonder why someone with a beautiful yacht >>> like that >>> will ruin the effect by tugging along a red inflated hemorrhoid >>> reliever >>> behind instead of a proper dink. It certainly spoils the picture, >>> and those >>> things cannot be rowed. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sonny >>> http://www.sonc.com >>> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> (+31.754164,-093.099080) >>> >>> USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information