Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Next time you see her out, you should hail her on the two-way and ask her to put the sea anchor line on the dink and drag it about three hundred yards back until you've got your shot! ;-) On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net>wrote: > Lawrence - You're right. I wanted to show the boat in it's environment. > Everyone who commented agreed this was the best shot, BTW. > > As for the alternate without the red dink, you made an interesting comment > about giving her more water to sail on, so I tried a square crop on it this > morning, again just barely cropping the red dink out and this time leaving > as much water as possible in, and think it looks pretty nice, vis: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5480_sq_crop.jpg.html > or > http://tinyurl.com/kjlson > > Thanks for you comments. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > > On Sep 06, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > > Dick writes: >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> - - - - - - - - - >> >> >> There is no really good place to mount a dinghy on deck on a sailboat less >> than 40 feet long. And Sonny is right. Inflatables row poorly and are >> blown >> around the water by the wind. They don't tow well either. A strong wind >> gust >> or an errant wave can flip them over. Nor is deflating for storage much of >> an asset. Most inflatables are blown up in the spring and deflated when >> the >> snow falls. I don't think there is an insurance advantage either, at least >> not for me. BUT inflatables are very kind to the finish on the topsiders >> of >> a boat. It is almost impossible to scrape or gouge the paint with an >> inflatable. If the pretty sailboat is in charter service, the owners >> certainly want to avoid marring the topsides by inept handling of the >> dinghy >> on the part of the charterers. Oh yes, another downside of inflatables is >> that field mice have a taste for hypalon and PVC and will chew holes in >> any >> inflatable that they can get at. This is not covered by insurance either. >> >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) USA