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Subject: [Leica] OOPS: Re: BOATING PESO - "When and If" - VARIATIONS
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:38:32 -0400
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I think I did this to you once before.   Hope it doesn't turn into a  
habit.  :-)

Regards,

Dick



On Sep 08, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Philippe Amard wrote:

>
>
> Richard Taylor wrote:
>
>> I should have addressed that last comment to Philippe.  Sorry.
>>
> Too late, I'm furious :-D
> phx
>
>
>> 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
>>>>>
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