An irregular feature where I’ll post photos; many involving, well, water, mountains and other things I like. Maybe boobies sometime! In some cases (such as this) I’ll have arranged for special permission from the photographer to post them, and in those cases my comments will be more critical (though positively so, I trust).
Unless indicated otherwise, the photos will be unedited (except possibly for cropping/recompression), and unphotoshopped to the best of my knowledge.
Photocredit: wolfe’s Musings, Photographer: Female.
What an interesting job framing — and a tough one. You’re dealing with sailboats which can jibe and turn on the twist of the wind — even in some harbors — and a relatively fast moving ferry. The shot itself is almost certainly from another boat, probably under windpower.
One can criticize the photographer for not framing the hulls — that would have been ideal — but how difficult to set up such a shot even if you have a budget of $50,000.00.
Framing the sails and superstructures is the next best thing, and very nicely done indeed. Excellent timing.
Look at the grey-pink of the sky, echoed in the red California/Spanish style almost terra-cotta color of the roofs. Faint echoes occur in the center-right apartment building, and the upper-deck trim of the ferry.
The variegated sail colors, both left and right indicate these are boats that sail, not merely rich men’s toys. They in turn echo the subtle colors of the unconstant sky.
The water? Good photography (and eye) to get that color with minimal assistance from the sun. Reminiscent of the North and South Pacific, as well as the Central Atlantic. Not, to be sure, as spectacular as the cyan/green waters of the Carribean Sea, but spectacular in its way.
There’s an entire essay to be read on the veritable detritus of development that cascades down the green, yet water-starved hills that form the backdrop. Nothing against people who like to live on the water; I’m one. But, our footprint often doesn’t look that great.
It’s not a spectacular photo to be sure; and Female notes that it’s one of her least favorite. But I like it for the reasons given above… and how can one beat the title “Manly Ferry”?
Thanks to Female for submitting this (and other) photos, a good number of which shall see the light in future wolfe-blogs.
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-wolfe
