Mary's Photoblog
Onward to Gailey.
Posted by MaryB (Staffordshire, United Kingdom) on 10 March 2008 in Transportation and Portfolio.
Sailing towards Gailey Warf, on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
Sorry I've been missing for the last few day's, I've not been too well, but I'm lots better now I'm glad to say :) We did a 5 mile walk today so I know I'm better LOL :D
I did a bit of catching up yesterday but hope to catch up with everyone today.
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Any tips or constructive criticism are welcome :)
I really appreciate all your comments, thank you so much. I'm only sorry I've not got time to respond. I do read all the comments and will try to answer any questions you have
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
This is lovely in color and composition, Mary. It looks like great fun.
10 Mar 2008 6:34am
Nishana Minhaz from Calicut, India
lovely colours, esp that of the water.. the boat is such a lil one, n its cute. i hope u get well soon! :)
10 Mar 2008 6:59am
ManuelaR from Hainburg, Germany
Glad to hear you feel better ;)
Love the textures and tones, wonderful horizon curve...
10 Mar 2008 8:05am
Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands
Hello MaryB you are also good on taking snapshots ;). In our province Friesland we also have these boats driven by solar energy to take away all engine noise, tourists can rent them. The ideal vehicle for enjoying nature! I like the red color BTW.
10 Mar 2008 9:26am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
ah it's so blue and wonderful, love the action, nice to have you back MaryB, glad you're better ;)
10 Mar 2008 10:24am
Shaahin from Tehran, Iran
Glad to hear u r better,
Nice shot and good composition, but I think the saturation is too high, specially for RED and BLUE ;)
10 Mar 2008 10:56am
@Shaahin: Thank you for your good wishes :)
And I totally agree with you on the saturation, I tried to reduce it as the colours were so vivid! I could have had the saturation setting on the camera set to enhance, as I had been playing around with the controls trying to familiarise myself with them (only had cam a few days when I took this) but I'm sure it was on Auto as I was only trying other settings :)
Peter Miller from Lichfield, United Kingdom
Hi Mary, I had a few days off but I am back now. I have been looking through your impressive portfolio though. Great shot Mary, I too take a lot of canal shots preferring the early spring and summer. It sure looks cold on this day. Good old Staffs (the creative county)
10 Mar 2008 10:56am
Helma from Tehran, Iran
nice & vivid photo .. very interesting shot ! .. thanks.
10 Mar 2008 12:50pm
Mandy from South Africa
Hey Mary - Lovely colours coming through in this shot - Great curve to the river too as Manuela mentioned above!! :) Glad you're feeling better and thanks for your continued vists to my site! :)
10 Mar 2008 1:06pm
Rob from Velveetaville, United States
Great capture MB... you can imagine what the two men are saying and that makes this stand out to me.
Been scanning your postings... man am I behind. You keep improving and evolving in your photography that's for sure.
Cheers,
Rob
10 Mar 2008 1:31pm
Chris from South Jersey, United States
Great composition in this image, and the colors are very bright. The sky is a little washed out - a little color there would have balanced the great green and blue of the grass and water. This reminds me of the river boats when I visited my Grandmother in Guildford years ago....
10 Mar 2008 2:45pm
Reza from Montreal, Canada
I like the colors in this shot. So alive and vibrant. And glad you are back and feeling well ;)
10 Mar 2008 3:58pm
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Glad you're feeling better, I collapsed three weeks ago and that wasn't funny either!
This boat ride looks like fun :-)
10 Mar 2008 4:26pm
@MadScientist: Thanks MS, hope your feeling better now too :)
The canals are a beautiful place to go for a relaxing walk, they are so peaceful.
Ina from Krugersdorp, South Africa
Nice one!
Thanks for identifying the Emu for me! I've added the info, thanks!
10 Mar 2008 5:14pm
DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom
Welcome back really. The colours in this one are a bit weird, looks like a nice spot though!
10 Mar 2008 5:15pm
@DaveB: Thanks Dave,
I'm trying to figure out why only the photo's with the narrowboats in had this strange over saturated colour. Non of the other shot's I took turned out like this. The sun was very bright when it came out and the boats looked as if they had been freshly painted. Tommorow's post is of more narrowboats and that has turned out bright too!
It is a great spot, we have some lovely canals here in Staffordshire. :)
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
Call me crazy (and many do LOL) but I like the way you've saturated this one. Great comp with the boat sliding through the water with the trees to right... gives it good scale and depth.
10 Mar 2008 7:57pm
@amy: Thanks Amy, but I really thought the colour on my monitor had gone crazy when I first saw this shot, I've actually tried to dum down the colours, they more than popped in the original shot LOL. I've checked the cam to see if I had the saturation setting on enhance but no! it's only happend in the photo's I took on that day and only the ones with the Narrow boats on, it's really odd :)
standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France
Beautiful and colourful picture. I like the perspective!
10 Mar 2008 8:58pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
The colours look fine on my laptop Mary, and its difficult to predict how it would look on anyones machine but your own. Those brave souls out on a narrowboat in March....... Mine is tied up on the Trent in Newark, and I'm not going anywhere till its warmer..
10 Mar 2008 10:45pm
vu@granby - Wolfgang Prigge from Canada
Very photogenic canal, must be fun to roam in these colorful boats!
10 Mar 2008 10:59pm
John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United States
Great perspective, the flowing water takes you through the picture. Love the bright colors too. Very well composed shot.
11 Mar 2008 1:40am
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
A very nice photo. Am glad you are feeling better.
11 Mar 2008 2:23am
Nikon D40X
1/500 second
F/5.6
ISO 360
82 mm (35mm equiv.)