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dwindtSat, Aug 10, 2024
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jamie6Tue, Jul 16, 2024
dwindtMon, Jul 15, 2024
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s7sMon, Jul 15, 2024
Nice serene scene. Pirates had made use of this too, by adding rum into the casks, it would act as a preservative and prevent things such as slime from overgrowing in the water. Captain McCoy was thought to be more honest in his scheme as he didn't add water to the bottles.This assumedly led to the phrase ''The real McCoy'', as one of several false etymologies for the origin of the term "The real McCoy" as an idiom used for, ''The real thing''.
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dwindt
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Wed, Jun 26, 2024Thank you jamie6. Please check why this image does not appear in the 3D art gallery if I have Safesite set to "strict".
Nice sunset seascape dwindt! Appreciate the attention to detail, composition and the realistic aerial perspective.
I find the environment contribution to the overall light a bit too low, making the image unrealistically dark and too evenly contrasted, even for a sunset like that.
I would also put more light emphasis on the outbound ship, which I take is the main focus of your composition, just to break a bit the dark silhouette of the sails...
Hope you don't mind my two cents input, which is by the way backed up by 32 years of professional life at sea...
Good luck with your entry!
I find the environment contribution to the overall light a bit too low, making the image unrealistically dark and too evenly contrasted, even for a sunset like that.
I would also put more light emphasis on the outbound ship, which I take is the main focus of your composition, just to break a bit the dark silhouette of the sails...
Hope you don't mind my two cents input, which is by the way backed up by 32 years of professional life at sea...
Good luck with your entry!
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dwindt
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Mon, Jul 15, 2024Thanks, not at all. Always appreciate constructive critique.
I haven't spent 32 years at sea but I planned ships for 35 years and from a port's perspective, watched the arrival and departure of thousands of vessels. Steel, painted vessels, capable of reflecting a great deal more light than the absorbent surface of a wood and corroded copper plated hull sailing ship. Even though modern vessels are more visible and far bigger than sailing ships of times past, some conditions warrant them pretty difficult to see, especially when you're looking towards a bright horizon. Some mornings when the humidity levels are high, with the easterly winds blowing silt in off the sea, the atmospheric perspective creates a rather flat contrasted scene; where airborne silt and haze fills the dark contrasted areas in shades of greys and obscure the dark areas, creating quite a flat scene; not suitable for appealing photography. Add Stratocumulus clouds and a low sun, visibility drops drastically.
A view from the bridge, or deck of a vessel, departing from a modern port, surrounded by the many reflective, painted, materials found in present times, will and does lend to a brighter, more visible, well-lit and contrasted anchorage but the camera view is from a quayside surrounded by absorbent dull, wood and natural surfaces. The most obvious reflective surface in the scene is the ore lock on the rowing boat. The light and reflection there is very evident. Should the scene have been polluted with materials similar to the ore buffed metal of the ore lock, such as in a modern world port, the overall secondary light alone, would make a huge difference to the overall visibility...but strip all of that away. What would it look like?
Thanks so much for your input. I really appreciate it!
I haven't spent 32 years at sea but I planned ships for 35 years and from a port's perspective, watched the arrival and departure of thousands of vessels. Steel, painted vessels, capable of reflecting a great deal more light than the absorbent surface of a wood and corroded copper plated hull sailing ship. Even though modern vessels are more visible and far bigger than sailing ships of times past, some conditions warrant them pretty difficult to see, especially when you're looking towards a bright horizon. Some mornings when the humidity levels are high, with the easterly winds blowing silt in off the sea, the atmospheric perspective creates a rather flat contrasted scene; where airborne silt and haze fills the dark contrasted areas in shades of greys and obscure the dark areas, creating quite a flat scene; not suitable for appealing photography. Add Stratocumulus clouds and a low sun, visibility drops drastically.
A view from the bridge, or deck of a vessel, departing from a modern port, surrounded by the many reflective, painted, materials found in present times, will and does lend to a brighter, more visible, well-lit and contrasted anchorage but the camera view is from a quayside surrounded by absorbent dull, wood and natural surfaces. The most obvious reflective surface in the scene is the ore lock on the rowing boat. The light and reflection there is very evident. Should the scene have been polluted with materials similar to the ore buffed metal of the ore lock, such as in a modern world port, the overall secondary light alone, would make a huge difference to the overall visibility...but strip all of that away. What would it look like?
Thanks so much for your input. I really appreciate it!
s7s
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Mon, Jul 15, 2024Many thanks for the insights and sharing the reasoning behind lighting your composition as well... I guess it is ultimately about everyone's subjective perception and artistic esthetics.
