Blue Twilight, a photo from California, West

Photographer's Note

All day and into the evening African Moon sailed at ~2 1/2 knots under OTTO, our windvane steering system. She was gently heeled at 10 degrees, moving with an easy motion on a flat bay, with only the wind dimpling the water.

Lunch came and went, the wine was sipped and she was a happy ship.

We moved toward our destination and were lifted toward the Patapsco River and our marina in Rock Creek. The western sky became crimson as we sailed on a gentle NE wind.

Day became night - we sailed through that magic time called twilight. The water and air were quiet, a chill slowly moved into the autumn air - it was magic.

Into the night we sailed - a tack here, a tack there, always moving toward home but hoping it would never end. We tacked to sail away from the Craighill Channel to avoid a ship and a barge as we sailed into the Patapsco River and eventually past the White Rocks in Rock Creek.

For us it was beautiful - a never ending memory of the joy of sharing the cockpit of a "little ship" making her passage home after nine wonderful days on the Chesapeake and experiencing her many secrets and magic.

- from the log of African Moon.

goblyne, lucinka, seneca77, quantabeh, jstewart, Hanso2, jafadabret oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

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goblyne (218) 2005-01-05 20:53

hey Joseph! i'm not sure if the light blue stuff in the water is just distortion or really sharp light reflections... i usually don't like that effect but you've managed to make it look really good here cos it contrasts so well with the deep blues. you've also chosen a really interesting crop that works nicely with the placement of the two boats.
cheers!
- Tina

vapours (8264) 2005-01-05 21:22

Nice effect you have achieved here, I think it looks good.

lucinka (9976) 2005-01-06 3:52

Wonderfull deep blue. Reminds me of my favourite photographer - Philip Plisson. He has such a strong photos with great atmosphere. Your photo looks like that. Very well done. L.

seneca77 (405) 2005-01-12 9:04

Such a simple image, yet so strong. The position of the sailboat is perfect and I love the "blueness" of the scene. I might have cropped just a bit more of the sky out, but just a minor point. Great note, too. Well done!

danbachmann (1746) 2005-01-14 11:42

You have an interesting texture here - warm and cold - and full of sparkling water. Nice one

igorsl (117) 2005-01-14 23:02

Very good job, Joseph! I like colors and "sea effect".

jackpkn (863) 2005-01-24 8:43

Another good one! You can sell lot's of touristic packages with this shot! :-)

The 'horizontal crop' make one beautiful efect of 'infinite ocean' that I like a lot. The ocean almost mixing with the sky (actually is the same color, just no reflections is the sky) is a very beutiful efect too. :-)

Thanks for sharing!

quantabeh (5205) 2005-01-27 12:12

both the picture and the little story are wonderful. It is in fact an amazing blue. another wonderful picture from you Joe.
Thanks,
cheers,
Behrang

diaz_sanchez (0) 2005-01-27 15:00

Hello:) I love this blue sky and sea:) nice photo:) really I feel that I am there:) thx :)

jstewart (1150) 2005-01-30 16:46

Lovely image: simple, nice textures and colours. And a great note.

Hanssie (11022) 2005-02-10 16:18

Okay, blue then.....
Wonderful !
Simple with just one detail, okay, two and the reflections of the water, very nice done !

Hanso2 (633) 2005-02-19 13:47

And then there was blue. Yep blue it is. Great silhouette.

jafadabret (56501) 2005-09-23 14:17

C'est une trčs belle photo. Le format est bien choisi. Il y a peu de chose mais c'est bien composé et agréable ŕ voir. Les bleus font beaucoup pour la beauté de l'ensemble.

remcos (715) 2005-09-25 12:31

Hello Joseph.

Really nice picture you have there.
The colour bleu is very lovely.
And the composing of the boot is good.

TFS
Greetings
re[]c[]co

LyreOfOrpheus (44) 2005-11-26 18:10

impressive

Photo Information

Copyright: Joseph Farace (jmfarace) (342)
Genre: Miejsca
Medium: Kolorowe
Date Taken: 2004-11-20
Categories: Życie codzienne
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-F828, Carl Zeiss T* 28-200, Sony Memory Stick Pr, 58mm circular polarizer
Naświetlenie: f/8, 1/320 sekund
Wersja zdjęcia: Oryginalna wersja
Date Submitted: 2005-01-05 20:36
Ulubione: 3 [Widok]