Well, I had to title it something and this sounded apt enough. Both photos have a sea-vessel and the water they traverse upon, so “Ships at Sea” it is, even though I am not sure they would call it the Sea… I’ve always been confused by that.
Growing up it was always the Sea, and protecting us from it was the Seawall, made sense…. now technically, the water to the horizon northwards from our shores is the Atlantic Ocean, I don’t think it is still the Caribbean Sea, and since I am being technical, both photos are not pointing Northwards but more West by North West, making that particular area of water the mouth of the Demerara River.
Aye, my head hurts from trying to sort that one out, so Sea or Ocean or River, its got a boat on the water. They’ve both been done in monochrome to emphasise the clouds and the water, taken on different days but in generally the same location, on the stretch of beach along the Kingston shore.
Click on them for a better view in the Gallery.
When I saw those two, my first thought was that, having a wide angle lens on the camera, I’d never get decent shots of them. Clearly I fell into one of the biggest traps that a photographer can; dismissing an opportunity without even trying.
Good thing you didn’t make the same mistake.
Thanks Nik, I’ve learnt to always put the viewfinder to my eye before deciding if the shot is doable or not 🙂
Well I guess you could have also called it “Where the River Meets the Sea” Love the pictures. What cloudes. Pity it was a trawler and not a sail boat.:-)
Thanks A. Rose 🙂 I think that trawlers are a “typical” occurrence at this port, so it becomes rather representative 🙂
but a sailboat would have been nice 🙂
good shots – I think I like the second one best, with the big swirl of clouds and the contrast with the rest of the sky
Thanks Mike, I love when clouds do things like that, swirl or stream outwards, makes the photo even better 🙂
Cool photos, the second one especially!
Thanks Nigel, glad you liked them, been going through a dry spell recently, and dragged these two out of previous week’s shots 🙂
I do like “Into the Demerara” in monochrome bette than the color version. The sky looks alive!
Thanks Martina, I toyed with the idea of the monochrome for a while, finally I liked it so much I did the landscape version in monochrome 🙂
The sky is very impressive in the second shot. I loved the photos in your gallery as well. Great series!
Thanks Jolene 🙂 I am always happy when others like something I took, as I enjoy theirs.
The beach, the clouds, the driftwood and the waves…yea, I like “Into the Demerara”! 😀
Thanks David (Williams), when you add all the elements together it “works” 🙂 I was glad that it didn’t appear clustered.
Lovely shots Michael. You do a wonderful job on placing the horizon at the right spot in your shots.
Thanks Sasi, I have a habit of either using the halfway mark or the lower third to place the horizon, but there are times when breaking that “rule” works better 🙂
I have to say you certainly get some wicked skies in your neck of the woods 🙂 Great Shots
Thanks Simon (DH), I think being on the coast where the winds and currents swoop across with some frequency helps 🙂 but I try to make the best of the scenes 🙂