Chesapeake Bay Panorama

Hard to believe the weather this week. It reminds me of spring or fall. So I decided to go back to the sailing trip this fall and post another one of those. For those who might be new this was taken on a field trip with my camera club to the Chesapeake Bay. Sorry about the small size on the main page, I hope you click through to see the larger image behind. Thanks for stopping by.

I Saw Three Ships

Decided to put up an image from this summer's sailing trip that I did not upload previously. This was one of the regattas we passed during the day out on the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis.

Rope and Shadow

Ok, I'll give the sailing cruise images a rest with this one. There are so many details on a boat to shoot, you could spend a whole day and not get everything. I often go down to the Washington Marina in Alexandria to shoot boat closeups. This one from the cruise would not have worked without the sun in the right spot to cause the shadows. I like the combination of curve and line as repeated throughout. Thanks for stopping by.

Red Ribbon Curve

Getting near the end of the sailing cruise images, just todays and tomorrows left (I hope you don't mind). This image is of the various sails, rigging and mast of the sailboat. What I really like about this is the red ribbon that matches the curve of the sail. I have others were the ribbon is not in the same place, and I don't think those images are quite as strong. Thanks for stopping by.

Little Boats All in a Row

I tried a number of different angles on this image from both sides of the main boom. This was my favorite, but I also liked some from the other side. I thought about cranking down the aperture to get more DOF on this; however, I decided to let the trailing boat go blurry.

Canvas Abstract

I like the lines and shadows of this image. Lots of nice diagonals, triangles, etc. To me this image is full of motion and direction. Moving forward and up but not to the emptyness of the shadow.

Backlit Sailboats

Not much to say on this one. As far as technique the main challenge was to keep the sun off my lens and not include people on my boat. The sail acted as a great big diffuser and gave me a lot of shade to work from. I'm not yet sure I like quite all that much water in front, but for now I am happy with it.

Come Sail Away

This weekend my camera club went on a field trip to Annapolis for an afternoon sailing excursion with Schooner Woodwind Cruises. It was a great trip with lots to see and photograph. I have a lot of pictures that I am pretty happy with so this week will be images taken on the trip.

As for this image, there is no existential angst here. However, I did have a number of images of this scene and have chosen the only one where the two boats do not actually overlap. The flag of the boat in the background is just within the triangle of the rigging of the foreground boat. This was exactly what I was shooting for here and with three boats (the two here and the one I am on) all moving at different speeds, I am very pleased that I was able to catch it. Having the ability to burst a bunch of frames really helps.