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MaryBell
{K:32791} 7/13/2003
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This is great, Jim!! I love the emotion that I get from this image. It feels like a memory from a previous life or something because for some reason I have an affinity for these images (ships and sea) although they have no part in my past...
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peta jones
{K:12615} 7/13/2003
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That is amazing, I see all those tiny figures on the ...what are they on? A tall ship must be a very busy place!
A wonderful image Jim.
Happy Kayaking! :)
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In Transit
{K:29394} 7/13/2003
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If there was anyone Above Your Head... you have captured them all! A superb execution... look forward to your further comments... provide that you come back with the tide!
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Gaetan Chevalier
{K:4188} 7/13/2003
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Another wonderful shot. Well done. Congratulation for this superb composition.
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Richard Blount
{K:9145} 7/14/2003
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I like these nautical images of yours Jim, they are so detailed and have a lot going on in them, but don't come across as too busy. The image represents the majesty of the once grand ships that sailed our oceans and the emotions it stirrs up inside, I can almost smell the salt air, great stuff Jim - Richard.
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G C
{K:12204} 7/14/2003
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Wow, absolutely stunning image. Did you use the same process as for the shadow walker picture? This really is outstanding.
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Jim McNitt
{K:11246} 7/14/2003
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This is composite photo with a bit of a history.
I photographed the foreground silhouette with an 19mm lens during a trip aboard EAGLE, the US Coast Guard training ship, in 1975. It was too distorted to stand on its own, although I though it might have promise as a composite -- something that was too time consuming to consider in mid-70s.
Twenty-seven years later while visiting the Museé Maritime in Paris I came across a series of epic 18th century paintings. One of them depicted a parade of the French fleet with rank after rank of sailors aloft on the courses. My almost 30-year-old EAGLE silhouette came to mind.
I took detail closeups of the painting and found one that scaled to almost the same persective as the 19mm Canon FD lens had produced on Eagle. Not an easy thing, considering the extreme distortion of the 19mm lens. After that, I applied DESATURATION to make it a grayscale image, a DRY BRUSH filter for a washed out feel and, finally, a sepia tone layer for the old photo feel. For this version, it got the blues. Just a simple desaturation and colorize.
Unfortunately, I didn't photograph the title card that identified the painter and event. All I remember is that it was late 19th century and the fleet was gathered for a review -- possibly by a visiting monarch. On my next trip to Paris, I returned to the museum, but the painting had been removed to make room for an exhibition on pirates.
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peta jones
{K:12615} 7/14/2003
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Thanks for the explanation Jim, it just makes this image even more extraordinary...Pirates! How dare they. :)
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Marion Luijten
{K:6172} 7/14/2003
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Jim you're posting so fast I can hardly keep up!
and you're still in the blue fase I see...
What i really like here, apart from the great compsition, is the fading from black to grey....and the blue of course!
Excellent image...
:-)
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Richard Blount
{K:9145} 7/15/2003
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Sacre' bleu, a French ship flying English colours, whatever next. Thanks for the explanation Jim, much appreciated, a great picture - Richard.
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Jim McNitt
{K:11246} 7/15/2003
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Richard, you just jogged my memory! I think the tall ship parade was in honor of a British royal visit. Did Victoria or Albert ever travel to France?
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peta jones
{K:12615} 7/15/2003
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Jim
http://www.victorianstation.com/queen.html
She toured English possessions and even visited France (the first English monarch to do so since the coronation of Henry VI in 1431).
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peta jones
{K:12615} 7/15/2003
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In 1896. That site did not say when. :)
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Jim McNitt
{K:11246} 7/15/2003
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And I imagine she was not amused. Thanks Peta.
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Anna
{K:2994} 7/16/2003
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Wonderful image and interesting story behind your work. You are a man of patience and very "focused"... ;-))
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Vladislav Klima
{K:3660} 7/28/2003
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I like -dual tones- photo. The colours are interesting for me. Excellent perspective, too. But main is - the rows of the sailors (important for the atmosphere). Well done. Vladislav
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