Ogden Point Frame
This shot is another still from a time-lapse video, one of several I shot late last week. This is the frame for the arrival of the pilot-boat at its dock shortly after I set the shot up. I have processed a lot of time-lapse sequences, but am still trying to figure out what to do with them.
Eventually, you will see some of them, in the meantime, I hope you can put up with stills here and there.
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Canon EOS 5Dmkii, 3-stop graduated ND filter, ISO100. SMC Takumar m42 mount 35mm/f3.5 lens,~f-8, 1/100th
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What strikes me particularly is the way the image is framed by the two contrasting arms that envelope it: the thin boundary wall on the left, and the far more substantial wharf on the right.
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Thanks Andy, the frame is what caught my eye too and it works very well for receiving an incoming bright yellow pilot boat.
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I love Ogden Point, it really is an anchor point in our city. What a great shot here, Ehpem, you’ve captured the essence and spirit here just wonderfully! Looking forward to seeing your time lapse work when you get it ready. Fabulous shot here, my friend.
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Hi Toad. It is an important spot for so many reasons. It was a perfect day for this kind of shot. The new railings are still leaving me in two minds, but I think I need to approach them more forward looking as what is lost is gone for good, so is there a way to take a cool shot of the railings, and there should be as they are curved and shiny strung together with fine straight lines.
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One of the interesting things in this is the red that is sprinkled throughout the photo is mostly the same shade d it contrasts well with the blue. Very nice shot and I love these big ships.
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Hi Ken. Interesting observation about the red – I had been focussed on the red in the tug boats, and aware of it on the light at the end of the breakwater. But now you mention it, it is all over.
I think the tugs are something to do with cruise ship season, they must be on station for the influx of large, actually huge, ships that start coming very soon. The blue hulled ship is for ocean drilling – quite what kind of drilling I have no idea, nor where. It has been around for a long time. And often in that spot is a cable laying ship instead.
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