Olympus Arrow
Another detail from the Classic Boat Festival. You can see from my crop what interested my in this photo. This is the side of a beautiful yacht called the MV Olympus. Parts of it are likely to show up in other photos too. When I took this picture there were six (6!!) bagpipers on the deck right above this spot. Don’t ask, I don’t know the answer to ‘surely one is enough?’
For other images in this boat festival series, check out this link.
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Canon EOS 5Dmkii, SMC Takumar 35mm/f3.5 lens, ISO100, 1/120th, ~f-8
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burnt embers 
Wow! Gorgeous light and composition, ehpem. The little detail on the left is like a mini sailboat itself.
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What a great observation Karen. I was only seeing ‘anchor’ (and one that looks as if it has never been used) in that shot, but now I see it completely differently. Like it is sailing on those ripples of light.
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This is an image that really captivates the eye. My eye traverses right and then follows that decorative arrow back to the left. The play of the light on the hull is a delightful ingredient and really brings the graphic elements to life.
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Thanks Andy. I like how you describe that. I was looking mostly at the pattern of reflections with the other elements as background, but of course it is more satisfying because of those other things (which explains why another similar shot from that day is not so satisfying as it was nearly blank hull).
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BUT I LOVE BAGPIPES!!! Oh well, I’m not noted for my good taste.
This photo is made more striking with the red arrow through the center of the frame. I don’t know what it is, but I like it.
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Hi Ken. I think bagpipes would be wonderful heard from a distance in the Scottish highlands, echoing off the hills. Or better yet, pipes in the wilds of Northumbria (I quite like Northumbriam pipes).
Someone practices his pipes here on Harling Point out near the Chinese cemetery and sometimes I can hear that from my yard, or walking around the neighbourhood, and that is OK too, even kind of nice.
Once I went to a formal dinner in London in a very tall echo chamber of an old hall and us diners were ceremonially circled three times by pipers. I can’t remember how many live pipers there were but the echoes are still ringing in my head 25 years later – my doctor calls it tinnitus, but I know better.
The arrow is a decorative detail, and a very nicely placed one at that.
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I like this photo – very minimalist in both composition and color.
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Thanks Melinda! It wasn’t either of those before cropping. It was a cluttered picture, with lots of masts and varnish and windows and things.
Cropping was also necessary because my point of view was considerably lower than the hems of the kilts….
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Uh…thanks, I think, for that clarification re. your POV.
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Today’s marginally relevant quote:
I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made object never equaled the purity of sound achieved by the pig. -Alfred Hitchcock
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Q. How can you tell if a bagpipe is out of tune?
A. Someone is blowing into it.
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Ha! Ha! It’s funny because it’s true!
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There’s another one (well, one of many) about what are bagpipes good for – something to do with a fire starter for burning banjos.
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