* Challange 24 - RocketMan looks at *-scapes

[RocketMan]

here are some "*-scapes" taken this past weekend during my little cruise to nowhere out of Norfolk. I didn't do any post processing except for a little on the second to bring a little color to the sky and forth to highten the redish glow of the water and a bit to the sky. Other than that they are untouched by the hand of man. :D I'm finding it to be a greater challange to capture the picture "in the camera" than mess with it after fact.

The first is a marine-scape of a small marina just off starboard as we were getting ready to sail out to the Chesapeake Bay
http://roadrunes.com/images2/c-24/marine-scape.jpg

The second is a bridge-scape of the Norfolk Harbor taken in late twilight on our departure Sat evening.
http://roadrunes.com/images2/c-24/bridge-scape.jpg

The thrid is a Ship-scape taken in the wee hours when everyone but a few late party-goers and myself were fast a sleep. The tiny dot to the right of the right radar done (the round things near the bow) is the planet Venus. It was so bright that it cast a faint yet visible glow on the sea like you'd see with a full moon. I have never seen a planet do that before but it isn't often I get out that far on the open ocean on a moonless night.
http://roadrunes.com/images2/c-24/ship-scape.jpg
(These new ships are HUGE, 900 feet long, 2100 passengers and 1200 crew. And even though this is not the biggest in the line, it still had a nine story autrium in the center with glass elevators, very cool!)

the next is a Crane-scape of the Norfolk Hardor during mid-dawn upon our return Monday
http://roadrunes.com/images2/c-24/crane-scape.jpg

and finally this a picture of the folks scurring off the ship to catch the busses back to their cars, so i guess you could call this an "ES-scape" HA HA!:rofl
http://roadrunes.com/images2/c-24/S-scape.jpg

(The last ones just for fun cause I couldn't resisit the oportunity for a good pun!)

RM

[Andy]

a great variet :clap

i really the crane-scape. why? becuase it's out of the ordinary, got great color and light.

[snapapple]

Love them. Especially the first one and the "cranescape". Beautiful sky in the first, beautiful colors with the cranes.

[ginger_55]

WOW!

And which don't I like? HAHA! They are all great.

Happy times choosing, probably the cranes.......but I like them all.

g:clap

[lynnma]

The cranes for me too.. it's wonderful :clap

[ish]

Wow. These are really quality shots. As I scrolled down I kept saying "THis is definitely the best one...".


But after looking at them all I vote for the Crane shot. I am not just saying it cause Andy and Snappy though, it sucked me in right away. My desktop photo right now is by a favorite photographer of mine and it is of a bridge sillhouetted against a reddish sky like yours.

Awesome stuff! :1drink

[RocketMan]

Well dang! Thanks for all the wonderful comments. It’s especially meaningful to me coming from folks whose work I have admired so much in the pervious challenges!:thumb

As Jeanne pointed out last night part of what made the cranescape work so well was the vantage point that it was taken from which was approximately 10 stories up as our cabin was on one of the top most decks of the ship. That put me on nearly the same level as the top of the cranes whereas had I shot it from ground level it would have had more of a vanishing point perspective and the towers of the cranes would not have come out parallel.

I think I’ll have to tie a wide band around my head today to keep it from swelling overmuch HA HA.:rofl

Thanks again.

RM

[aero-nut]

Definately the crane shot. The symmetry is kind of interesting.

[gubbs]

The Cranes! :thumb

[pathfinder]

The Cranes! :thumb

I agree with the crowd also
:thumb

[judyfuess]

Love the lighting on the Crane shot!

[digismile]

I think the cranes is your best shot, but I would crop the left hand side a bit or clone the rigging in the bottom left hand corner.

Regards,
Brad