Rusting Dignity: Forever Harbored
Mar 21, 2018 04:33:14 #
This picture is one of those that was almost missed all together! I was riding on the Amtrak Cascades from Seattle to Vancouver. We rounded a curve and there was this old rusting boat with a bald eagle perched on the front mast. I just happened to have my camera in my hand looking at pictures I had taken in Seattle. There is a lot wrong with the picture, but the moment and the composition was captured from a moving train through the window as the sun was beginning to set. I am really not sure why this is one of my favorites of my photos. I guess it just eludes a feeling of timelessness. I think as one ages, timelessness in itself takes on new meaning. I printed the photo as a gallery wrap, and I was very pleased with how it turned out.
Mar 21, 2018 05:43:57 #
JohnH3 wrote:
This picture is one of those that was almost misse... (show quote)
Nice shot considering what you went through to get it.
Mar 21, 2018 06:33:50 #
I think that it is probably one of your favorites because it sparks one imagination as to what the history of the ship may have been just as your title for the thread suggests. Good capture.
Mar 21, 2018 06:44:00 #
What would have been a fading memory of what you saw, is instead something you can keep fresh, it is tangible. If you had been ready to take the shot and had everything set up ahead of time, I doubt there would be much improvement, given the moving train, etc. I would call it "success" as it is, and I understand why it is a favorite. Well done!
Mar 21, 2018 06:47:12 #
From the condition she is in that old girl has been there quite a while. Perhaps her usefulness ran out at the end of WW2? I love photos like that because they put my mind churning out possible scenarios as to what, when, and why. Thanks for posting it.
Mar 21, 2018 07:03:09 #
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Mar 21, 2018 10:55:32 #
I come from the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Growing up there, I saw these types of ship wrecks, and would explore the ships with my friends looking for treasures, never fearing the dangers. That's youth.
This picture brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for sharing. Good shot.
This picture brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for sharing. Good shot.
Mar 22, 2018 08:48:26 #
Any image that evokes a memory in someone is an image well done. Yours is doubly successful that it evokes a memory in the recording historian.
Mar 22, 2018 18:05:33 #
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Mar 25, 2018 15:56:15 #
JohnH3 wrote:
This picture is one of those that was almost misse... (show quote)
I like the feeling it exudes.
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