Shot this early morning sunrise photo of Newburyport MA. harbor back in 1978, using a Nikon F3hp with a f3.5 300mm Nikon lens. I cannot remember the camera settings. I found this yesterday while looking at old photos because of the rain we were getting. Needed something to do. I scanned the 4X6 photo on an Epson Artison 730 at 300 dpi and PP in PScc. This photo still pleases me. But it also shows me how much photography has improved and of course to some degree my ability to capture the moment. This is the photography I love the most seascapes...

Bob

I love it, Bob! I've always loved water shots, especially the sunsets. I have a few of my own that I've framed, and I swap them out to change the scenery every now and then. There is one shot I took in Australia on the way back from Rottnest Island to Fremantle, and I love it, but I can't blow it up because I couldn't get a clear shot with the boat moving underneath me. Very frustrating! It was one of those perfect 'mood' shots with rain, clouds, and random sunbeams coming down on the ocean. Probably my most regretted failure. Still, I can live with a 5x7 framed, I guess. (Sigh.)

My biggest beef with current-day digital photos is when I look at a nature shot and can tell it's been pushed over the line of reasonable saturation in PP. But when the true colors are breathtaking, well, it's lovely.

Great pic. Wish it had been mine. :)

Nancy thank you very much for your beautiful post. I know what you mean, this shot should have had the boat in focus But because of the low early morning light I had focused on infinity and the boat didn't make the DOF. so I am unable to blow it up...

- Nancy