Shadow Ladder

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted April 6, 2017804 views8 comments

This ladder is on the side of an old rusty ship in Bellingham, WA harbor. The image was taken using a 3 MP P&S, Coolpix 5700 from a kayak.

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Comment posted by Jake Alletson on April 7, 2017 at 12:38 AM

It seems that 3 MP can do a pretty good job. Seeing that the main component of this image is the ladder, you might consider giving it more of a portrait format by cropping some from the LHS and also, if you can, by adding more at the top. This would probably make an interesting print and also a good B/W conversion.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 7, 2017 at 5:15 PM

Impressive effect that the light has here to make the latter more than it is. The off-center composition definitely helps this.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on April 7, 2017 at 5:39 PM

David,

This is fantastic. Yeah, the ladder anchors the image and like the positioning and space - including all the space for the ship's siding. The detail and texture is quite amazing for that little Coolpix (and processing btw.) this tells a great story and honestly I wouldn't have though of a ship - a water or grain silo perhaps, but not a ship.

No nits at all. Beautifully seen and capture.

Lon

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on April 8, 2017 at 2:56 PM

David, look out below..... sad

.....I could see this thing falling apart about half way up the rungs there. Cool image, I got me one of those old 4300 Coolpix...... enlightened

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on April 10, 2017 at 8:50 AM

I am liking this! Abstract urban art. Really enjoying the shapes, colors and textures.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on April 16, 2017 at 1:20 PM

David: this is excellent as an abstract. I really like how the shadow of the ladder is so much well defined than the ladder itself. Would never have guessed that I was looking at a ship.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on April 18, 2017 at 9:28 PM

Very interesting abstract David. I like this a lot.

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Comment posted by Don Young on June 1, 2017 at 9:05 AM

David, this is a very interesting image. I tried to figure out what the ladder was on prior to reading the description. You got me. Not a ladder that I would want to climb. Lots of texture, lines and mystery in this one!

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