I done a lot of boat photos, so there should be at least one sea gull photo to go with them.
Sea Gull, Portee, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Sea Gull, Portree Harbor, Scotland – Photo For September 21
Category Archives: Boats and Ships
Good Morning, Portree, Isle of Skye – Photo For September 20
Sunrise, Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland
This is the sun trying to break through this morning over the harbor in Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Portree, Isle Of Skye, Scotland – Photo For September 18
View overlooking the Portree Harbor.
Portree Harbor, Island Of Skye, Scotland
Caledonian Canal – Photo For September 12
One of the great fun sights to watch in St. Augustus is the five step locks of the Caledonian Canal connecting with Loch Ness. Here I captured the upper basin above the locks and boats leaving the lower lock. Sure more will follow.
Caledonian Canal Above Locks At Ford Augustus
Exiting Caledonian Canal Into Loch Ness
Ocean One – Photo For August 10
I always enjoy taking photos of rusty boats, something about the texture and lines.
Ocean One, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
Sunken Boat Study No. 2 – Photo For August 9
This is more of a marine railway than a sunken boat photo. Marine railways are great examples of basic mechanics used to achieve a difficult task; how you get a large boat out of the water.
Sunken Boat Study No. 2 – Marine Railway
Sunken Boat Study No. 1 – Photo For August 8
Skimmer has seen better days, as has many of America’s commercial fishing boats. I took this photo in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ this morning.
Sunken Boat Study No. 1 – Fishing Boat, Skimmer
St. Helena Island Shrimp Boats – July 30
A Lowcountry classic scene… shrimp boats…
Lowcountry Shrimp Boats
Power – Photo For June 27
Staying with the boat theme from the last couple of days, thought I would include a view that most people do not see. This photograph is of a diesel engine, one of two that power an old tug boat in the Florida Keys. Engine rooms are very interesting spaces, usually crowded with large mechanical units with just enough room around them to inspect and maintain them. For a photographer, the lighting is always a challenge, but adds to the aura of the place as does the ever present smell of oil.
The human heart of steel;
Powerfully pumping
Perfect pressure
Pulling our heavy load
Patiently to the dock of our destination… Nannette
Tug Boat Diesel, Florida Keys, Feb 2013
Shrimp Boats, South Carolina – Photo For June 26
It is shrimping season in South Carolina… Thought this would be a good follow up photo from yesterday. There are shrimp docks throughout the Lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia. It is however an industry that has been on the decline for many years, caused by cheap imported and farm raised shrimp, high fuel costs and fisheries that are not producing as they once did (potential causes are most likely pollution and not over fishing). Fishing is like farming, some years are better than others, and you have got to like it, because you probably are not going to get rich doing it…
Love at first sight…
I will rest by your side in the calm waters.
And in the perfect storm pray I return to you…
I am in you and you in me.
We remain each other’s reflection
In both the still and stormy waters
Love is not blind, it seas…. Nannette
Shrimp Boats, South Carolina, Spring 2013