local colour
Taken in the lovely morning light outside the beautiful historic harbour of Honfleur, I just loved this colourful nautical jumble…
Not sure if this works well without further cropping but bits I couldn’t bring myself to cut out include …the road barriers which come down to close the road so it can lift up to allow visiting boats to enter via a loch, as we had done the previous night. Also (on the left) parts of the historic Lieutenancy building in which can be seen parts of the earlier medieval defences and ramparts.. while my memory is still fresh of all the harbour ladders (one seen to right of pic) up and down which I perilously clambered daily back to the boat laden with armfuls of baguettes, cameras, croissants and other delicacies… they say on board ship ‘keep one hand for yourself’ but I often ran out…... and had to trust to balance alone… oooer…. no soggy pain tho thank goodness!!
:))
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Peter Hill
Love the colours and light!
Richard Veal
Lovely capture Maggie, and very interesting narrative.
SueAnne
Great eye Ding, to see this just lying around and knowing it would be a great photo and you did get some great building in the bg
Di Jenkins
What a wonderful place this must have been to visit! Love your POV here and the colours are just right! :)
reflector
I like the whole look of that little township and it’s architecture. A crisp, well exposed capture and a great insight into your daily morning excursion.
Tom Gomez
The crop is just fine. This shot has a nice small town fishing harbour feel to it. Excellent …
joak
nice shot ding you get aboot pal, nice memories for you….are scottish photos no guid enough noo!
Mary Campbell
Works for me.. nice shot I like the European looking buildings in behind the ropes ours are so boxy..
dinghysailor1
thanks joak – but that last minute crewing was too good to resist teehee – of course I’ll put my walking boots back on soon… promise pal!
JLDunn
I love it d! The everyday from far away…...Very nice.
suefel48
Brilliant capture…..... Cheers…
hilarydougill
glorious capture, perfect as it is, wonderful imagery, fantastic colours and so interesting. Lovely light!!! So very well done. hugs
NICKY7
I personally like the tranquil scene and the the ropes as well as the buildings . WHAT AM I ON ABOUT . i like it !
brian pendrey
brilliant shot ding
Susan King
very nice capture & your description explains every bit of your picture. I am drawn to the green rope centre front, love the colour & texture
Clive King
You have got it just right. Lovely composition.
Joyce Dickens,...
Very nice capture; I love all the different textures!
Robert Elliott
love the perspective, great composition, wonderful image
Mayina
Great colours and image
Alessandro Pinto
it´s like to see things from a different point of view.. Nice one !!!
Phil Threlfall
Interesting and also beautiful
debsphotos
I really like it as is Maggie…the colourful tangle of fishing gear…and the orderly town in the b/g!!! Makes a really lovely interesting image!!! *-)
Patrick Morand
Another nice one Maggie, i’m happy to see it in the Photographic France group.
EdgeOfReality
The textures and colours in this tangle of ropes, nets and chains are excellent. Well done Maggie. Glad to hear that you didn’t drop your croissants :)
midzing
amazing colours, lighting and perspective,,, well done
AARDVARK
Hello Sailor!
Plenty of colour in this one.
Autismmom
Great color!
DesImages
I like how you’ve done this. It would be very easy to take a photo of a pretty little town, which would also be pretty boring. By putting all the fishing gear in the foreground, you’ve given it some context and told us something about the town. As your title says, it’s local colour, and it looks much more picturesque as a result.
Roddy Atkinson
Great textures, well captured.
Angel Perry
Not sure what…but this is an instant fav! Love everything about it!
Lucindawind
its perfect ! love it
Bruce Dickson
Really like this … great shot with so many interesting elements and a good perspective.
dinghysailor1 replied
thanks so much everyone – that coloured rope just would not let me past without a pic!! cheers! :))
Jason Connolly
Beautiful shot
PPPhotoArt
no i think this is a gorgeous shot just the way it is, there is so much of interest in the image and i love your composition, lighting colours and contrast of textures, just an excellent view!!!! P
Mariaan Krog A...
Beautiful Maggie! Love it just the way it is!
Robin Brown
This is 1st class Dinghy, love the perspective. The exposure is spot on & the DOF just superb. XX
Gottography .
I like, great DOF.
Janice Kho
great shot, i love the perspective
Cora Wandel
Beautiful Maggie! Love it! – Cora
Cheryl Lunde
Congrats on this wonderful feature Maggie. Well done!
dinghysailor1 replied
wow thanks cheryl! it was a fantastic place and thanks soo much for featuring it in your great new harbour group!!
cheers
Dave Law
This is a wonderful image and is avatar until December for Harbours, Fishing Towns and Villages Group. Congratulations.
dinghysailor1 replied
WOW! Just spotted this dave and feel really honoured!! Its an absolute thrill to see it up there and especally in what is going to be such a great new group! Well done for starting up the “Harbours, Fishing Towns and Villages“
cheers and huge thanks again
ding
Tainia Finlay
CONGRATULATIONS on your well deserved feature ding!!!
Dave Law
NOVEMBER 2008
dinghysailor1 replied
what a splendid message dave! it looks fantastic and thanks heaps!!
Gail Bridger
Congrats my friend on the feature, it’s absolutely beautiful. I so do love looking at pictures in this group, because I grew up in a small fishing village in Newfoundland and now I work at a dock offloading fish, on Vancouver Island. (From one side of Canada to the other side!!) A well deserved win!! An instant fav!!
Mary Campbell
Congradulations on your top 10, nice capture.
amarica
Congratulations on placing in the top ten in the December Avatar Challenge in the Nautical group!!
dinghysailor1
ooh thanks for spotting that – wow its such a thrill!!
;))))
triciamary
Fantastic shot! I recognized those ropes right away as being from Honfleur. I was there just over a week ago, but unfortunately, didn’t have my camera this time. Love the colours and the perspective of the shot with the old walls on the left.
dinghysailor1 replied
thanks tricia lucky you! (but shame about the camera ..would have loved to have seen it again…)
sonjas
This is so beautiful.
Gene Gregory
Like the colours in this you sure have some great photos