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Lonely Crossing

On a foggy morning this car ferry crosses the Mississippi river with no cars onboard. The captain in the wheelhouse appears so small, alone and isolated on his ship. He and his ferry are disembodied from the world by the fog.

I like how the cold feeling of isolation is warmed by long morning light that is filtered by the fog.

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Lee Nelson 2 years ago

A haunting image Philip......
so nicely seen and taken.

Philip Orgeron Thank you Lee! Your kind comments are greatly appreciated.

RICHARD20D 2 years ago

This is a beautiful image of an old ship. Its a bit like GHOST SHIP. Very well taken.

Regards Richard

Philip Orgeron Thank you for the very kind thoughts Richard.

Leo Gisbert 2 years ago

Fantastic, a great image Congratulations

Philip Orgeron Thank you Leo.... for such very kind thoughts. They are much appreciated.

Charlie Packard 2 years ago

Excellent capture...interesting that the flag is at half-mast.

Philip Orgeron That you for the kind words Charlie. They are very much appreciated.

Juha Saransalmi 2 years ago

This is a wonderful capture, Philip!

Rouge 2 years ago

I would like to be able to do a photo like this one :-)

Congrats

Rouge

Philip Orgeron Thank you Rouge!

Willem de Vlaming 2 years ago

Glad to see your picture made it.
But to be honest I can't see the changes you've made.

Lovely picture

Philip Orgeron Thanks for the kind thougthts Willem. I'm glad you enjoyed this image.

PS I decided not to make any changes. The concensus seemed to be that the image was OK as is.

Colmar Wocke 2 years ago

Philip,

Liked her when she came past in screening!

Well done.

Colmar

Philip Orgeron Thank you Colmar. You are very kind.

Cheron 2 years ago

Philip Orgeron Thank you my friend

Slavomir M. 2 years ago

very nice

Helmut Schadt 2 years ago

Fine, impressive picture Philip!

Philip Orgeron Thank you Helmut! Your generous thoughts are very much appreciated.

best personal regards

sut68 2 years ago

Firstly let me say that I really do like the mood of this shot, but I have to point out a couple of issues that let it down for me. There seems to be a lot of artifacts around the upper structure and railings, also the shot feels quite soft and possibly a touch over saturated [given the subject and the mist].

I can only comment on the shot I see here Philip as I don't have sight of the original and I'm sure that is fine and these are just resizing issues, but they do let it down at this size.

Philip Orgeron Thanks for your considered observations. They are much appreciated. I'm glad you enjoyed the 'soul' of this image.

The post processing is indeed pushed. Sometimes this can be to the detriment of technical quality but if it allows the artistic merit to emerge I will push and push hard.

All the best.

sut68 Fair play to you, look forward to seeing more of your work.

All the best,
Paul