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May, 2015

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Beautiful capture.

Outstanding. Congratulations

Nice ship sailing into the horizon, and you've used the lighting well.

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One of the best clipper ship photos I have ever seen. Great work.

Great shot.

Excellent image - well done!

One of the best pictures I've seen here , Congrats , indeed a great shot!

What an awesome photo!

Great shot!

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Thanks, it is my favorite photo. It hangs on my wall.

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo on a sailing ship tour around the Adriatic Sea, just after we left Malta. The Captain of the Royal Clipper put some tenders in the water so we could photograph the ship when under full sail.

Time

It was late afternoon and the sun was low in the sky

Lighting

We were moving around the ship in the tenders, so I wanted to take the image when the sun was filtering through the sails, which required that I wait until we were approaching from behind..

Equipment

Nikon D700 with 17-35 f/2.8 zoom at 22mm. No tripod, hand held. Since the lens was not VR capable, I had to carefully time my shots to compensate for the constant up and down bobbing of the tender in the water, waiting for the boat to reach its up or down maximum point while keeping the ship in the viewfinder.

Inspiration

This is a beautiful sailing ship and was admired at each port we entered. The ship has since moved to the Caribbean. Having the opportunity to take a shot of a multimaster sailing ship while in the water was an opportunity I could not pass up. The tender was full of people, which made it hard to get a good vantage point and the bobbing and weaving of the tender in the water made it all the more challenging. The low end of day sunlight helped to make this image as well. So all the right elements were there, good light, a great subject and a challenge to get the aspects of the shot lined up to get the best image I could.

Editing

At the time I did this image I was using Capture NX2 as my main processing tool with some work in Photoshop. I did my best to enhance the light on the sales and keep detail in the sky. I no longer use this process as my current camera is a D810 and it is not supported in CNX2, so I use CNX-D and PSCS6 Extended with Picture Postcard Workflow on all my images now.

In my camera bag

My current travel kit consists of a 24-120 f/4G ED VR lens, a 17-35 f/2.8 zoom and a 16 mm fisheye for travel. I will swap out lenses depending on what I am shooting. For wildlife I prefer my 300 mm f/4 VR with a complement of TC's as a light kit. If doing Macro I use my 200 mm f/4 Micro Nikkor.

Feedback

First of all getting close to the subject and filling the viewfinder is important, and that is why I selected the 17-35 for the job, as it is easy to hand hold and not being a telephoto, tended to minimize the issues with the bobbing tender, it also gave me more depth of field to be sure the whole ship was in focus.I was able to keep the shutter speed lower than I would have had to use with a telephoto lens and therefore keep the ISO at the D700's base of 200, which stopping down to f/9. Being in the water I believe also helped with the prospective of the image. Finally this image mainly worked because the sun was low in the sky and put a golden glow on the sails.

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