Fishing boat at Lorbé
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Location
This photo was taken at Lorbé fishing harbour. Lorbé is a small settlement inside Ría de Sada (Fiord of Sada), A Coruña province, Spain. At this place they cultivate what are considered the best between the best mussels. This boat was anchored inside the little harbour.Time
It was around 11:00 Central European Time (9:00 GMT).Lighting
Just natural light. It was a bright sunny day. The boat was receiving direct sun light (still quite horizontal, anyway) from its port tack.Equipment
I used my beloved Olympus SP 100ee, a single (but excellent) lens digital camera. No tripod and no artificial light source.Inspiration
I was onboard "Ganges Quinto", taking advantage of its maiden voyage after a deep refitting, with a good bunch of mate photographers (self called "Fotógrafos Navales del Golfo Ártabro", or, in English: Artabrian Gulf Naval Photographers). We had just undocked and were anger to hold our cameras and shoot. In the other hand, Lorbé is a very nice spot. Light conditions were optimal. And a good lot of fishing boats were anchored around us as we advanced towards our cruising day along the three Artabrian Gulf Rias (fiords): A Coruña, Ares - Sada (were Lorbé is) and Ferrol. This single boat was specially interesting due to how was it receiving sun light, its heeling, and to being very close to the rocks of the coast, what added dramatism to the image. I did shoot, as I generally do, with a little sub-expossure, this way making colours to appear more intense and with higher contrast between light and shadows.Editing
I generally do a very light post-processing. I try to shoot the photo as close to the desired final result as possible. This was the case with this photo: I just did a little adjust to light/shadows ballance and slightly lowered the general luminosity of the image.In my camera bag
It depends. This time, as I was spending a whole day onboard, under very diverse conditions, I was carrying almost all of my equipment inside my back pack: The already mentioned Olympus SP 100ee and a SLR Canon 1300d, provided with a set of lenses covering from wide angle lenses to a 300 mm tele, from Canon itself but also a couple of Olympus OM system lenses provided with an adaptor to mount them on the Canon body.Feedback
As we say in Spanish: "Cada maestrillo tiene su librillo" (each teacher holds her own book). As said, I use to shoot choosing the camera parameters in such a way that I may get an as close to the desired final image as possible. So, very low ISO, small aperture (in order to have as much image in focus as possible) and, consequently, a low shooting speed. By the way, did I mention that my Olympus SP 100ee is really GREAT at shooting at really low speeds without needing to use any tripod?
