at the shore

[Doreen Peri]

[Doreen Peri]

[mnaz]

Doreen, these are some nice shots. I love the cloud-scapes.... the first and fifth pictures, especially. Quite nice.

Thanks for posting. I enjoyed it.

[jimboloco]

oh my, more to do. i will first have a chocolate covered pretzel!

interesting how the Atlantic ocean has a certain recognisable hue to it, also i believe a narrower range of values, narrower than the Pacific Ocean, at least in the North Atlantic, like the contrast has been turned off. something to think about, maybe the ice caps melting softens the north atlantic current that draws the gulfstream, a stasis sets in, the sargasso sea expands, we are lost, unless we refresh, reclimatize, adjust, become more strict with our gaseous, bileous expulsion, mercy indeed

[Doreen Peri]

mnaz- thanks much! I took like 85 photos or something like that. It was tough to choose from them because many looked just like the other ones!

jimbo- it was overcast and rained for 4 days. We had only one day where the sun came out after the storms and that's when I took most of these photos. Thus, probably the narrow range of contrast, though I did add a little contrast using photoshop to bring the colors out on a couple of them. Is that cheating? Nah. Nothing's cheating. It's just another tool. Yknow what? If it wasn't for the digital age, I wouldn't be able to call myself an amatuer photographer. I'd never be able to figure out f-stops and all those other things you have to know when taking 35mm shots. I wouldn't be employed in graphic design, either, if it wasn't for the digital age. I remember taking what we called "commercial art" courses in college and I was a miserable failure in the pre-computer age...... I'm rambling... just thinking aloud. Thanks for looking and commenting so kindly!

[jimboloco]

skyafterstorm


waves4

waves3


waves

Is that cheating? Nah. Nothing's cheating.

[jimboloco]

waves2

[Doreen Peri]

Thanks, jimbo, but I really don't like that high contrast as much.

I DO want the photography to look as natural as possible and only use the contrast feature in Photoshop to show how my eye actually SAW what I saw.

But, I think it's very cool that you are using photo manipulation software! You can do a LOT with it .... I enjoy creating digital art with it, myself, and of course, I use it to crop and typeset the banners, too. Are you using Photoshop? Or another app?

I'd love to see more of your digital work!

[Doreen Peri]

heh.... you combined my seagull with one of the waves photos! Cool!

[Doreen Peri]

Jimbo.....I keep looking at the "skyafterstorm" contrast you did.... and really that's very dramatic! All the yellow and orange in it ...... it's a cool piece!

I like that collaboration.... maybe I'll make a banner out of that one.... thank you!

[jimboloco]

well thanks for being a good sport. i wonder sometimes at the accuracy of the altered scenes, it's true, but sure is fun. i need to buy a camera, think i am gonna do like soberduck and buy american a cheaky kodak. i using kodak software, as it were. i tried to bring closer the values of the sky aND THE WAVES IN THAT FORTUITOUS, oops, calamity, but there is a limit, i guess.

also got to make some more horixontal sketches.
also got to pay them billz.

what i like about this place, the party never ends! bye for now!
adrift in th sargasso sea!

[mnaz]

Yeah. I vote for a "skyafterstorm" banner....

[Doreen Peri]

Ok, mnaz.... I'll make that one into a banner some time soon.... a jimbo/peri collaboration

Hey Jimbo-
You inspired me!

Here's one I just came up with combining the gull and the ocean...



And yeah, getchyerself a camera, wouldja please? Love that "adrift in the saragassa sea", too.

[jimboloco]

wow that is something. you are a digimon master for sure! how loined you are! got some billz to pay first. will have the '96 chrysler paid off next spring, got to buy a chain saw, a tree trimmer, a ladder, and c camera. oh allright, ma'am, the camera first.

[Sober Duck]

The Night the Ocean Disapeared
It was Friday Night, the 39 Chevy and it's passengers were gassed up and we were headed for VA. Beach. Unfortunatly for us there was a weird storm a brewing and we were heading right for it. What the heck, these storms blow over quickly.

When we finally made it to the strip as Va. Beach is called all hell broke loose. One of the strangest thunder storms I have ever experienced blew through. It only lasted about fifteen minutes but what a storm.

After the storm we decided to go down to the beach and throw frisbees til dawn. When we got to the beach we could not believe our eyes. The water was gone, well not gone, it was sucked out to sea by the storm and was about a half mile further out than normal. Now this blew our minds and we knew there was only one thing to do. We started running across the massive sand bar towards the waters edge. We went way out past the end of the fishing pier. (The same fishing pier in Doreen's first photo.) It felt as if we were in The Twilight Zone and Rod Serling would be standing there with a fishing rod and some preserved minows.
All of a sudden I stopped in my tracks and realized that the ocean will probably come rushing back. So I turned screaming at the top of my lungs and ran even faster back towards the beach. I could not run fast enough. I notced how far out I was when I noticed all the hotels looked small. I knew I was going to die.

Both my friend and I made it back to the beach as dry as we were when we started our little adventure with one exception. I do believe I wet myself while sprinting back to the beach.
True story.
The Shore Drive Chevy.