Sep 28
Posted: under Boats and Boating, Wheeler Images.
Tags: boating, Bourne Bridge, Cape Cod, cape cod canal, photography, Railroad Bridge, Wheeler Images
This is another shot of our trip…this time the Railroad Bridge is in the foreground with the Bourne Bridge in the background. This was a panoramic shot…always tricky to do on a moving boat. I’m really pleased how Photoshop Elements 6 does with the blending of the sky. Of course I’ve also [...] [...more]
This is another shot of our trip…this time the Railroad Bridge is in the foreground with the Bourne Bridge in the background. This was a panoramic shot…always tricky to do on a moving boat. I’m really pleased how Photoshop Elements 6 does with the blending of the sky. Of course I’ve also learned how to lock my exposure from shot to shot to minimize any automatic adjustments my camera may make as I move from spot to spot so that helps as well…
Sep 26
Posted: under Boats and Boating, Wheeler Images.
Tags: American Dream Photos, boating, Bourne Bridge, Cape Cod, cape cod canal, photography, Railroad Bridge, water
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We don’t go through the Canal very often, in fact we’ve only done it twice. There’s no sailing in the Canal, and making the trip involves some more involved planning since we need to make sure we are not going in the opposite direction of the current, which [...] [...more]
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We don’t go through the Canal very often, in fact we’ve only done it twice. There’s no sailing in the Canal, and making the trip involves some more involved planning since we need to make sure we are not going in the opposite direction of the current, which is impacted by the tides. We only have a 7.5 horsepower engine in our boat…”powering though” is NOT a term we can use. Even with the current, it can take an hour or more to get through the canal, which puts us out in Cape Cod Bay. Since we have the perfectly usable Buzzards Bay nearby, most days we will go sailing there and be perfectly happy.
The photo above was taken on our most recent trip through the Canal. The bridge in the foreground is Bourne Bridge, one of two bridges that connect the Cape to the mainland. The bridge in the background is the Railroad Bridge. When a train needs to cross between the mainland to the Cape, the part at the top is lowered and all boat traffic has to stop at that point in the Canal. I mentioned before some of the commercial shipping traffic that goes through the Canal, even those boats have to stop. Somehow it all works.
Sep 18
Posted: under American Dream Photos, Uncategorized.
Tags: boat, boating, sailboat, sailing, vintage
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This photo was taken just as we were approaching Nantucket. You may not realize it at first glance, but this is a pretty big boat. Check out the people on it…they’re very small in comparison.
I reworked the photo with a vintage look. I really enjoy sailing and [...] [...more]
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This photo was taken just as we were approaching Nantucket. You may not realize it at first glance, but this is a pretty big boat. Check out the people on it…they’re very small in comparison.
I reworked the photo with a vintage look. I really enjoy sailing and wonder what it would have been like to live in a time when being on a sailing ship was how you did your job or how you would get from there to here. Even a few days aboard gives me “landsickness” when I come back to solid ground.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick is an interesting book that talks about that kind of life. Plus whaling and Nantucket history. Plus cannibalism.
Not really the kind of sailing experience I’m looking for though…as much someone may romanticize a time in history or I may enjoy sailing…there’s much to said for indoor plumbing.