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As I’m still not getting out much, here is another of what may become a series of old shots that didn’t get to fall under the Flickr public's gaze.
This is from the first day I used my then new Fuji SL1000. I didn’t really know what I was doing, but I thought this would be the kind of picture a hobby photographer would take with his brand new serious-looking camera.
Kingsdown beach, near Dover.
Like every image we capture there is a story behind it and this one is no different.
I captured this on a trip to South Carolina. I saw some shrimp boats on a small inlet and stopped to ask if I could photograph them. The owner of the boat was there and said yes. After I finished what I was shooting he ask if I would like to go out with them and see the entire process, I had to decline but what an awesome opportunity. Maybe next time.
Thanks for stopping by
A Fisherman of Maryport Cumbria UK
doing what generations have done before him, maybe the nets and tools have changed, but they will always be "Men of the Sea" to me.
A dangerous occupation which commands my utmost respect.
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I loved how these nets, in a remote part of the island of Bressay, seemed to blend into the landscape.
For an account of my trip to the Shetland Islands:
Dynamic yellow metal nets on a pair of table tennis tables in the relxation zone beside the Flinders University building in Tonsley.
I visited the place after finding out that it won an international architecture award for adaptive reuse.. All that remains of the old Mitsubishi car factory is its metal framework and light & airiness.
Shrimping vessel rigged and ready with its trawling rig referred to as the "night trawl" or "butterfly" (wing) nets.
These nets are used in shallow water mainly at night when the shrimp are near the surface of the water.
The rigging consists of two rectangular wing nets, or frames, with 3/4 inch mesh netting. These nets are hinged to the bow of the boat so that the nets can be lowered perpendicularly or raised horizontally to the vessel. This type of net is generally used on small, fast luggers, and Lafitte skiffs, or is mounted to docks or platforms along the bank of the waterway.
Thanks for the visit.
Have a great Monday and new week.
January and the lobster pots and nets are a colourful sight at Mudeford Quay. Mudeford Christchurch Dorset.
Taken at Den Oever at the beginning of the crossing of the Afsluitsdijk that is damming off the Ijsselmeer.
We had the perfect weather for crossing the dam by bicycle: sunshine and hardly any wind. Riding over this impressive dam was one of the highlights of our bike tour, that stretched over almost 1200km, starting in Saarland going through Cologne and Amsterdam, ending in Emden.