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22-JUL-2009

Schooner, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2009

The Schooner Thomas E. Lannon offers tourists a glimpse of Gloucester’s seafaring history by taking them for short sails, even in the morning fog. It was the fog that made this shot so atmospheric – it seems like a ghost out of the past, even though it was built and launched in 1997. The colors of its American flag intensify its historical presence.

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Phil Douglis14-Aug-2009 06:31
No filter or special lens -- it just happened this way, and I took it as a gift.
Alina14-Aug-2009 01:11
Ha, you have very good camera then and you mastered it well. I thought maybe you have some filter or special lens.
Phil Douglis13-Aug-2009 20:20
I did not create the darkened base and corners with Photoshop. It was done entirely in camera. The lens and sensor interpreted the light through the fog, creating a tunnel like illusion, almost a vignette.
Alina13-Aug-2009 14:32
It is like a painting. I like how you framed the picture with darker color so the ship stands out from the fog.
Phil Douglis06-Aug-2009 16:52
Thanks for noting the muted colors of the passengers -- if we wish, we can imagine that as immigrants, rather than simply tourists. In fact, the vast majority of Americans are descended from other places.
Tim May06-Aug-2009 16:16
Of interest to me in this image is not only the color of the flag, but also the echoing of the color by the clothes of the people on the schooner reminding me that while it is the vehicles that brought us to where we are as a nation - it is the decisions of the people that color our history.
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