This one was from a couple of months when I was in Marina del Rey for a couple of days. This is a lifeboat that was is on this beach and was just begging to be photographed. I was out before sunrise shooting and the lines of the boat just looked marvelous in a Billy Crystal way.
Working the image was just plain fun. It started with a full boat shot with a distant shore that had a bunch of small boats and buildings on it. This simply said to crop out the distractions and focus on the lifeboat. Desaturating the image with the exception of the lifeboat went a little far so I backed off just a touch. The lifeboat itself is really untouched. Can't say the same for the loop of line on the bow, it was just... weak. I had to boost the saturation of the line but that messed with the white part of the line. Well boys and girls, it comes down to selection and isolation to bring the white out in the line.
It is amazing how many good images we have hiding on our drives that with a little work bring a really striking image.
Have a really great weekend all!
Cya... Doug
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