a touch of color
lost in grey
Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 10 April 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
The day we arrived in Japan, it was incredible foggy and miserable. On the bus leaving the Osaka Airport, I was snapped off this shot of the sea. The horizon is there, I promise you, it's just impossible to tell where it is because the day was so incredible grey.
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Photo taken in Osaka, Japan on December 21, 2007.
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Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Great title which sums up well the immensity of the sea and sky and the smallness of the ship!
10 Apr 2008 5:59am
Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands
A picture full of spleen and melancholy, one wants to be on the ship to sail away from the misty misery :). Great picture taken from the plane. I remember the time I came back from Finland and we flied over windmills and lighthouses before landing on Amsterdam Airport, but had no camera with me :(. BTW good shot because it's gone before you realize!
10 Apr 2008 6:26am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Wow e, I wouldn't mind getting lost in this image ;)
10 Apr 2008 11:02am
tyan from Singapore, Singapore
oh yes i can see what you mean.you cant really see the line right..but its an interesting shot,made me a bit melancholic looking at it cos its so grey!:)
10 Apr 2008 2:48pm
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
A very powerful shot. I've seen it often arriving in Osaka airport, as you describe, and you've captured it very well by choosing to include the boat.
10 Apr 2008 9:18pm
baobab from Cambridge, United States
that's cool - the invisible horizon makes the scene feel somehow infinite. nice composition with the diagonal line and ripples and vignetting all drawing the eye to the boat.
11 Apr 2008 12:22am
Nikon D40X
1/800 second
F/4.5
ISO 200
129 mm (35mm equiv.)