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Judith
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Pirate Jude reporting from the high seas! Well, actually, she's back on dry land now but wrote this whilst on the high seas with the intention of posting it – but the boat's wifi wasn't working so here, a little belated, is her tale of floating photographic opportunities... Pirate Jude is still floating around on the Gibraltar Strait, massaging the truckers on the ferry from Algeciras to Tangiers but she is not happy. Pirate Jude, having spent a couple of months ferrying on the east coast of Spain, reckoned the photo opportunities from the boat were few and far-between so decided not to bother taking even her point and shoot camera with her, figuring the mobile phone camera would do for any snaps that needed snapping. Picture this... The early evening run from Tangiers to Spain is at sunset time. As the Gib Strait is a tad on the windy side, coming straight off the Atlantic, there are wind turbines all over the crest of the hills down to the sea at Tarifa (closest point in Spain to Morocco). So, spectacular sunsets every other night, wind turbines beautifully silhouetted against the sky. Nice photo there. Does Pirate Jude have a camera? No – it's 800km away at home!! AARGH!!! *Pirate Jude sulks* Picture this... The background: stormy sky; a halo of fluffy white cloud has fallen over the crest of Gibraltar; beautiful diffused light reflects silver off a calm sea. The whole scene in shades of grey. The middle ground: a dozen red and blue container ships have artistically arranged themselves, adding a splash of colour to the scene. The foreground: a school of dolphins (dozens of them!!) are flippering away in the direction of the boats as they pass by the ferry – I'm not making this up! A never to be repeated scene. Does Pirate Jude have a camera?!! Did the stupid wide-angle lens on the phone camera capture any of it? Nope, even Gibraltar was a dot in the distance. AARGH!!! *Pirate Jude kicks herself – very, very hard* Picture this... Pirate Jude thinks it's lovely seeing lots of dolphins from the boat every other day. Shame she doesn't have a camera! Then the whales arrived... AARGH!!!! *Pirate Jude hits herself with handbag* *sobs* Moral of this story – don't EVER leave home without your camera, even if you think you might be going somewhere boring!!! |
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Robert
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I have had this dilemma pirate Judith, I have come to the conclusion that occasionally the risks and harassment of carrying a millstone of a camera in trips such as you describe simply isn't worth the hassle. Consign the visions to a secure corner of your thoughts and enjoy them yourself. I enjoyed and have my own picture from what you described. Even a boring back and forth job can have it's bright sides. I drive around Morecambe Bay at least twice a week skirting the southern Lake District, the journey is deadly boring on one of the worst roads in the country, I have been making it for at least the last 20 years, sometimes daily. The compensation for me is the occasionally spectacular lighting and fabulous colours, especially in spring and autumn. Over that period while commuting round the bay I have twice used my camera, neither time did I manage to capture the presence of the scene. And I was concerned all day about the security and safety of the camera while I worked. So I consign these scenes to memory and enjoy them for myself. One enduring memory for me was one frosty morning about five years ago where the road changes from single to dual carriageway as it does many times; there was a permanent puddle in the road side, the traffic had splashed the water onto the hedge which had frozen, the morning Sun glistened in the ice covered branches and twigs and the remaining bright red Hawthorn berries provided a vivid colour contrast. There was nowhere to stop and park, I couldn't be late because the builders would be waiting for me to open up the job. I briefly beat myself up over it but realised it was a good memory to be enjoyed. I feel memories are sometimes enough, even better that a photograph sometimes. Nature has never repeated the spectacle at that place although the puddle is still there, almost permanently. Thank you for describing the scenes so nicely and sharing them with us, good to hear from you. |
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jk
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Judith wrote:Pirate Jude reporting from the high seas! Hmmm. Well known problem, these things never happen when you have the camera and always happen when you do. So you need to fool the graces by keeping camera in handbag! Glad to hear you are back. Have fan for you but installation may need to wait as still suffering shoulder problem. |
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steve of oxford
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Yup, always the way. Similar thing happened to me once when I went to Iceland. Never mind though, you look stunning in your avatar photo. Prettier than any sunset.  |
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TomOC
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Well, PJ that has been the story of my life, too. Now I never leave to go anywhere without at least my Fuji x100. In the past, I would decide to leave the P&S behind because "it wouldn't be great quality" and I would be even more PO'd if I took a shot and it wasn't up to snuff IQ wise (lame and sad but true) Now I have NO excuse (till I need one  At least you saw some great sites - you probably remember them better than you would have if you did photograph them Welcome back Tom |
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