Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The Shrimp Boat story...



We were heading out (away from the casino, hehehe) to do some sightseeing. We spotted three shrimp boats in the inlet, headed in the same direction as us. We tried to get ahead of them, in order to have time to stop and take photos but "No Left Turn" signs kept us from getting into position.

We finally came to a traffic light, made a turn and parked next to the dock. I grabbed my camera and headed for the dock... there was one last boat headed toward me. I lifted the camera to my eye and... I couldn't see a thing! The camera was still cold from the hotel room and the outside air was hot and humid. The lens was fogged up and the boat was getting closer! I wiped the front of the lens but that didn't help much. The lens was a zoom and as they are not air-tight, the inside was also fogged up.

I took several shots anyway, hoping I would be able to bring the ship out of the mist in post-processing.

Here is the image as it came out of the camera:

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Both are cool images. Strangely I like the second one the best. When working in the field I will usually wear my glasses and I can have my glasses fog up just breathing on them. :-)

Anonymous said...

Who has more fun than us?

Anonymous said...

Fogged up lens is great - Donné