The Story Behind the Photo

Ocean or Harbor Life

by Lyn McNees

Tide’s Out

 I took this photo in Mevagissey, Cornwall in the United Kingdom, just south of the Lost Gardens of Helligan.

I was very fortunate to be there when the tide was out, as the next day the tide had come back in, which would have made a totally different photo that would not have had the same impact. My camera is a Panasonic Lumix FZ300. It is a fixed lens and has many awesome features. I find that it is all I need. If my memory serves me correctly on the day I took this it was overcast and partly sunny which proved to be an asset. When I am with other people that don’t do photography I tend to use the priority setting which will then make it easy for me to change any settings quickly. I rarely ever use my tripod when I am on vacation.

This photograph was taken on f/4 at 1/500 - ISO was 100. Of course the camera was automatically set at this.  I knew when composing this photo it would be busy, however, it does tell a good story. It has leading lines in the fact that the boats are all facing pretty much in the same direction and the ropes are coming from left to right. It makes you wonder how long they would have to wait until the tide came in for them all to return to sea, which turned out to be the very next day. The little village situated around the Bay helps to set the scene of an English fishing village. 

Not being able to do any editing for this particular assignment...(Straight out of the camera)... It meant that the boat on the bottom left-hand side is cut in half. Normally I would have cloned it out. I was grateful for the clouds in the sky otherwise it may have been blown out.