Raw harbour art in harsh colours
The red bow of the ocean liner contrasts powerfully with the white hawser and bright yellow mooring post. In the misty winter sky, the ship is moored motionless, waiting for a new cargo. The calibration mark - making it clear that the ship is empty - is a subtle but beautiful detail, precisely framed between the tightly stretched mooring lines.
Port photography is a fascinating form of photography that focuses on capturing the activity in ports. Port towns are often bustling centres of commerce and industry, where ships, trucks and trains move in and out to load and unload goods. This offers photographers the opportunity to capture beautiful images of large ships docked at the quayside, crane machines loading and unloading containers from and onto the ships, and workers busy at work. Port photography can be challenging, as there is often a lot of movement and activity, and the light is constantly changing. But when the right moments are captured, port photo's can produce impressive and inspiring images.
Ship Viewer_Port Photography; raw and honest, just like the port itself. A collection of great ships and details, seafaring, inland navigation, fishing and port industry.
Port photos's on the wall of the living room office or study. Also wall-filling as wallpaper!
My photos are often taken around the water. Ports Rivers and Channels.
I find ships and people very fascinating as well as buildings and street photography.
and I have two instagram accounts. One is Scheepskijker and the name probably already refers to ships and the people in the harbours. The other account..
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