Posts Tagged ‘harbour’
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Today was my last morning in Krk, and after my morning cappuccino in the harbour I found those two buoys absorbed in their tête-à-tête, but closely guarded by the port entrance light house.
The drive home was not so much fun then (Carl: my inner trucker seems to be miles away), but coming home was a joy. Relaxed (and somewhat deprived from, say, a fast internet connection) it is of course easy to indulge in things that were just commonplace before the holidays. Tomorrow I will have a look at the backlog of too many unread posts.
Tags:buoy, harbour, lighthouse, red
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Shipping Vessel “Karlo” in Krk harbour. Thanks to the intensity of light the dirt and grime in the harbour spill remains invisible.
Tags:harbour, reflection, ship
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
Krk Harbour, before the Krk – Grad regatta started. There were a lot of spectators, both foreign as – in this case – local. The regatta itself was not spectacular in any sense, starting in an almost complete calm, and the bigger part of the high-tech yachts wasn’t (for me) either. But he was.
Tags:crane, harbour, man
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
One of the cool places in Krk, the cafe Casa dei Frangipane in the harbour, is named after the dynasty of the Frankopan, which was very influential in Croatia up to the 16th century. The Frankopan sovereigns tried to defend their estate both against the turkish invaders and the Venetians and where ultimately defeated by the Austrians, when Croatia got absorbed in the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Tags:cafe, Frangipane, Frankopan, harbour, street
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Whilst it made up for attractive subject matter, I admit being astonished about this amount of fenders, especially in a quiet harbour and a mooring area where the ships don’t stay even overnight. But then, who knows, maybe this is a local way of demonstrating power.
Tags:fender, fishing vessel, harbour, reflection, ship
Posted in Croatia, Krk | 3 Comments »
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
At least since my unexpected encounter with Eggleston’s famous trike on a Honda Poster (here) I am somewhat sensitized for those small vehicles. So my heart leaped for a moment when I saw this symphony in blue, consisting of that chinese-made little threewheeler and the harbour scenery and intensified by the red tail light. Of course the trike did not stand in the right position for the image, so in constant fear of an impulsive accusation in croatian language I carefully repositioned it and took 4 handheld frames at slowest shutter speeds from the lowest position possible – difficult without an angle viewfinder or lifeview. The image is not 100% sharp due to camera shake, but nevertheless a keeper for me.
Tags:blue, Eggleston, evening, harbour, threewheeler, tricycle, trike, wideangle
Posted in Krk | 9 Comments »
Saturday, June 12th, 2010
The two last years I have collected images of the red shipping vessels moored in the harbour of Krk. The best frames went into the small gallery “Red Ship Details” here on this site. In a certain sense finding these images was simple as red is compelling, almost shouting at you. Add to that the fact that where I live red is a rare color (only some train waggons are red) and it is easy to understand my fascination.
The new gallery “Blue Ship Details” is less “pushy” in its colours. The blue ships in Krk have wooden hulls and are generally older. Here my interest was sparked by the weathered surfaces and the blue-white contrast. These images are more quiet, but I love them not lesser than my red series.
Tags:blue, fishing vessels, harbour, ship, weathered, white
Posted in Croatia, Krk | 5 Comments »
Saturday, June 5th, 2010
I am taking my holidays seriously: Instead of sweating for Sofbomo, I just see what comes along. Serious work has to wait a bit, it doesn’t really comply with family holidays anyway.
Tags:boat, fishing, harbour, rope, sky, tyre
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Living throughout the year in a small town in the alps, everything in a harbour is potentially interesting. At sunrise I found these reminders of a ‘HiFly’ windsurfer, turned into plastic trash over the years, hazardous waste if you would take it really correctly – but nobody does bother here.
The small series is visibly now on my gallery-website-to-be, still under a makeshift domain name here.
As soon as I have finished the works over there, I will shift the blog, too. But hardening the blog against attacks is serious work, and I don’t want to hurry this. Experience has taught me that amount of time necessery to clean up after a successful attack is a multitude of the amount to be invested before.
Tags:Galleries, harbour, new blog, Surfboard, waste
Posted in Krk | 2 Comments »
Monday, September 7th, 2009
With such a foreground, it is probably hard for a small town to survive. This coal loading/unloading unit claims a similar amount as the whole city of Bakar. Up to the nineties it served a coke oven plan, which is not running any more. It has had a changeful history: Up to the first world war, the Austro-Hungarian navy had one of its most important bases here.
In spite of the advantageous natural situation of the bay, the Italian army managed to capture it in a surprise attack of only 30 soldiers coming on speedboats. It took a probably a long time to overcome this defeat.
Now the croatian flag is flying high again, but Bakar has lost its importance.
Tags:harbour, history
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
The harbour water is not such an attractive medium – oily, smelly and so on, probably the same in every harbour of the world. Amazing enough locals are fishing there, and I guess even that fish is ending on the table.
But the reflective qualities of the water are still intact, and the way the ripples dissolve the form of the ships was really amazing.
Those images just required some adjustment of the black point and a bit tuning of the curves. It was already late in the day when I took the images and the low light required a high sensitivity resulting in higher noise levels in the shadows. But the Bibble5 beta did a great job here.
Tags:harbour, ship
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
early morning photo walks do have their merits besides the tourist places not yet being overcrowded. the light is wonderful soft, like in this example here with the net taking a rest off duty.
Tags:boat, fishery, harbour, island, sony a700
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
krk harbour is a busy place. during the day dozens of leasure boats fill the air with their noise, the sound of alternatively diesel or 2-stroke fuel is abundant. but what a bonanza in reflections, color patches, harmonious forms it is, especially early in the morning. stay tuned – there is more of it to come.
Tags:detail, harbour, ship
Posted in Krk, reflection | 2 Comments »
Today was my last morning in Krk, and after my morning cappuccino in the harbour I found those two buoys absorbed in their tête-à-tête, but closely guarded by the port entrance light house.
