2020 Project 52 by Antonio Correia - 2rd Quarter

[Antonio Correia]

Hi António - I enjoy both of these images. Well done and too they remind me of my Dad's collection. He even fished and would probably have had a bass lure or some such hanging on his board!
I agree, it is very seldom that I would use a photo SOOC. I'd rather give it a touch up in a post processing application just because I think I can improve my image. <grin>
Your photo work is interesting! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you Sandy for your comment.
I forgot to mention to Geoff about the tools but the following comment also applies to you.
The tools in the warehouse are rarely used these days. In fact the area is a big mess of different items. Ever touched or moved. It still holds other tools, quite different from one another.
Wooden ships were repaired in Setúbal but not anymore. Now the work is done some 50 kilometers away.
Sandy, SOOC: never. They look flat and after a small work on them they may be interesting...

Cheers !

RAW photograph, just lens correction applied


Finished photograph at taste

[Wavelength]

Which s that place where boats are mooring? so lovely

[Antonio Correia]

Nandakumar, the boat being repaired is like the one on the right.
It is receiving new wood pieces.
I hope you can have a quick view in this Facebook page

[Antonio Correia]

Work in progress

[Geoff F]

Excellent photo of the boats, Antonio.

The mention of salt reminds me that many years ago boats from here loaded salt in Portugal and Spain then took it to the fishing fleet working off Newfoundland. Dried and salted fish would be brought back to Portugal/Spain where another cargo of wine or fruit would be carried back to England. At the end of the fishing season those boats would also land their fish there and load with wine for the voyage to England.

The last record we have of this trade was in the 1890's but the topsail schooners which were built here continued with the fruit trade until the late 1920's. The last boat was the Lady St. John's which continued trading with Oporto until 1930.

[Antonio Correia]

Portugal has a long and painful story of fishing ships in the Newfoundland and up there in the North.
Young men were sent there in small boats where they suffered the hardness of the cold and they were lost in the sea.
They were supposed to go to the fishing season or go to fight in what was then, the colonies in Africa.

[Antonio Correia]

The poor click of the day...

[Geoff F]

The composition has nicely come together in that shot, Antonio.

[Antonio Correia]

I think the tree shouldn't be there.
Trivial photograph !
Have a nice week end !
Cheers !

[Geoff F]

I did think about 'chopping down' that tree, Antonio, but without it the image balance changes and the man with those boxes on a trolley becomes the centre of attention instead of being part of a wider scene.

ps. That is an interesting video about the Newfoundland cod fishery and the information matches the research which we have down regarding English boats.

The main difference in operation seems to have been that French, Portuguese and Spanish fishermen usually worked from their ship base where the catch was stored in salted sea water. So trips had to be shorter due to the quicker deterioration of those fish which were known as 'green cured fish'.

English fishermen operated from a shore base where fish were dried as well as being salted so they had a long storage period. There is some mention that this could be as long as a year if the product was kept dry. Consequently, 'green cured' fish were quickly consumed at the unloading ports while the dry English fish could be transported inland. But, people who have eaten it say they weren't keen on the taste, although there is still a specialised market for it even now.

When I was a boy, shortly after the wartime shortages, I can remember it was still on sale in this country and went by the common name of towrag.

There is a book Fish into Wine by Peter Pope which looks into the history of this subject, from around 1600, in great detail. I do have this book but at nearly 500 pages I have never had sufficient time to fully read it.

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you Geoff for these excellent and interesting text.
Did you see João Barbas Face page ? Go and have a look.
He posted today - Saturday - an operation where a great piece of wood has been heated and placed in location being this the boat itself.
He has been taking some shots of the hole work most probably with his cell phone.
He is a bout 74 or 75 and has always been a passionate lover of the sea and traditional boats. He has been working in boats for a long time now mainly after his professional work as engineer.

He is a fine guy ! I like him !
Cheers !

A photo from his Facebook page

[Antonio Correia]

Work in progress

[Antonio Correia]

Sunday, the 21.st June
Work in progress

[Antonio Correia]

"Two loved ones" or "I love you both"

A quick photograph in the harbour.

[Rufus]

Mmm...The owner's boat and wife, or the owners wife and mistress?

[Antonio Correia]

Mmm...The owner's boat and wife, or the owners wife and mistress?

perhaps wife and daughter...
The photo is a bit tight on top, now I see...

[Geoff F]

It would be easy to extend the sky a bit more, but what about the sides if you want to keep the same size ratio?

Only the top of that net hauler is tight so I think you can get away with keeping it unaltered. Nice composition.

They obviously work their fishing gear over the port side, like French fishermen, while over here we work on the starboard side. We always do everything differently from the rest of the world.

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you Geoff for your comments !

I have made some minor adjustments

* Decreased the saturation of reds in the scene which I found to be too intense
* The same for the blues in certain specific areas
* Increase the area of the sky on the top

[skitterbug]

perhaps wife and daughter...
The photo is a bit tight on top, now I see...

Maybe the two "loves" are fishing and being on the water in the boat?


Lots of blue in your image. Is the area generally colored in blue? From the water or sky perhaps?

[Antonio Correia]

Sandy, you are absolutely right ! What a shame. Believe me that I did not see it before !
Thank you for pointing that to me.
I made a correction but I am not sure if it looks fine. Does it look all right ?
You made me go and see how to remove colour cast...