Good Hope, a photo from Lancashire, England

Photographer's Note

Well in the 2 hour weather window yesterday (it stopped raining!!) went back to Skippool Creek to re-take some earlier shots that I wasn’t pleased with from the previous trip. This one of the ‘Good Hope’ I thought was rather ironic. ‘No Hope’ more like now ;) Used my newly acquired HDR program as I was shooting into the sun a bit and this side of the HMS Hopeless was in the shade and is the better angle. Another view can be seen here

miuky, delnaja, ndb1958, pgorod, cobbydale, maltese, Ricx has marked this note useful

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nbj (2097) 2007-01-07 4:31

really good angle, light and colors are good too...

Ulishna (2268) 2007-01-07 4:32

Hello Mark,
very nice colors and perfect view! Wonderful work!
Julia

marjan (7) 2007-01-07 5:17

hi Mark, excelent shot with good composition andaPOV
Sad story about this old boat.
Marjan

Rumblestripe (308) 2007-01-07 5:22

Wonderful.

Great colours, composition and POV.

ben4321 (9875) 2007-01-07 5:38

That rickety old walkway looks a bit familiar, although I imagine it isn't the same one as in your previous posting from this place.
I like the weathered textures and faded colours here Mark, it's a great study of decay.
Good composition too, and the moody grey sky works well; a blue sunny sky just wouldn't have been right.
Was the HDR really necessary here? I've never tried this technique, but I thought it was for when a scene had a greater range of brightness levels than the sensor is able to record. Here the illumination seems quite uniform. Still, it seems to have worked well.
I like this one, good work.

Cheers,
Ben

king (4242) 2007-01-07 5:41

Hello Mark!
I like your point of view by shooting this hopeless ship. Nice composition and colours.
Great job! TFS,
Huub de K.

snunney (130967) 2007-01-07 5:42

Hello Mark,
Not much hope left here, but maybe at one time ;-). I like the diagonal right to left composition here and the way the boat seems to be lurching over. The tight cropping is also very appropriate here I think. Excellent defintion and colours. Very well done.

ndb1958 (9289) 2007-01-07 5:50

"Good HOPE" I wonder how you find these good messages in rotten enviroments, Mark. That's cool. I like how you work out the beauty of these places. Great colours and atmosphere. Great job again, Nino.

Nicou (193806) 2007-01-07 5:53

Hello,

Je cherche un bâteau pour une crosière. Je l'ai trouvé, en tout cas par l'image, elle est magnifique.
Félicitations.

Bonne journée

Nicou

miuky (3335) 2007-01-07 6:13

:))
Yes, a Good Hope..., and just that...
Wery good POV!!!, exellent sharpness and i like colours here...
well done
Regards, M.

wolf38 (30) 2007-01-07 7:00

Hello Mark. A beautiful wreck, which has the best time behind itself. Good Hope is time a document. Very beautifully seen and realizes.
Wolfgang.

mesutilgim (0) 2007-01-07 7:03

Hi Mark,
Very good pov . Good job !
Thanks for sharing

MESUT ILGIM

delnaja (2056) 2007-01-07 7:29

Hi Mark,
superb colors indeed! What is interesting (as on your others photos) is the textures.
Excellent atmosphere achieved.
br
Fred

SGibson (259) 2007-01-07 8:03

Hi Mark,
Very atmospheric shot from a great POV. Very sharp, textures stand out on this so well. I think that grey sky here is very appropriate, an excellent capture.
Regards
Steve

gibbsy (1438) 2007-01-07 11:43

Well spotted and executed image with great detail.

pgorod (1019) 2007-01-07 11:53

Very well done, this one! The boat is massive and really fills up the image, but its decrepitude is all over the place. The dark sky also helps convey a sense of tempest and trouble. And the color saturation is absolutely on the spot.

marietom (34611) 2007-01-07 12:20

j'adore ces vieilles carcasses de bateau... Magnifique !
Marie

pablominto (53746) 2007-01-07 12:24

Hello Mark,
A fine image with high interest value!
The atmosphere enhances the impact from the wreck, with the threatning dark sky hovering above...
Good point of view, excellent details and strong colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

designsoul (17843) 2007-01-07 12:49

Phenomenal--this is one amazing catch, Mark. Excellent angle, clarity, and an irony that fills me with delighted shiver!
Simply superb. How on earth do you find these places? I will have to ring you once i am ever in the UK to have you as my guide!
Hello to Kizzy!
sasa

keribar (43841) 2007-01-07 15:30

Hello Mark,
Just love the color of the boat, and I am almost sure that I would have "worked "around this subject if I had the chance to spot it somewhere. You have done a good job and the gray sky makes it even prettier.

cobbydale (1958) 2007-01-07 18:19

Nice one Mark, you couldn't have asked for a better name on the boat! I must check this place out sometime, i thought it was going to be Amsterdam airport when i saw your 1st post from here.
cheers
Leon

dougie (2523) 2007-01-08 17:34

Hi,
Brilliant subject Mark, the angles are managed really well. A good use of the PP I think, it still looks pretty natural. This is a very interesting part of the country methinks. Thanks.
Dougie.

bantonbuju (51815) 2007-01-09 2:39

and here i particularly love your work on colours, oversaturated add a lot of aggression to that crappy boat, as if it wanted to scream "my life is not over, yet!!!"
best, j.

RGatward (20108) 2007-01-09 3:41

Like everyone else, this is my favourite of the set. Good PoV and close cropped framing.

maltese (22909) 2007-01-09 4:33

Hello Mark
Superbe cadrage et magnifiques couleurs. Très belle photo, j'aime beaucoup.
Meilleurs voeux 2007
Amicalement
Hervé

Photo65Net (43144) 2007-01-09 14:09

Hi Mark,
A nice compo, which emphasizes nicely this old boat.
Colors are superb.
A very nice one,
JB.

pastadog (13111) 2007-01-10 3:52

Hi Mark, good I came back to check your gallery and found this real "old" gem, very impressive POV and colors, and definitely you got a sky suitable for the right mood too... regards, Daniel

KevRyan (22956) 2007-01-13 12:31

A classic and painterly shot of nicely saturated colours and great tonal definition Mark...fantastic...I like this a lot...good dramatic passive framing too....a beatiful object really well shot in context.
bw Kev

brevbrev14 (140) 2007-05-17 9:01

Hi Mark, i have just discovered this image in your gallery and i like it a lot..
I love old texture...so this one is an excellent example!
i like a lot your compo and POV on the boat...
Yoour tratment works perfectly here!
very good work!
ciao!
Valeria

philsim (1914) 2007-07-31 2:26

Hello Mark
As John Constable wrote "old rotten planks, slimy posts and brickwork - I love such things. As long as I do paint I shall never cease to paint such places"
Says it all really what can I add except excellent.
Phil

tmx (1324) 2007-08-23 14:07

heh, impressive picture with the name in the background which emphasize the main topic with the tragic story. good job Mark. I've noticed that we've got similar picture from Rye. cheers

aralda (1240) 2007-10-07 2:50

Hi Mark,
Nice angle and crop. It's a bit of a moody photo about endings. Great job!
Raluca

Morac (27725) 2008-03-14 14:37

Hello Mark!
I like your point of view by shooting this hopeless ship.
Very good pov . Good job !
Thanks for sharing
Marc

mark_mk (266) 2008-03-16 6:16

Hi Mark,
very nice shot, very ironic with the "good hope" writing. Nice colors and sharpness, very nice compostition.

Greetings
Mark

smartcat (835) 2008-03-21 3:30

Hello Mark!

Very impressive composition of this abandoned ship!

mpicard (49) 2009-03-19 17:54

Au risque de répéter certains commentaires, je dois dire que la composition de l'image est excellente. Trop de couleurs ou un ciel trop bleu aurait "tués" l'effet qui est très réussi.Également une belle convergente. Bravo, beaucoup d'audace belle photo.

Ricx (13495) 2009-12-30 3:12

I like the little detail and the different colours that come out through the weathered paint. Excellent

Fusion09 (95) 2010-03-30 19:47

Really like the image, good use of HDR not overdone.Must go there when I am back in UK..