When I first started hanging around on the east coast, I wanted to document some of the current fishing community. Remember those old postcards of the fishermen in the colourful slickers and Sou’wester hats? They obviously don’t dress that way, that is if they ever did. :) This is called “Ship Shape” and depicts a local lobster fisherman hosing off the deck after a successful trip out to fish some mackerel. Mackerel is a common bait fish used for the lobster traps in the spring and they also like to have a feed of them now and then too so it’s a valuable fish there. This photo was made in October so the lobster season was long gone for that year so these mackerel were headed to the freezer for the next April when the season would come around once more.
Photo of the Week #214
I have said it many times over the years that you should revisit certain images as time goes by. You gain experience and know-how and so does the software we use for edits. Often you can breathe new life into an image and it is certain;y worth looking at. This particular image has been used in another form a couple of years ago but it didn’t do it for me in some ways. This re-work of the image is my final edit, I’m calling it done now, officially. “Feeling Blue”
