Who knew? I’m on a boat! Or… I took a photo of one, anyway.
Al Czervik (whose giant anchor has crushed Judge Smails’ boat): “Hey! You scratched my anchor!”
– Rodney Dangerfield – Caddyshack
About this image: digital photograph taken and modified with smart phone (minimally re-touched in Photoshop)
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Great colours and mix of textures, Robert. I like it very much. I, too, have been enjoying using the square format via an app on my phone.
I really like the square… I’m not entirely sure why (maybe because it still seems a bit ‘unexpected’ to me in a lot of ways – if that’s the right word). I’ve noticed I tend to crop a lot of photos shot on my DSLR to square, too… and the majority of my paintings / mixed media stuff seems to be square as well.
Thank you very much, S.E! I’m very happy to hear you liked this one!
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I love that color blue. I’d paint my deck that color, if I had a deck.
Thank you, Laura!
Maybe if you ask your cats nicely… you never know… they might be pretty good with power-tools, right?!
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Last time I gave my cat a power tool he…oh never mind
What is it with cat’s and D.I.Y. lobotomies…
they’re fiends, Loon! Fiends!
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Love the vintage look, tones and texture. The only missing thing is Captain Ahab and Moby-dick. LOL Nonoy Manga
Hahaha… absolutely, N.M! They must have been resting at the time!
Thank you so much for your continued support, N.M!
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Do you like riding on a boat? I don’t like riding on a small boat because I’m a bad sailor. 🙂
I see… I am a bad sailor, too! Or a bad rider, anyway (since I have no idea how to actually control a boat of any sort)! And I don’t know how to swim… which probably wouldn’t help me out, either!
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Colour, tones, texture……it’s all a big yes from me. Very nice!
Many thanks, Astra! This was another shot from that nautical museum… TONS of cool stuff there… I would have loved to have seen what you could have done with the place!
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Very nice!
Thank you very much, Ms. G!
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Wow, your phone takes great pictures! As do you. Love the color.
It’s pretty wild, isn’t it? The silly phone has almost as much resolution as my DSLR!
You are always very kind, Peg! Thank you so much!
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Great shot, Sig, Love the old weathered look. The photo is so clear and crisp I feel like I could just climb aboard.
Have a great week, Sig! 🙂 xo
Thank you very much, Deb! I tried to climb aboard. You can imagine the looks I was getting. 😉
Okay, so I didn’t try that… but I WOULD have gotten some pretty interesting looks, I’m sure.
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Gorgeous. And you can’t go wrong quoting Caddyshack.
I thank you, Madame!
One of my favorites! Still holds-up, I would say, anyway!
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beautifully done, sig. love the colors and composition. I’d like to uncoil that rope and paddle right on out of your photo. . .
Thanks so much, S.F!
Does kinda sound like fun… although with all my boating experience something tells me I’d be going in circles (if I was lucky enough to stay afloat)!
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This photo reminds me of the book I just finished reading called Hemingway’s Girl. The characters loved to be on the water in boats just like this one.
Sounds fascinating, Ms. C…
it kind of reminded me of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’…
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Ah, the old man and the sea; We knew that man, that boy, that town’s people, that hot sun, and the exhaustion– perhaps of the great fish, too. I needed to see a faithful boat today,–simple and man-powered. Whereas I wasn’t the only one who wanted to crawl aboard, I’m hoping it means you captured exactly what you wanted to!
It’s so interesting you mention that! I just re-read The Old Man and the Sea a while ago… (I’m trying to remember now if that was before or after I took this photo)… either way, thank you so very much for your incredibly thoughtful comment! I sincerely appreciate it!
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The square aspect is interesting, especially since Facebook adapted it to all pictures shown on a user’s timeline. I love the colors as well–really highlights the faded look.
I have to admit, I do like the square!
It’s funny you should mention that about FB, too… I was just noticing that the other day (when – strangely enough – a few of the more recent things I’ve posted got cropped in a way I wasn’t quite expecting! FB! Why do you mock me?)!
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Love the weathered wood!!
Thanks, J.G!
Difficult to top old wood in the texture department, isn’t it?
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Nice! Great subject and grungy feel 🙂
Many thanks, Eden!
I took this one in an old nautical museum… it was a very interesting place!
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You deliver this image with a masterpiece touch Bob , I really love it my friend 🙂
Thank you so much, sir!
You are always so very generous, my friend!
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This is really brilliant SIG and the stressed look always adds character in my way of thinking 🙂 Indeed when I used to spray fireplaces and then stress the white before adding he lacquer finish, it always amazed me how the product was transformed into something that appeared much older than it actually was 🙂 Those were the days…
Have an excellent evening SIG and well done, your talents are infinite…
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Thanks so much, Andro! I do tend to enjoy playing around with grungy textures, etc… not sure that things always turn out exactly as I intend (as I can tend to get a bit carried away), but I sure have fun with that, anyway!
And thank you, A.G… yet again! I sincerely hope you are having a wonderful day as well!
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Incredible, SIG! I’m looking at this on a Smartphone. Great details in the wood. Love the colors.
Thanks much, B.F!
Oh, no! I hope that doesn’t mean your computer is still under the weather!? Yikes!!! 😦
Indeed, SIG, it is STILL under the weather. My discs from Dell won’t arrive until tomorrow. Oh, brother!!! It’s so pathetic.
DUDE! You’re getting a disc! Well… I certainly hope so, anyway. Geez… you would have thought they could have gotten to you just a bit quicker. And by just a bit I mean a whole lot.
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Today is the day, SIG!! That means maybe tomorrow I will have my computer back. I can’t believe it took this long! Hey, you might like this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/
Fingers crossed, B.F! Man… with a wait like that your next Dell should be free! Or they should send you some free pizza at least… or something!
Double-O-AWESOME!!!
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Way too much rope and no anchor, hmm? RUN SIG RUN, I think you’ve stumbled across a drug smuggling ring.
‘Say hello to my little boat!’
*in my best Scarface*
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You always make the simplest things look so good.
I hope that rope isn’t for any nefarious purpose, though.
Thank you so very much, Binky!
I suspect the rope is maybe just a way to keep the bailing bucket from floating away!
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You really have an eye for a good shot.. You take some great photos.
That’s incredibly kind of you to say, Bo!
I sincerely appreciate that, sir!
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Looks like it will sink.
I think the rope is meant to make sure the bailing bucket doesn’t float off…
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we have some old paddles on our living room wall, paddles found in the river nearby …
You don’t need no stinkin’ Rembrandt if you have stuff like that.
You are far too kind, Mr. L…
wowza!
Sounds like a fascinating decoration, Frizz…
very cool!
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I love that photo!!!
And Caddyshack . . . one of my all time favorite movies. 😀
That’s wonderful to hear, Nancy, thank you!
Mine, too! I just watched it again a few days ago, too!
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You seriously took this with your smart phone? Impressive.
Love this! It makes me want to sing…”Row, row, row your boat…”
Thank you very much! I hadn’t originally planned on visiting the museum where I took this photo… so I was very happy to have my phone with me! One of my favorite things about that phone is being able to keep a camera with me at nearly all times!
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This is such a dreamy, relaxing shot SiG!
I thank you very much for that, Ms. K!
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That looks like a well-used boat. I like the colors.
It sure does, doesn’t it, Patti? And that is very likely the case… this one was taken in a nautical museum… a fascinating place!
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Oar you took one of rope in a boat. Better soap the deck., swab the deck. Aye aye Captain once I take yer picture. 🙂
Love the colour and texture.
Arrrrrr! I was wondering if anyone else would break out a seafaring voice! My ‘pirate’ was starting to sound a bit lonely!
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beautiful click. that is one smart phone 🙂
I just wish some of it would rub off on the operator!
How do I turn this thing on again?!
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Beautiful inky! This would sell like hot cakes here in Portland !!
Thank you very much, Dishy!
You are always so incredibly kind!
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Daaaaaaaaaaaaang. That is nice. And I know you’re going to tell me that your smartphone is a BlackBerry from 2005 or something. Totally agree with Dishy–get that on Society6.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaang YOU are nice, U.M… I thank you! Very much!
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Oh all of these northern Michigan pieces are making me want to move back there to my little crappy, but lakeside, cottage.
The colors on this are perfect. Almost like an 1930’s photo barely retouched with color.
Really enjoyed this Bob.
Oh, and great quote heh
Thank you so very much, Ms. B!
You know what’s sad… it hasn’t even been a week yet and I had forgotten which quote I had even used on this post (I had to pop open another window to remind myself). Sad… very, very sad. *slaps forehead – that should help*
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Robert you truly have a photo eye.
I’m pretty sure there’s a lot of mud in there, too!
Thanks much, my friend!
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Great photo. I haven’t been in a row boat since I was a teenager. What I always liked about them is that you don’t have to worry about running out of fuel or wind. I guess energy drainage would be a problem if you needed to travel too far though. An atlantic crossing would knda be somewhat tiring. Love the Caddyshack quote. I don’t remember that bit.
Thanks Mr. M!
To tell you the truth… I’m not sure I’ve ever actually been in a rowboat! Something tells me I’d wind up going in circles somehow. But it would probably be at a very slow rate of travel, at least!
Hahaha… yeah, one of my favorite lines (and there are quite a few great ones) in that movie… it does go by pretty quickly.
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Hmmm, I very much would love a row boat… oh, to be sailing on the seas….
I suspect I would like it too – if I knew how to swim, that is! Maybe in some shallow water…
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I smell the ocean! Excellent work! It just triggers my senses. ^^
Thank you very much Cristina!
I love the ocean! Or walking along it, anyway (since I do more sinking than floating)!
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Incredible colours, and composition.
Thank you so much, Ms. B!
That blue was calling to me from all the way across the museum!
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Nice, I like the vintage slightly-bleached look to this.
Thank you so much!
I took this in an old nautical museum… I was hoping the processing would compliment the feel of the place… it was pretty cool.
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An interesting collection of ropes and oars. Love the quote too 😉 Most American comedy films are totally lost on me but Caddyshack is a standout classic fantastic movie 🙂
Why thank you, Martin!
Still one of my all-time favorite movies, Martin! It’s incredible how well it holds up! In my mind, anyway.
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Sailing! Sailing! Sailing the Lake of Blue!
Waving! Waving! Waving from the shoreeeee!
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