Lost Buoy | New Bern, NC
Recently, on a nice warm morning, I decided to take a hike through a local park. Neat clouds blowing across the sky beckoned me to walk along the river bank and shoot some big wide waterscapes. As I turned back away from the water and into the woods, a hint of red caught my eye. Walking further, I found this big, beached buoy laying in the weeds. At about six feet tall and made of steel, this sucker was heavy! I assume that it was drug up there temporarily as it seemed to be in ok condition. But, it was up a hill and quite a ways away from the water, so who knows?
I spent some time shooting around it with various set ups and settled on the 8mm Rokinon lens because of the way it made the sunflare really pop!
The shot: Nikon D90, 8mm Rokinon lens, f/22, ISO-100. 2 exposures, manually masked together in Photoshop.
Beached | Abandoned on the Neuse
Walking along the ocean, sound and river shorelines can be a fun thing; you never know what you’ll find. This old abandoned sailboat has found it’s final resting place along the Neuse River. I’m not sure how it got there, but it may have come loose during a hurricane or storm, maybe set adrift, or even just dumped there like people sometimes dump cars on dry land. Despite the fact that it has been gutted of everything and every window has been smashed out, it still looks as if it could float. Future project for me?
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