Tilt! by kannafoot

Tilt!

Tilt!
16 June 2014 -- 167/365
Barrington, Rhode Island

This location along the Barrington River is normally a good spot for crabbing. It's quite common to see folks kneeling at the end of this dock, luring in blue crabs with a small baited line. When I set out for today's photo, that's exactly what I had in mind. When I arrived, however, I was very surprised to see that the dock did not appear to survive the winter! The end that is tilted into the water is supposed to be floating on the surface. It'll be interesting to see if they repair it anytime soon. In the meantime, I'll need to find another location to find crabbers to photograph.

Post processing started with a classic filter in Topaz B&W FX. I adjusted color sensitivity sliders, adaptive exposure, regions, contrast, boost black, and boost white. A levels adjustment was added in PSE.

Here's the high res version in Smugmug: http://kannafoot.smugmug.com/Photo-Challenges/PAD2014/i-35MVxSS/0/XL/2014%2006%2016_0004%20copy-XL.jpg
Nicely done.
Wonder if it fell victim to the ice that my plants did?
June 16th, 2014  
@cdonohoue Probably, Cathy. This was a nasty winter, and since that float was left in the water, I'm not surprised it didn't survive.
June 17th, 2014  
nice shot
June 17th, 2014  
Wow, now that sure must've been a surprise Ron! Made for an interesting photo though, guess you guys had quite the winter aha! I never knew you could lure crabs in with baited lines! I always thought you had to use nets or crab nets haha! Very interesting! x
June 17th, 2014  
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