“Puddles” is the term used in rowing to refer to the splashes or swirls left in the water by the oars. I have long wanted to capture this “artifact” and assumed that the best chance would occur in still water. Apparently not so. Today Roland and I had light winds that created ripples in the water and 4 or 5 pairs of my “puddles” can be seen here.
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@michelleyoung Aww, thanks for a fav, Shells! In this instance, it was neither as warm nor as calm as Roland & I expected it to be. But we were out there and every row is a good row for at least one reason. Can't believe that anyone fav'ed this, let alone the Water Queen! Thank you!
@jennwearing "Pretty darned cool." (Is that similar to a line from "George of the Jungle"? Grace?)
@digitalrn And that, of course, is one of the strange things about rowing: one travels facing where one has been rather than where one is headed!
@aspada Aww, thank you, Amy. The horizon is in the middle, but more sky doesn't make sense and less sky gets more of the boat and probably my feet, so the horizon goes in the middle. In other words, composition was sort of dictated, I think!
@albqshutterbug Taking a photograph in a craft that could tip over with just a little weight "off-center" and I don't have a lot of choices on perspective, but thanks very much, Tammy!
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@definitelydeb This is even true sometimes true of a slender rowing shell going only 5 miles an hour if the water is calm enough!
@sitiodown So am I, Tari; thanks!
@michelleyoung Aww, thanks for a fav, Shells! In this instance, it was neither as warm nor as calm as Roland & I expected it to be. But we were out there and every row is a good row for at least one reason. Can't believe that anyone fav'ed this, let alone the Water Queen! Thank you!
@jennwearing "Pretty darned cool." (Is that similar to a line from "George of the Jungle"? Grace?)
@digitalrn And that, of course, is one of the strange things about rowing: one travels facing where one has been rather than where one is headed!
@jml0306 Thanks, Joseph!
@albqshutterbug Taking a photograph in a craft that could tip over with just a little weight "off-center" and I don't have a lot of choices on perspective, but thanks very much, Tammy!