What's In A Name? by bmac62
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Westport, Washington
Comments (21)
Brillant B/W-Image! I'd like to know who is Shirley ...8=)
WONDERFUL! No other words need to comment this photo !
Super pic! I love the contrasty style.
A great shot Bill and I see SHY LIER!!!
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
Very good capture
Beautiful and clear shot with deep contrast. I like it alot.
Love the B/W, great capture. x
My late cousin Shirley Rantham would be delighted to see this :)
I understand that the naming of a boat is an important undertaking; superb shot, love the B&W!
This is really wonderful, Bill! B&W is perfect for this shot - so full of detail, and lots of good stuff for the eyes to discover.
Some spend a great deal of time in finding the right name...others, not so much! Some nice boats there.
Very nice capture Bill.
I like the contrast. The way it highlights the boats is just right! Best name so far on a boat was Ragnarok, as far as I'm concerned. LOL! As I recall, that was down in Tokeland, just south of Westport. :)
A girlfriend, a wife, the hometown? So many choices, well taken mate and I love the postwork you've applied here. Rob
lots of names. i need to get a boat and name it after me. lol
Sometimes a name can trigger memories. I saw Contender and thought of Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront", "I could have been a contender". My stepmother is named Shirley but I can't help think of that scene in "Airplane" between Robert Hays and Leslie Nielsen; Rumack: Can you fly this plane, and land it? Ted Striker: Surely you can't be serious. Rumack: I am serious... and don't call me Shirley. Ok now, where was I? Oh yes, the picture. A superb study in black and white, very stark. Excellent composition and post work. I really like this.
Layer 1: The Title of the image made me think of Shakespeare, and I immediately thought: "Ah. What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would still be related to a strawberry." (Okay, that's Shakespeare 2.0 with a little too much scientific accuracy thrown in because the programmer is a geek.) Layer 2: Marlon Brando could have been a contender, but I don't think he'd look right on the...um...right side of this photo. Layer 3: "Shirley R" immediately made me think of a college friend of mine, Shirley Oh. Everyone called her "Oh Shirley." Layer 4: the movie "Airplane". How could any reference to Shirley NOT be associated with: "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"? Layer 5: "Aura"...which says to me that Ming the Merciless' daughter, Princess Aura has her own boat. So here we have it, you've posted a complex, layered piece! And it's brilliant. The stark black and white is absolutely perfect: everything is this brilliant contrast and to top it all, there are all of the shapes and textures. This makes me think of some of the lighting and camera work in those Film Noir classics that no one can ever forget. Okay, this isn't as morally ambivalent as film noir, but it's got that visual starkness that works so perfectly, and to top it off, the whole composition is perfect. Really stellar work! Nice shootin' there!
Great composition Bill and I like the b & w treatment!
Nearly an abstract composition
A great title for the 'contender' boat photo and nice contrast!