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Two men in a boat.

Posted by
Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 29 September 2013 in Sport & Recreation and Portfolio.

I'm no expert in these water sports, but isn't this called sculling?
Anyway shot this pair on the River Wear in Durham. Being typically an old school university type of place, you will see lots of "messing about on the river" there. If you are lucky you will sometimes find competing sets of men's eights giving it full whack as they get ready to race against other university teams.

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Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

Seems to be the Double Sculls. Steep, graphical tone gives the image of the historic look.

29 Sep 2013 5:27am

ursulakatariina from Ed, Sweden

Looks like they are in some kind of horror story where something black and cold is just about to sweep them from the earth...

29 Sep 2013 5:53am

PATRICK from miramas, France

splendid capture

29 Sep 2013 6:00am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Fab graphic image

29 Sep 2013 9:43am

David from Avranches, France

Excellent shot Curly.

29 Sep 2013 9:45am

Adela Fonts from Barcelona, Spain

Excellent POV and editing ... I seem to see that the "navigator" I have seen ...! Best regards, Adela

29 Sep 2013 10:09am

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

I think it's great that there are son many past-times/hobbies/sports that people can enjoy. There is no good reason ever to say "I'm bored"(Try telling that to a 16 year old!)

29 Sep 2013 11:03am

J.R. from Urasoe City, Japan

Looks like fun, when we were kids we could always entertain ourselves:) But in college that looks like too much work, more fun at the night clubs:(

29 Sep 2013 11:26am

Ludovic Roudet from Charenton-le-Pont, France

Beautiful image, with splendid integration of the boat, which makes a kind of scar on the water.

29 Sep 2013 11:41am

Etsu from Kyoto, Japan

Wonderful B&W image. Excellent composition. Have a nice day. :)

29 Sep 2013 11:55am

gerard1948 from Somewhere on earth, Spain

A Black and White magnificent and excellent treatment that gives a very nice effect on the water. Great shot, I like a lot.
Have a good Sunday.

29 Sep 2013 12:23pm

Martine Libouton from bousval, Belgium

Un très beau traitement pour ce superbe B&W

29 Sep 2013 12:25pm

Devi from Chennai, India

It's a beautiful B&W image,,,,,

29 Sep 2013 12:38pm

Kyu from Kyoto, Japan

Wonderful B&W image. Ripples on the water are impressive. Superb capture.

29 Sep 2013 1:14pm

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Cool bw

29 Sep 2013 1:15pm

Lena from San Francisco, United States

Feeling a graphic image...

29 Sep 2013 2:50pm

vaFA from tehran, Iran

Wow!So beautiful!
Special b&w.bravo Curly ****

29 Sep 2013 3:51pm

Jean-Louis Guianvarc'h from Valence d'Albigeois, France

This taking bird's eye view and reflections produce a beautiful anxiety effect. Great black and white photo.

29 Sep 2013 4:33pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

I like this view point and the B&W.

29 Sep 2013 4:41pm

The Mouse from Glasgow, United Kingdom

It always looks nice to see the river being used for sculling.

29 Sep 2013 5:27pm

véronique cherpantier from potenza, Italy

un côté oppressant dans cette photo dû à l'accentuation du relief des vagues, un traitement absolument peu banal !

29 Sep 2013 5:32pm

mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland

Excellent! A treatment that makes the very graphic image!

29 Sep 2013 5:37pm

Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France

Stunning and Superb B&W .

29 Sep 2013 5:44pm

Judy aka L@dybug from Brooksville, FL, United States

Wonderful in B 'n W, Curly ... as they labor away!

29 Sep 2013 5:49pm

Juliana from Bourges, France

Really interesting!

29 Sep 2013 6:41pm

Kate from EXETER, United Kingdom

Fantastic contrasts .. makes for a vivid image.

29 Sep 2013 7:48pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

fine monochrome. wonderful strong contrast. excellent pov

29 Sep 2013 8:48pm

Baldwin Vandewalle from Bejuma, Venezuela

Fabulous monochrome with beautiful contrasts and wonderful light !!!

29 Sep 2013 9:34pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

A fine, high contrast shot of the action on the river.

29 Sep 2013 11:01pm

Lorna Israel from Antipolo, Philippines

excellent textured shot and pov

30 Sep 2013 5:57am

l'angevine from Angers, France

superbe le rendu

30 Sep 2013 7:26am

omid from mashhad, Iran

Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!
so so beautiful frame & texture!

30 Sep 2013 8:06am

franz from Baden, Austria

wonderful light effects and natural textures here !

30 Sep 2013 10:43am

Jules from Drayton, United Kingdom

We have many boats and crews training on the Isis due to the Universities and it is fun to watch them racing and training. It can get quite treacherous negotiating the footpaths alongside the river due to the all the crew's coaches racing alongside on their bikes barking instructions.

1 Oct 2013 10:25am

StarCosmosBleu from Bedford.Qc, Canada

A strong b&w...very nice...

13 Oct 2013 3:45pm

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ISO 400
31 mm

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