Sunday, February 24, 2013

Skeletonic Ketch

Ship's Ribbing, Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site, Charleston, SC
 © Doug Hickok  All Rights Reserved



On display at Charles Towne Landing is the skeleton of a ship's hull. A completed and working version of the ship, called the Adventure, is a floating classroom docked nearby. It resembles a 17th century coastal trader, a ketch that would have carried provisions and even livestock in its hull during the era of the early English colony of Charles Towne.


21 comments:

  1. un joli jeu de lumiere

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  2. A wonderful jigsaw of sunlight and shadow.

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  3. Well spotted abstract of stacked planks. Your image stimulates the imagination and challenges the eye!

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  4. A series of geometrically repeated elements. I like it.
    Agustín.

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  5. Great graphical shot. And the shadows...

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  6. Very interesting structure!
    God bless you!
    Cezar

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  7. How I've been feasting on this beautiful rhythm of patterns! So fabulously observed and impeccably framed!

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  8. A very good light management (never easy) for a very graphic picture.

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  9. You know the Brits used clippers to import tea from China.
    Hmmm did they use ketches to import ketchup from America? ;o)
    Heinz, we call them "ketch"?

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  10. Perfect play of light and shadows. A well composed picture.

    · hugs

    · CR · & · LMA ·


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  11. Clever and creative abstract! Well seen!

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  12. Nice framing here too. Clever composition

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  13. it's funny how dizzying it looked to me at first and then suddenly gets resolved once the word "ship ribbing" was read.. :D great catch!

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  14. This one is a playful image of lines. I like it, thanks for sharing, Doug!

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  15. Patterns make great compositions - especially patterns that also utilise the play of light, makes one great image.

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  16. Very well spotted and cropped to create an optical illusion of sorts.

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  17. fascinating patterns and very attractive light management!

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  18. Excellent pattern and well composed shot.

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