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Re: Marine photos

Postby Fly4rfun » Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:02 am

looks about the size of my lake
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Re: Marine photos

Postby GreenLake » Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:32 am

I recall sorts of branches and connections, so I'm not actually sure I know how big it was. What you see on the photo is only a small part, not sure, but it might extend perhaps to .5 mi across in various directions.
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Re: Marine photos

Postby tomodda » Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:35 am

Gary:

Wow, you've got quite the setup! All my attempts at frame-making have resulted in 91 or 88.5-degree angles, splintered wood, and mashed thumbs. Hat's off to you for persevering in what I think is one of the most deceptively hard projects in woodworking!
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Re: Marine photos

Postby tomodda » Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:45 am

GreenLake wrote:I would give extra points to anything photographed from the water, and additional points if single-handing and underway. But, who's counting?


Here, this was taken on inland waters (the Baltic), single-handed (I was hanging onto the boat for dear life with my other hand), and underway (my brother-in-law was rowing, he thought it would be a fun idea). Typical Baltic summer day, it wasn't sleeting, so this qualifies as a "nice beach weather:"

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Later we warmed up with hot tea, vodka, and candied smoked fish pinwheels on a stick - basically giant salmon lollipops. A good time was had by all.
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Re: Marine photos

Postby Fly4rfun » Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:57 pm

tom thanks, i tend to overboard, the best way is to get some 90 deg corner jigs , and a quality miter set up, i love the chop saw as i can shave off a 1/32 if i need to with no splintering. plus i do Handyman jobs and woodworking thus its original purpose

I'm Blown away by your photo. :D

here is a example of what you can do. pardon the light glare, demo purposes only

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Re: Marine photos

Postby tomodda » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:01 am

Wow.. I know how much work goes into these frames, very much admire the stepped trim and how well it's all mitered together. Your matting echoes it perfectly as well, same steps, same dimension. Details that make a fine whole. And you've put my wood butchery to shame, I'll go sulk in my basement "workshop" now!

Fitting my sulky mode, here's another monochrome shot from Miami - 15 second or so exposure of the channel coming out of a marina by Matheson Hammock. Fits the brief, water that I wish I had been sailing on (it was that beautiful Biscayne blue in reality) :

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Re: Marine photos

Postby Fly4rfun » Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:05 pm

Cool Tom, did the bird on the right change positions or were there 2 birds on that side.

thanks for the compliment. its really not that hard, i tend to be a perfectionist, you actually cut the bigger mat first then the smaller one. takes the guessing out of it.
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Re: Marine photos

Postby bilbo » Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:38 pm

tomodda wrote:Wow.. I know how much work goes into these frames, very much admire the stepped trim and how well it's all mitered together. Your matting echoes it perfectly as well, same steps, same dimension. Details that make a fine whole. And you've put my wood butchery to shame, I'll go sulk in my basement "workshop" now!

Fitting my sulky mode, here's another monochrome shot from Miami - 15 second or so exposure of the channel coming out of a marina by Matheson Hammock. Fits the brief, water that I wish I had been sailing on (it was that beautiful Biscayne blue in reality) :

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I had to pop in just to echo this comment. I used to build cabinets, took courses in it and worked a few summers while in college. I figured it would be a good fallback if the engineering thing didn't work out (it almost didn't). It requires careful planning and high precision. Making frames is far higher precision than any of that! For what it's worth, doing woodworking as a job kind of ruined it for me. I don't take any joy from it any more. I found metal work more fun and forgiving. Angle wrong? Bend it! Cut too short? Fill the gap with weld!

Sorry, I don't have any photos to add but I am enjoying looking at them. Thanks all for posting them! It's helpful as I look forward to a high of -1F on Christmas Eve.
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Re: Marine photos

Postby Fly4rfun » Tue Dec 22, 2020 1:09 am

Bilbo

thanks for that, yes it takes planning, I enjoy working with my hands, its therapy for me. have made a living building houses, (worked not contractor) I also enjoy metal work, and you are correct there. the key is to have sharp tools, as stated i use a miter saw for my corner cuts. router (with a router table) to fashion the pattern in the frame. jigs are my friend for true corners when assembling. but i think a well built cabinet with multiple stills and tight seams takes talent and more difficult. glad you enjoy our photos. sounds like you should wear your long johns, and layer. brrrrrrrr. :?
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Re: Marine photos

Postby tomodda » Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:05 am

-1F?!? I'm all for White Christmases, but that's too darn cold! But you guys are right - you can't hide your mistakes when doing frames. And Gary's stepped miter joint is just asking for trouble!

Anyway, staying with the wintry mood, this is a cloudy morning in Stonington, Maine. For the sharp-eyed, you'll see a vignette blur (edges of photo are blurred), I was using a pre-historic crap-tastic Soviet lenses - Helios 44-2. Was just fooling around, as usual, but I like the result.

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Argh, cropped on the mobile phone again! Open the image in a new tab if you care enough to see it the right way. By the way, the sailboat is a Typhoon (not a DS!), I sailed it later in my stay on the island. Sweet boat, but it's like sailing an old sofa compared to our boats, as in "very comfy but sloooooow and unresponsive."
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Re: Marine photos

Postby Fly4rfun » Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:21 pm

kinda like one of my Ex girlfriends :D Tom I do like your perspective of the photos.
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Re: Marine photos

Postby Fly4rfun » Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:50 pm

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in the Caribbean a few years ago
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Re: Marine photos

Postby tomodda » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:30 pm

Tall ships, always beautiful. Where's this, St Maarten's? Anyway, that appears to be the "Mercedes," says the Google. Not that I've ever seen her, there's just not that many Dutch brig still sailing, and it's rare for a brig to carry royals (the uppermost sails).
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Re: Marine photos

Postby Fly4rfun » Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:56 pm

Tom, you are correct, I would love to spend some time on a tall ship. totally different sailing experience i would imagine.
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Re: Marine photos

Postby tomodda » Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:06 am

Merry Xmas! I hope you'll allow a snow photo as a distant form of "maritime," albeit frozen ;-)

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