Rescue

[Julian de'Courcy]

A water polo player get exhausted and needed rescuing .

THE RESCUE by Julian de Courcy, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

And as a result you captured a stunning image. Simply superb Julian.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

And as a result you captured a stunning image. Simply superb Julian.

Thanks Pete. When I arrived at the water polo match, which I have photographed in the past very successfully with the 5D MK2 and 200mm f2.8, I did not think for a minute that the DP3 would cope with the dynamic range I was seeing. Often blinding to the eye as the sun was setting and the sparkles of the ripples in the water.
I shot without any hope, but they turned out Ok'ish .

 

[Pete Askew]

More than that I'd say.

 

[Tom Dunne]

Excellent Julian and even without the title this has a great look of an actual rescue. The disturbance in the water has been recorded wonderfully well and I love the way the water has sort of cradled the pair in a circle shaped wave. The colouring is outstanding and plays a big part in the success of this image.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

There you go again, Julian. Absolutely superb. And your control of colour reminds us of your painterly past. I'm also impressed with the camera!

 

[Pat Reehal]

Superb is an almost inadequate adjective to describe your photograph but, as my vocabulary is as limited as my photo skills, it will have to do.

Stunning image and further proof of your amazing gift of capturing sublime images out of nowhere. Merrill done good too!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Excellent Julian and even without the title this has a great look of an actual rescue. The disturbance in the water has been recorded wonderfully well and I love the way the water has sort of cradled the pair in a circle shaped wave. The colouring is outstanding and plays a big part in the success of this image.

Thanks Tom , agree with all you say.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

There you go again, Julian. Absolutely superb. And your control of colour reminds us of your painterly past. I'm also impressed with the camera!

Thanks Rob. the camera does often surprise me even now after nine months. Yet I took a few shots of a family portrait on the night with the DP1 m . Compositionally it was superb , but the colours in the dark area of the skin are very disappointing. Sometimes the skin tones can be a problem, I have found with the DP1.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Superb is an almost inadequate adjective to describe your photograph but, as my vocabulary is as limited as my photo skills, it will have to do.

Stunning image and further proof of your amazing gift of capturing sublime images out of nowhere. Merrill done good too!

Thank you Pat.
One of my problems is I take a lot of photo's throughout the middle of the day. It suits my situation. Yet like this one it is a strong reminder, how those evenings with the sun ducking down, produces a light that almost always gives good results.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Which is why I shoot mainly black and white, which the Merrills do superbly. When it comes to colour, sometimes I like it a lot, but sometimes I prefer the Fuji X cameras. But overall I prefer b&w photography to colour, so I'm happy with them. But the colour you get here is superb.

 

[Brian Moore]

they turned out Ok'ish .

"OK'ish,...?" Well,...not to put too fine a point on it but, as the famous Roman orator Cicero might have remarked to such understatement,..."OK'ishum, myum arsium." Which is to say, Julian, that Ciciero would have thought this image to be a cracker, and I agree with him!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

"OK'ish,...?" Well,...not to put too fine a point on it but, as the famous Roman orator Cicero might have remarked to such understatement,..."OK'ishum, myum arsium." Which is to say, Julian, that Ciciero would have thought this image to be a cracker, and I agree with him!

Ok Give in. Thank you Brian for the encouragement, appreciated. Nearly got my Greek translation, out to verify what Myum Arsium meant before realising it was royal speak. Therefore I need to listen and take it on board. Although my automated nature is to rebel against royalty, but not in this case. I did like the water. Although very unsure about the colours and the swan vestas look. So lots of doubt.

 

[Brian Moore]

Ok Give in. Thank you Brian for the encouragement, appreciated. Nearly got my Greek translation, out to verify what Myum Arsium meant before realising it was royal speak. Therefore I need to listen and take it on board. Although my automated nature is to rebel against royalty, but not in this case. I did like the water. Although very unsure about the colours and the swan vestas look. So lots of doubt.

That was Latin, dear boy. Cicero spoke Latin.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Time to end the doubt and embrace the applause Julian. This really is an excellent shot...not only based on the technical...but on the emotion felt when viewed. You just have to deal with your photographic ability goodness.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

That was Latin, dear boy. Cicero spoke Latin.

Another clever clogs who went to school who of course is always correct

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Time to end the doubt and embrace the applause Julian. This really is an excellent shot...not only based on the technical...but on the emotion felt when viewed. You just have to deal with your photographic ability goodness.

It is all merlin's trickery Glenn

 

[Nick Lukey]

Bloody superb Julian, love the colour, the poetry in the image belies the urgency of situation. Wonderful capture.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Bloody superb Julian, love the colour, the poetry in the image belies the urgency of situation. Wonderful capture.

Thank Nick. Something out of what could have been uneventful ,