Something for the Weekend - Part 201 - Heading Home

[davescm]

The tiny harbourmaster's boat is heading back in to the harbour at Nairn in the Moray Firth, Scotland.  Is he just finished his shift, is the weather turning bad, or is something else chasing him in? That is up to you to show us.

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Have fun!

Dave

[jane-e]

I followed your link, Trevor, and if that's how the orcas "play" I think I'll find other playmates!

This last attack was in the North Sea near Scotland.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/orca-rams-into-yacht-near-scotland-behavior-may-be-spreadi...

Jane

[Jacob Bugge]

Is Chris in the frame with three others, Trevor?

[davescm]

I also followed Trevor's link. Headbanging Orcas - now there's a thought !

Dave

[davescm]

I like the way they have ordered themselves by height of dorsal fin Jane 🙂

Dave

[jane-e]

The news stories say the older orcas are teaching the younger orcas how to ram the boats, so it makes sense that the youngsters are following the adult Dave 😮

[ellie zen]

[davescm]

Welcome to SFTW Ellie Zen. He should definitely run for home with the weather turning like that ! 🙂

Dave

[ellie zen]

Thank you! I used the Adobe Firefly for this one 🙂

[Trevor.Dennis]

I like how it has blended the colour of the sky onto the more distant water.  

I'd be interested in how we are all doing with our Gen Creds with it getting towards the end of the month.   I'm finding it not as useful as I expected, so I have still got lots of points left.  I've watched all the excellent tricks and tips about the tools on Colin Smith's and Jesus Rameriz channels as well.  😞

[Trevor.Dennis]

I was looking at this again, with its title in mind 'Heading Home', and remembered some footage shot shortly after the Pike River Mine Explosion that trapped and killed 29 miners in New Zealand November 2010.  Lot's of news media were there for months afterwards hoping they'd go in and rescue the minors, and two news cameramen shot the footage below of two fishing boats trying to cross the Greymouth Bar to get home with their catch.

This would be a daily occurence for these boats, but it's not always as rough as this.  Several people have drowned crossing that bar.  

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[davescm]

They do get thrown around a bit there don't they?

Dave

[Peru Bob]

A wee bit lost?

 

[davescm]

It just needs the rubber duck to go with it 🙂

Dave

[Trevor.Dennis]

That's an interesting reflection in the mirror.  I am not sure I'd have got it right if I'd had to fake it.

Bob, I hope you don't mind, but I reinserted your image into your post using the forum picture widget.  I think you might have pasted it directly, which causes it to display much smaller than it should.

[Peru Bob]

Bob, I hope you don't mind, but I reinserted your image into your post using the forum picture widget.  I think you might have pasted it directly, which causes it to display much smaller than it should.

By @Trevor.Dennis

Thanks.  Yes, that's how I did it.  I'll do it differently next time.

That's an interesting reflection in the mirror.  I am not sure I'd have got it right if I'd had to fake it.

By @Trevor.Dennis

I didn't do the reflection.  It's a free stock photo from Pexels. 

[Joseph Labrecque]

[Trevor.Dennis]

Joseph, is that flare a Boris fx Optics effect?

[davescm]

I know cats are not supposed to like water - but it is a bit harsh on the boat Joseph 🙂

Dave

[sishamIAGD]

[Jacob Bugge]

                                            Heading home to the docks with the ducks

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[ronald pottkaemper]

Replacing the sky, Neural Filters and Generative Fill.

[ronald pottkaemper]

Sky Replaecement, Neural Filter, Generative Fill, 2 Minutes of Work

[JR Boulay]

[Jacob Bugge]

Something happened 125 SFTWs ago

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