Hoping for a Bite
June 20th, 2008Another from the sunset beach walk series. I almost got tangled up in the line a few times looking for crabs. The pole was unoccupied/unclaimed, so I was unable to ask what they were fishing for or if they had caught anything.
Based on our parasailing adventure, I would hope that no sharks got close enough to bite. Still, it would be pretty cool to see a 6 foot nurse shark battling it out in the shallows with a rod this size. The rod would likely be snapped in about .08 seconds.
p.s. I miss the beach. o
Tags: fishing, florida, silhouette, summer, sunset
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June 20th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Can’t believe the B/S with the hijacked stuff man. Diggin on the pix from FL, I miss Destin. I used to have a rental there, but we sold it in 96 (SMACK SELF IN HEAD).
June 20th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
I like the clouds.
June 20th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Love it! Fishing is our favorite past time…with few bites
June 20th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I used to fish like that for halibut in Callyfornya.
Hey Jon, good on ya for helping Leta discover The Tumble Bus.
You rock, dude.
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June 21st, 2008 at 6:34 am
I’m delurking here. Were the green hues evident when you were there? I’m assuming they weren’t. That is a scene I could see a thousand times on the beaches here on the east coast. I can’t remember seeing it as much when we lived in L.A. Land.
June 21st, 2008 at 6:57 am
Since it was Destin, I wouldn’t be surprised if they already caught a shark that day. Every summer we went there, at least one person (that we saw) caught a shark during the two week trip. There were probably more that were caught but we did not sit out there all day because Big Kahuna’s was calling our names.
Very nice shot by the way. I would have to say I like the line the most and I am glad it shows up so clearly
June 21st, 2008 at 6:57 am
Since it was Destin, I wouldn’t be surprised if they already caught a shark that day. Every summer we went there, at least one person (that we saw) caught a shark during the two week trip. There were probably more that were caught but we did not sit out there all day because Big Kahuna’s was calling our names.
Very nice shot by the way. I would have to say I like the line the most and I am glad it shows up so clearly.
June 21st, 2008 at 10:04 am
Thanks, Jon, for the assistance..it worked!! Now I want to go fishing!!
June 21st, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Very nice.
June 21st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
I’ve enjoyed your work from afar for awhile now. You know, Alfred Steiglitz took the same heat for his cloud photography in the 1920’s…so they had trolls back then too. Thank you for sharing your eye with us.
Ethan
Recent review that is evocative of your work: (no conflict of interest here)
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-galleries20-2008jun20,0,4261169.story
June 21st, 2008 at 10:10 pm
A simple photo of a simple image with a lovely sky in the background.
It’s not the fanciest-schmansiest, artsy-fartsiest photo in the world.
But last year my father died. And mom passed less than 9 months later. I miss them every day, but especially now, as the summer days bring warm memories of shared times as a family. We loved camping on the Oregon coast, and my Dad, especially, loved to fish.
This simple photo made me think of my Dad. And it made me cry. In a good way.
When a simple image or a simple word can provoke a raw emotion like that — to me, that’s art.
Thank you, Jon, for sharing your gift with us.
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:35 am
Yet anothe rcool photo from you
Best greetings
Jac
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 pm
This reminds me of fishing with my Grandpa George, may he RIP.
Good call on the comment moderation, as well as the Tumble Bus Experiment.
June 22nd, 2008 at 11:16 pm
I love the crispness of the pole.
(er…rod?)
(damn, now I’m making myself blush!)
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Truth be told, if you are going to put your ‘work’ out there (here, or anywhere). Don’t you think as any sort of artist, you should hear both good and bad comments? If you post it, you really give up that idea or image to complete and utter scrutiny or praise by complete strangers. From my point of view, I’ve seen much better photography from people who don’t seem quite as confident/pompous but maybe that’s because I’ve met them in person.
I know that nobody likes hearing things contrary to what he/she believes but; you can’t choose who gives you feedback and what it will be (especially in forums like this) and if you do you become dishonest to yourself and your art.
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:47 pm
@JimmyP, I’m more than happy to hear good and bad comments about the work. If it’s about me or the others who visit the site, that falls outside of the “intellectually honest” area and into an area that has nothing to do with being intellectual or honest.
I can choose to, like any good host, keep the conversation civil. By all means, tell me you don’t like my work. But in order to have merit and contribute to the conversation, you must qualify your feelings. Otherwise, it’s just being douchey. It’s never enough to say you don’t like something, particularly in a group setting. That applies to real life as well as the internet.
If somebody is uncomfortable with this most basic of social contracts/constructs, there are issues present that have nothing to do with me or my work; intellectual, honest or otherwise.
June 24th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
I agree that it would be nice for people to say more than…i do not like this pic. But alot of times that is just what hits them when they see it. So I can say wow! i really like that or eww..don’t like that. And quite honestly I am not sure why. I know nothing about photoshop (well other than hitting the filer button) or photography so I am not able to give a more indepth, intelligent sounding review. I just have what it is in my gut. And I do not think that should be held against a person.