the green frog, a photo from North Yorkshire, England

Photographer's Note

This boat,moored on the Leeds And Liverpool Canal at Skipton, displays a simplified, humorous version of the painted decoration which was part of the strong traditions on the 'narrowboats'. The boats transported goods along the inland waterways and were also homes to the families that crewed them. For my Greek and Turkish friends I would like to add that these are the boats most familiar to me when I am at home in the UK - but they are now used mainly for enjoyment.
I hope to post more examples of narrowboat decoration in future.

danos, Cretense, azaf1, elmec, graffer, rushfan2112 has marked this note useful

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ARGI (3456) 2007-12-02 4:05

kalimera Maggie
Another pleasent surprise.
This total british green is marvelus. Your picture makes this green frog to look like a green prince!
Excellent frame and composition. Xairetw Argyris

evanrizo (462) 2007-12-02 11:45

A small golden frog on big green fog!!!-:)))
Hi sits like a prince there and wait and wait!-:))
...and you shot him!!!-:))
Great done Maggie.
Have a nice month.
Evan

danos (110407) 2007-12-03 8:49

Hello Maggie,
very nice the close up of this vivid boat with the glittering surface and especially the name of the boat.The reflections are great but the clue of this shot, is the golden frog.Informative your note too.

Regards,Danos

emka (157280) 2007-12-03 12:30

Hi Maggie,

It is very nice photo, good for the gloomy days we have now. I would say it is rather the golden frog. I like the green colour here.
The framing is perfect.

TFS

Malgorzata

Cretense (68709) 2007-12-04 4:25

Γεια σου Μάγκυ!

Beuatiful detail, great tight framing, excellent composition and beautiful colours. Nice and ususual subject. Congratulations!

Σε χαιρετώ,
Ηρακλής

TGULUMSER (13252) 2007-12-04 5:10

Hello Maggie,
The small detail, the frog, adds great to the photo. Colors are in beautiful tones.
Best regards,
Tulay

ifanik (21679) 2007-12-05 0:46

Kalimera Magie
Poly omorfos syndyasmos xrwmatwn kai poly kalh h matia soy edw
Omorfh fotografia
Xairetw
Nikos

wolf38 (30) 2007-12-05 5:18

Hello Maggie. The green frog in GOLD. Ideally places. It is a eyecatcher. A worth seeing motive, exemplary photographs. Best regards, Wolfgang.

azaf1 (15931) 2007-12-06 1:52

Hello Maggie
Beautiful detail. A very good frame, nice colours and interesting information
Well done!
Argiris

elmec (12210) 2007-12-06 14:21

Hello Maggie!
I see the frog is gold and the boat is green!
Very nice scene with amazing marine art!
Best regards!

graffer (1800) 2007-12-10 2:12

Hello Maggie,

I'm interested to see you are into canal shots as well.

This is a good one, and you have done well to crop it closely, but still to include some of the water and its reflections. It's often the detail that is most interesting with these narrowboats.

A clear sharp shot - the texture of the mooring rope is in good contrast to the hard metallic shapes of the rest of the image.

Its diagonal acts as a useful part of the composition.

Regards,

Peter.

jaywalker (16105) 2007-12-12 12:49

Hi Maggie, A brilliantly composed photo, wonderfully clear, sharp & excellent colour, I love the way you have focused just on the front of the boat, it works superbly &, as of the little guy on top, he looks so proud he is getting his picture taken, TFS, kind regards Wilson.

rushfan2112 (2965) 2007-12-31 0:43

Hi Maggie.

It would have been easy to have stepped back and taken a more panoramic view to this boat but I'm glad you didn't. You've spotted the essence of what you're trying to convey, composed it perfectly (the name is on a sweeping diagonal and the frog balances this to perfection) and then captured it expertly. One of the nicest and most competent photos of a narrowboat I've seen.

Best wishes for 2008,

Paul.