Posts Tagged ‘sea’
Caption:
Parasailing above the clouds in Albena, Bulgaria.
Description:
Parasailing, also known as parascending, is a recreational activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle while attached to a specially designed parachute, known as a parasail.
The boat then drives off, carrying the parascender into the air.
If the boat is powerful enough, two or three people can parasail behind it at the same time.
The parascender has little or no control over the parachute.
There are six parts of a parasail.
The harness attaches the pilot to the parasail, which is connected to the boat, or other speeding vehicle, by the tow rope.
The activity is primarily an amusement ride not a sporting activity.
Today it is a popular attraction on beaches all over the world.
Albena is is a seaside resort on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria.
It’s near the town of Varna and the resort town of Balchik.
It’s near some other resorts and has fine cliffs and woodland surrounding it.
The resort is named after a female character from a tale by Bulgarian writer Yordan Yovkov.
Photo Notes:
Among the photo challenges with this picture was the extreme contrast of the light over the sea.
Interestingly I met an event photographer on the beach who told me that he had to shoot jpegs because his clients wanted pictures from their adventures very quickly.
Not surprisingly he had trouble with both contrast and noise.
Luckily, stock photography is consistent with a more measured approach.
I used the RAW setting to give me more information to work with and as this is a classic telephoto type shot I used the long end of my 75-300mm Canon IS zoom.
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