Submitter's name:	Wayne Culberson
Title:	Salmon Cages
Gear used:	OM2s + Zuiko 50/1.8
Diaphragm:	f 11
Shutter speed:	1/125
Film used:	Kodak Portra160 NC
Subject information:	Salmon farming is a fairly new industry in this area of New Brunswick, Canada. The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world, creating strong currents which make good conditions for raising salmon in cages. In the distance you can barely see two small car ferries which run year round to nearby Deer Island, and are free for passengers and cars. This photo was taken quite early on the morning of March 29, 2002, when I dropped off my son for work. He is presently employed in a salmon processing plant. If I had been a few minutes earlier, I had planned to ride a return trip on the ferry to make a TOPE photo, but missed the boat.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

Never worry about having missed the boat, if you would have made the boat, you would have missed this shot!

Comment left by: Mike Cormier (no e-mail specified)

Many thanks... as a displaced maritimer, I don't often get a chance to see many shots from home... I used to live in both Moncton and Fredericton. (24 years combined). It's a great shot, although there's a little edge distortion caused by the jpg compression.

Comment left by: Wayne Harridge (no e-mail specified)

Very interesting, many things to discover here

Comment left by: bbbean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

Nice colors and use of foreground detail. I wish that shrub wasn't in the middle of the shot, but I didn't notice it until I'd view this several times.

Comment left by: bbbean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

Nice colors and use of foreground detail. I wish that shrub wasn't in the middle of the shot, but I didn't notice it until I'd viewed this several times.

Comment left by: John A. Lind (no e-mail specified)

I agree with Olafo; had you not missed the boat you would not have gotten this photograph. Like Barry, I wish I could move the foreground shrub. If you have a chance to get out there again under similar conditions, see how it looks if you move to the left slightly without completely losing the framing from the trees on the right. If the land behind you is uphill, also backing up a little might pull it down some and make it less prominent against the water and the structures on it; the shrub is has low contrast with with the shorline and the grasses. This is one to move around in a little (if you can) and experiment with the exact view. There have been a few times I've gone back to a location to do exactly that, and come away with a photograph I like better. Also been times I wished for a chain saw to rearrange a foreground. :-) I like the colors, the interesting objects on the water, the horizon position and the use of the trees on the right for framing it. There are layers of interest as the eye proceeds into the depths of the image.

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