Out At Sea, Be'eld the Dock-Lights Die—R Kipling

            At dusk, a female figure hastily moves along St. Nicholas’s pier, in Thessaloniki, Greece. She’s barely discernible, as if she were to vanish into thin air in a twilight world, or… as if she were to meet her mate—the Wind out at Seas.

The idyllic seaside scenery is complete with masts of sailing ships docked,  lamp-posts, as well as a green buoy, barely visible afar…

The intentionally dark scenery, inspired by chiaroscuro techniques of visual arts, is strongly reminiscent of the poem lines:

“Therefore, from job to job I’ve moved along.   
Pay couldn’t ’old me when my time was done,   
For something in my ’ead upset it all,
Till I ’ad dropped whatever ’twas for good,   
An’, out at sea, be’eld the dock-lights die,
An’ met my mate—the wind that tramps the world!”

—Rudyard Kipling (Sestina of the Tramp-Royal).

   

Taken on: April 3, 2019

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Camera: Canon EOS M50, f/16.0, 2.5 sec, 15mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS M50
Lens:	EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	2.5
Focal Length:	15mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-4/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 17.0 (Macintosh)
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