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Made it!
Richard Crowest 2007-Oct-05 14:18:00
Finally, for the first time this year I've managed to get a
contribution in!
This was going to be the entry:
http://corvidae.co.uk/panoramas/orchard.html
until I spotted this:
http://corvidae.co.uk/panoramas/kitesurf.html
It took a while to persuade myself that it fitted the theme, but
here's how I've justified it for the caption on the WWP:
> The theme for this event, 'sustenance', provoked a lot of debate
> amongst WWP contributors about exactly what the word meant, and how
> far its interpretation could be stretched.
>
> I'd originally planned a fairly traditional take on the word, with
> a panorama of one of Kent's famou apple orchards, but after having
> done the photography on a glorious late summer morning, we headed
> down to the coast to make the most of the sun. As we got close to
> Camber, the flock of power kites that filled the sky made a
> spectacular scene, and I just had to get down among the action and
> shoot another panorama.
>
> Does it fit the theme? Well, the Chambers 21st Century Dictionary
> (http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/features/chref/chref.py/
> main?query=sustenance&title=21st ) defines sustenance as
> "something... that nourishes the body or that keeps up energy or
> spirits", and also as "something that maintains, supports or
> provides a livelihood". This dynamic, wind-powered recreation is
> certainly keeping up the participants' spirits, and the wind is
> undoubtedly providing plenty of support to some of the kiters.
> That's good enough for me - and I think it makes a great panorama.
>
> Of course, not all of the kitesurfers and power kiters were in the
> positions shown at exactly the same time, but none of them have
> been moved from the positions where they were photographed. With
> the fast-moving clouds, it took about 8 hours to blend the sky into
> something vaguely acceptable...
>
It's good to be back!
R