Thursday, February 5, 2009

129/365 - Jim - Nautical Lantern

( f/11 35mm HDR ISO 200 Nikon D300 )
This is a lantern that goes on the starboard side of a boat. Starboard is the right side of the boat if you are on it facing toward the front. The starboard side of a boat is a green light and the port side is red. The reason for this is in a situation where 2 boats are crossing each other. The right-of-way is given to the boat that sees the green starboard light on the other boat. Reversely the other boat must give the right-of-way because they see the red port light of the boat crossing. Confused? Anyway, I don't remember where I got this exactly, but I thought it was cool at the time. The photo is an HDR that was rendered with 5 photos of varying exposure.

1 comment:

Courtney said...

This thing looks alot shinier here than it does on the shelf at your house!