Boat at Sorok-Do
Boat at Sorok-Do
This image was captured on my epic circumnavigation of the South Korean peninsula in an old Hyundai. I had visited the islands of Wando, Jeju-Do and U-Do in the Korean Strait and the plan was to go back to the mainland to visit the island of Adong-Do 오동도, only a hundred yards off shore from that side. Adong-do is an island of great beauty from November to the beginning of May when its very own variety of scarlet azalea trees bloom, turning the whole island scarlet.
Sorok-Do 소록도 is a nearby island of equal beauty known for its leper colony. I made a mistake and went to Sorok-Do. I do not regret this mistake because mistakes have meaning. It was meant to be. I made the capture “Boat at Sorok-Do”and have derived much pleasure in doing so.
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Nikon N90 SLR, AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D, Kodak Kodachrome 64 35 mm color transparency film, exposure not recorded, handheld, Plustek OpticFilm 7600i Ai, 35 mm film scanner, LaserSoft Imaging SilverFast 8 scanner software.
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Cassandra Platt Photography: Thanks for liking my image “Boat at Sorok-Do”. This was the most beautiful leper colony I had ever seen. Actually, it was the only leper colony I had ever seen.
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Andrea Giang Cooking With a Wallflower: Thanks for liking “Boat at Sorok-Do”. I was in the wrong place at the right time.
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Thanks for visiting Blog-Bisogno.com, and liking my image “Boat at Sorok-Do”.
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Nina Joan: Thanks for liking my image “Boat at Sorok-Do”. Mistakes (I was in the wrong place) can be beautiful.
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CakesofRegret: Thanks for liking “Boat at Sorok-Do”. I waited for a while before clicking the shutter. I knew a gull would fly into the perfect spot in the frame if I waited long enough.
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Carmen Leung: Thanks for visiting Blog-Bisogno.com. I’m glad you liked “Boat at Sorok-Do”.
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chilisarang: Thanks for liking my image “Boat at Sorok-Do”. It was such a pretty little island just offshore of the mainland.
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SheryL♥: Thanks for liking “Boat at Sorok-Do”. I’m sure you know that “do” means island in Korean.
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Sawa Minori: I’m glad you liked my image “Boat at Sorok-Do”. Thank you!
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Violet of Violet’s Veg*n e-comics: I’m glad you enjoyed this image Violet. Since I had mistakenly gone to the wrong island, this weeks famous artist quote will be about the beauty of mistakes. It is by one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
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Edge of Humanity Magazine: Thanks for liking my image “Boat at Sorok-Do”. I didn’t shoot much on Sorok-Do out of respect for its inhabitants.
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Nature’s Child. Thank your for liking my image “Boat at Sorok-Do”. As a irenic gesture, I only made a few captures along the shoreline. The rest of the day was spent relaxing in the shade of the island’s forest canopy.
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existential lens: Thanks for liking “Boat at Sorok-Do”. The serenity of this island was incomparable.
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I have been enjoying the serenity of this image, the different shades of blue and green are so rich in colour, yet it is the whiteness of the lone seagull that captured my eye first and still does!
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Nature’s Child: I’m glad you felt the serenity. For me it had to do with the thick canopy of the woods isolating the interior of the island from the rest of the world. If not for the gull, this transparency may have been relegated to the shredder. Thanks for commenting.
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You never cease to amaze, Bisogno. And film no less.
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I loved film, especially Kodachrome 25 and 64. It took me years to master it, and when I finally did Kodachrome was discontinued and digital photography was in. That’s life!
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I love film too, miss it dearly. I love film cameras. And I really love an Aperture ring.
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Film was magic…the darkroom, a delightful magic trick.
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Shelley @Travel-Stained: Thanks for visiting Blog-Bisogno.com and liking “Boat at Sorok-Do”. I loved island hopping in the southern part of Korea. It was quite an adventure.
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Miyang: Thanks for visiting Blog-Bisogno.com, and liking my image “Boat at Sorok-Do”. Com sa mi da! Stay bright and beautiful as the sun and good luck with learning Hangeul.
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Jackie: I’m glad you liked this image captured on Kodachrome 64.
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Coreen Kuhn Photography: Thanks for liking my image “Boat at Sorok-Do”. In my six weeks in South Korea, I developed a love for the landscape.
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nogynyan: Grazie Sara for clicking the Mi piace button. I’m glad you liked my image “Boat at Sorok-Do”. Ero nato a New York, quindi il mio italiano non è così buono.
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mingophoto: Thanks for liking “Boat at Sorok-Do”. It is on the list to become a pigment print on fine art paper.
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Great photo
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Thanks David. So glad the seagull showed up!
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yes, mistakes have meaning…
you missed the scarlet azaleas hahaha
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…and in a way, they are essential to art.
I love a witty double entendre.
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you love a witty double entendre, that’s why you are a real artist
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Thank you naughty Scarlett.
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