Thirty-Four Minutes Of Black & White Photography

This was someone's pride and joy at one time–also essential to generating their income. It is nowdesignated to be scrapped in the next several days. (click to enlarge)The other day I was out and about getting some things done. As I was driving I noticed the sky was gorgeous. It was the kind of sky we don't often get here in southeastern Virginia in the summer months. Since I had my Fujifilm X-T5 kit with me (despite being my all time favorite digital camera, I hadn’t used it since August 16th of last year! Evidently, too many other choices.), I felt the sky made the day perfect for some black & white photography. But where? Then a thought occurred. There was a marina with oyster and crabbing work boats nearby. That would make a fine place to explore, especially in monochrome. I made a detour from my drive home and found that the marina and boats were not conducive to photography that day. There were a couple of large motor yachts blocking the more picturesque old white wooden boats as…