I feel like I’m re-learning the ropes of blogging these days, hence the photo below. I took it a while back on board the Elissa, a Tall Ship from 1877, moored in Galveston harbor at the Texas Seaport Museum. If you’re into sailing you can take a Seamanship course on board and then actually sail the ship in open waters. Me, I think my days of climbing the rigging some 99 feet above the deck to set the mainsail are behind me. What I find neat about the Elissa – in addition to the ropes – is that its a restoration and not a replica.

Photo Recipe

• Exposure: ISO 100: 1/200 sec at f / 8.0
• Camera: Canon EOS 5D (Current Equivalent)
• Lens: Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II (Current Equivalent)
• Processing: Lightroom CC 2015 and Topaz B&W Effects