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Camera: Holga, Ilfod HP5 in Xtol. Colour added through Curves in Photoshop and a light pattern overlay to add a more textured feel. [url=http://www.asummerlens.blogspot.com/]Karl's Blog[/url] Sea Virus Gwyneth Lewis I knew I should never have gone below but I did, and the fug of bilges and wood caught me aback. The sheets of my heart snapped taut to breaking, as a gale stronger than longing filled the sail inside me. To be shot of land and its wood smoke! To feel the keel cold in a current! To see the mast inscribing water like a restless pen writing a fading wake! It's true, I'm ruined. Not even peace will do to keep me ashore now. Not even you. Interpretation: Poems about the sea kept pulling at me and I loved this one, evoking someone's tension and the need to break away. It's hard not to describe something too literally and I came across a great comment about photos and poems and how they try to pare down words and signals to see how little you can get away with while still creating an emotive point. I had lots of boat and sea images but wanted to say something about breaking free, which seemed to be the point of the poem. A bird (a gull) was a good way of describing this feeling.