Image of the Week: Sweeping Turn Formation
If you’re ever lucky enough to be offered a ride in a helicopter during a go-fast powerboating event, don’t turn it down. The altitude will change your view, so to speak, of what’s happening on the water below. Seen from above, go-fast boats running together appear graceful and the action—while often anything but for those in the boats—looks gentle.
While lines and watercolors all in a row—shot from a helicopter, go-fast boats running together present a totally different view. Photo courtesy/copyright Jay Nichols/Naples Image.
Photographer Jay Nichols captured this aerial beauty of boats in the Fort Myers Offshore sweeping through a long turn during the club’s annual Turkey Day Run a couple of weeks ago. It’s a nice study in lines and color shifts, one you can only get from a perch in the air.
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