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Upload Date
10-22-2025
Department
Classics
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“As Old as the Sea” Shows a ship in a bottle drifting between myth and memory. The focus rests on a small American flag stretched across the beam of a sail, the last trace of recognition before the vessel fades into obscurity. The shadows envelop the glass bottle, transforming the scene into a haunting vision of a ship lost to time; adrift on ghostly waters. Neither its maker nor its journey is known, yet it feels tethered to a forgotten chapter of American history; a relic of courage, uncertainty, and disappearance. The lighting amplifies the sense of loss and legend, as if the sea itself has reclaimed a story of a ship with a flag once proudly flown; now barely visible in the dark.
Camera Settings: Aperture
f/16
Camera Settings: Shutter Speed
1/3
Camera Settings: ISO
100
Lighting
Overhead and left side lights
Photoshop Adjustments
background removal, background addition, glass bottle removal
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
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