JPG Magazine: Photos: "Land Shark" by "Peggy Sue" Harrington

Land Shark

By "Peggy Sue" Harrington

On 11 May 2008

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*New* This is my tribute to Laura Boston-Thek. Thanks for all the inspiration via your amazing walks!

It's Mother's Day and Isabella and I are out on a mini-photographic adventure. Here is one shot from today that she wanted me to take. Currently Isabella is into "sharks". She said if I took this shot with my fisheye lens through the fence and barbed wire it would look like it was taken through shark jaws.

I have to say, I agree with her. At eight years of age, she's got a good eye already!

*Note: The slick silver/gray spot in the far center is actually water (very far away).*

52 Responses

On 11 May 2008 Alain St-Onge gave props:
Wow! Great shot!
On 11 May 2008 Dorothy Menosky gave props:
Excellent advice from your assistant. Great shot.
On 11 May 2008 Farras Abdelnour said:
May I borrow the expertise of your assistant? Sharp eyes.
On 11 May 2008 seanie blue said:
happy mothers day!
On 11 May 2008 Chris Whitney said:
Before the eye, the imagination has to be there, and Isabella certainly has a wonderful imagination. The twisted fence tops and barbed wire are striking with the golden tones of the S. Calif landscape.
On 11 May 2008 Warren Mangione gave props:
Like mother, like daughter! Sounds like a great mother's day. Nice shot.
On 12 May 2008 Carl W. Nunn gave props:
A very happy mothers day to you
On 12 May 2008 Laura Boston-Thek gave props:
Very nice Peggy Sue! My kinda landscape!! Happy Mother's day!
On 12 May 2008 photography seven said:
happy mother's day
On 12 May 2008 Ilaria Caprifoglio said:
fantastic colors and composition...wow!!!
On 12 May 2008 Kiwi ana gave props:
You guys make a great team! Happy Mother's Day to you Peggy-Sue, it looks like you had fun
On 12 May 2008 Nelson Campbell gave props:
As Chris said, great imagination and great eye Isabella, great execution Peggy Sue.
On 12 May 2008 John Elias gave props:
Love how you 'toned' your pic, Peggy! Happy belated Mama's day 4 you 2, PS
On 12 May 2008 Jessica Hollenback gave props:
Great image, wonderful color and beautiful composition.
On 12 May 2008 Leo Cediel said:
I like technology(skill) lomografi very good composition of color, depth and elements
On 12 May 2008 Ben H gave props:
You and Isabella together are an incredible team and a true inspiration. I absolutely adore the intense and immense love shared between you two. Mother's Day was made for women like you Peggy Sue. You definitely know how to mother a child. Beautiful.
On 12 May 2008 Christina H gave props:
Happy Mother's Day!! I 100% agree with what Ben said. You rock Peggy Sue.
On 12 May 2008 Mary Beth gave props:
Happy Mother's Day Peggy Sue!!! You are by far the best mother I've ever seen with a child. Isabella is one blessed young lady. Amazing photo. A joint effort .. so beautiful.
On 12 May 2008 Ashley Parsons gave props:
very, very powerful shot.
On 12 May 2008 Natalie S gave props:
Very cool "shark" shot - kudos to Isabella too :)
On 12 May 2008 Brittany Diliberto gave props:
kudos to isabella indeed! great eye!
On 12 May 2008 cody blakeman gave props:
i love this shot (( SNAPS FOR YOU PEGGY SUE ))
On 12 May 2008 Christofer Glass said:
Isabella's eye & imagination... both as sharp as shark's teeth!
nice compo it turned out to be...
On 12 May 2008 Lisa Slifko gave props:
Excellent Peggy Sue !!
On 12 May 2008 Portia Söderberg gave props:
what a terrific shot! I love this --- can't beat the eye of a child, IMHO. :)
On 12 May 2008 Simon Le gave props:
Awesome capture Sue! Really impressed with your daughter's sense of photography.
On 12 May 2008 Bobby Deal gave props:
Great shot and your assistant is going to be a force to be reckoned with soon!
On 12 May 2008 Steve Wilson said:
Thisis so well done!
On 12 May 2008 Steve Hogle gave props:
Stunning!
On 13 May 2008 Matthew Green gave props:
awesome colours....
On 13 May 2008 Mario Scattoloni gave props:
Ditto ditto & so on & so on...Yet, Beauty is usual found in the simplest of things... which in essence R quite complex in there own right. Love it. Yet on another subconscious level this is deeper than that & more profound as far as a childs imagination is concerned...what a great photographic team U both make...congrats
On 13 May 2008 Amy Schuster gave props:
Stunningly beautiful. Isabella has a wonderful eye!
On 13 May 2008 Catherine Kurvink gave props:
What a wonderful imagination! The colors are gorgeous. I'm glad you had a good Mother's Day!
On 14 May 2008 *hector* ortiz gave props:
love the colors....
On 14 May 2008 Amanda Means gave props:
Would have never thought of that!! It is very true!! Barb-wire is some nasty stuff and sure feels like a shark bite when you scrape across it!! Way to go Isabella, so perspective and creative!!
On 14 May 2008 Laura Boston-Thek gave props:
I am so humbled!! Heck of a creative team you kids are!! Wish I had such a visionary for a director!
On 14 May 2008 Attila Révfalvi gave props:
Wonderful shot. Like the imagination and the colors, great!
On 14 May 2008 Artem Nazarov said:
perfect!
On 15 May 2008 Yasmina Baggili gave props:
Absolutely beautiful Peggy Sue!!!!! Love everything about this shot.
On 15 May 2008 Nisa' Haron said:
brilliant!
On 15 May 2008 Dave Waddell said:
those colors just hammer you.....all i can say is damn!
On 17 May 2008 Gary Fudge gave props:
After seeing it in the e-mail, to seeing it in better clarity, this is a wonderful image with excellent tones throughout. The framing of the fence line is genius. Makes me wonder if Isabella isn't perhaps taking all the photos and you just taking the credit...... ;)
On 18 May 2008 A Mom gave props:
awesome color! nice:-)
On 24 May 2008 Laurent Chantegros gave props:
nice shot, i like the colors
On 25 May 2008 Lindsay Walker gave props:
Amazing colors!
On 26 May 2008 Mangelberger Jens said:
This is.....? Like a HANK WILLIAMS song! Perhaps I am not shure which song. I will let you know that!
On 28 May 2008 calvin coleman said:
sweet
On 30 May 2008 blue mitchell gave props:
great title! and color too
On 2 June 2008 Dave Dubrick gave props:
I love the high contrast here. Great composition!
On 17 June 2008 Johan Hendrikse said:
wow, love the composition in this capture, wonderul
On 17 June 2008 Jim Cramer gave props:
the color is the killer but the meaning doesnt come across so much .. I get the nice idea behind the name and composition ;) but the image itself doesnt carry that message
On 3 July 2008 Caroline Hancox gave props:
exactly the kind of landscape shot i love, beautiful but not screamingly obvioulsly so