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Originally Posted by coolcat
If it were me taking the photo with the 'proper' camera I would attack it one of two ways.
If there were no wind/tide and the boat was still in the water. I would bracket three or more exposures 1 or 2 stops above and below the subject exposure then merge them in editing software. Pretty much what the iPhone does automatically.
You could try using a graduated ND filter to darken the sky but would be awkward as someone stuck a bleedin' big boat between the sky and the foreground 
Boat lifting (Over 6.5 tonnes dry weight) is not the cheapest thing to do but it is required every few years to do maintenance to below the waterline stuff. Anodes, Antofoul, shaft stuffing glands, skin fittings etc.
Lady Emma is two years behind schedule because of the lockdowns we had.
It isn't cheap, not much is when it comes to boats 
Slightly confused in your 'nail in the motor' analogy 
She is cooled via a sealed water system much like a car. Rather than air blowing over a radiation though, she has a raw water system that sucks water in through weed strainers andimpellers which is then fed round the outside of the sealed water system then spat out through a wet exhaust system. It also doubles up as a heat exchanger via a calorfier which heats the water used for the Hot running water system. 
Anyhows.........we have two motors to worry about on Lady Emma |
Hi Jeff.
Yes my camera will auto bracket if its turned on. Never used that function but have bracketed in th past.
Funny enough iv got graduated filters too, but only use polarising filter. Did a bit of filter work at colledge (around 1995) but not bothered since. My fotoshop is ancient. I was offered CS2 many years ago but never took up th offer. I bet things have changed imeassurably. Which one do you use.? Are they more intuative now?
Th sacraficial nail (my old neighbour called it that) i was mentioning is a anode thats screwed into a engine. This does th same thing as th hull anodes but yours dosnt need it as it doesn't get its water from outside to cool th engine. Iv seen a block blown threw when th "nail" as not been changed.
What are your motors. Dont say Volvo
