MS Queen Elizabeth

[dje]

We've been in Sydney for a while of late and had a lovely day on and around the harbour. We were fortunate to have the MS Queen Elizabeth docked at Circular Quay and an impressive ship it is. Best viewed by clicking on an image to open Litebox. Comments welcome.

Dave

[Nicks Pics]

That's an amazing ship. I like the other boats around it giving perspective. Your photography looks good to me.

[dje]

Thanks for your comments Nick. I should have mentioned that the green and yellow boats are harbour ferries.

Dave

[TonyW]

Those are very well done Dave. We think of Sydney Harbour as being big but the cruise ships still dominate. You must have got around a bit to get such a variety of points of view. I travelled back and forth across the bridge daily during my student days but I still appreciate how interesting the place looks.

[JamesScott86]

Very interesting series!

[GBO25]

Nice shots. Love Circular Quay & the Opera House area.
I know it's rarely possible when travelling and this is not a criticism but it would be great to have got these shots during the morning or evening golden hour. The softer red/gold light would have really lifted them.

[dje]

Thanks for your comments Tony James and Graham.

Tony the first shot was taken from the Museum of Contemporary Art, the second from Circular Quay, the third from a balcony on the Opera House and the fourth from a ferry near Fort Denison.

Graham I agree with you about the light but as you say, it's not always possible when travelling. I think I would have a photographic field day around the harbour in the golden hours if I lived in Sydney.

Dave

[Shadowman]

Nice series, looks like you have a few dust bunnies on your gear.

[Stagecoach]

Good shots of a beautiful ship in a great setting Dave.

At least they are considering the engineers on-board these days and reducing the number of lifeboats that have to be maintained

[Wavelength]

Nice images indeed

[Geoff F]

A pity about #2. If you could have got that one with a fraction more space on the left and without that half of a yellow boat being there, it would have been one of those classic shots which appears so rarely.

All well focused and exposed.

[dje]

Thanks for your comments John, Grahame, Nandakumar and Geoff.

John I hadn't noticed the dust bunnies but I can see them now particularly on 2 and 4 where the sky is darker. It wasn't that long ago that I gave the sensor a few puffs with the air rocket but obviously I didn't get everything or more have appeared since then.

Grahame I did notice that there weren't many lifeboats but as I don't know much about ships I just let it go !

Geoff I did try to avoid that yellow boat but there are so many boats coming and going into the quay that it makes it very hard to get a clear shot. I could possibly do some cloning.

Dave

[IzzieK]

Dave...so you were away for a while now you are back with all these shots of Queenie Beth, they are all good ones too...well a few hitch here and there but they are negligible. Good catch all of them. I was about to ask where you photograph these from but you had already responded in one of your post. Thanks for sharing...

[dje]

Thank you Izzie.

Dave

[bnnrcn]

Very nice set

[dje]

Thank you Binnur

Dave