I am always amazed on how they park these huge cruise ships in Sydney. I have enough trouble parking my Subaru ha ha.
This photo was taken as we were on our way to the Opera House on Saturday afternoon to see The King and I.
I am posting early today as we have got a busy day ahead.
After lunch we are going to a talk on Goulburn Island which is being given by a friend of ours. After that we have to change over the photos from our annual exhibition, which are on display in our local library foyer. The next batch of photos will be on display for 2 weeks and then we change them over every 2 weeks until the middle of December.
When we have changed over the photos, we have to load up our cars with things to take to the Photo Club tonight. I am giving a presentation on Photoshop at the club this evening. So quite a busy day and evening ahead. At least we will be having dinner at the club before our photo club night so I don't have to cook dinner too.
I like your shot and choice of composition. I have just read about the trouble Venice is having with these big liners calling in there. It has to do with the effect on the mud on which Venice is built.
Excellent capture Babs, beautiful lighting and depth of field, they do look enormous when your under them quay, don't know how they stay upright with all those decks above the water;)
Wonderful shot Babs and a Fav, In my younger days this used to be my job and was much more difficult to get along side, now they have Bow and Stern Thrusters that push the ship into position, but still a difficult manoeuvre.
Great composition Babs. Saw a great production of the King and I in London some years ago with Elaine Paige. She played the roll with great humour, especially the Shall we Dance number which was obviously quite demanding with all that spinning and singing!
@888rachel Thanks Rachel. I agree the tugs do a lot of the work, but that is only on the coal ships etc. these cruise ships are driven in to Sydney by the harbour pilot, no tugs here. These big cruise ships have a lot more manoeuvrability but it is still a pretty tight squeeze to get it under the bridge and parked in such a small area. I would need a stiff drink after getting that parked, ha ha.
@debilz At least they don't have to reverse park, ha ha. I have trouble with reverse parking because of neck problems. I'd have neck problems parking this ship I am sure.
@ceilidh Thanks for the fav Margaret. At least it could come in forwards, to get out of the harbour it has to reverse out and then do a 3 point turn. Rather them than me.
@thistle I'm with you Joyce. I'd leave it to the experts too. The pilot of the ship has to hand over to the harbour pilot to bring the ships in to Sydney. I should imagine the harbour pilot gets paid quite a lot of money for his half an hour of work.
@pcoulson This one didn't stay upright, we saw it later in the day when the tide had gone low and it had quite a tilt on it and the strain on the ropes was incredible.
@kwiksilver@andrewkru@seattlite@sioux Thanks so much. I think these ships arrive around 5 am before the traffic on the water gets too busy. It would be dreadful trying to steer this ship in with all the ferry boats etc whizzing backwards and forwards.
@tonygig Thanks Tony. I agree it must be a lot easier these days to steer them into the harbour, but they do make it look so easy. Very impressive to watch.
