A ROUGH RIDE HOME by sangwann

A ROUGH RIDE HOME

Shot taken on Easter Monday.

Not many shots taken on Easter Monday. Apart from our walk with JP to the Motorbike shop (nothing interesting to photograph on the way) we were a bit stale on what else to do. But Christine heard on the weather forecast that the day would be very windy and the sea rough and that it would get worse later in the day and she was worried about the ferry trip back to Malta. In fact she insisted that we returned before lunch time rather than in the evening as planned. So we, Denise and Ian (with Max) gave in to her wishes. JP, with his family who had joined us on Saturday stayed behind for another day.

This is one of the shots I took from the deck of our ferry boat of one of the other ferries coming from the opposite direction. At one time I almost got drenched when a wave hit the ferry on the side where I was and the splash came up to the deck.

Joke: A ferry boat was caught in very rough sea and sank with everyone on board except for a young wife, her boorish husband and a young good-looking sailor who managed to swim to a tiny, deserted island in the middle of nowhere.
One morning, the sailor climbed a tall coconut tree and yelled, "Stop making love down there!"
"What's the matter with you?" the husband said when the sailor climbed down. '"We weren't making love."
"Sorry," said the sailor, "From up there it looked like you were."
Every morning thereafter, the sailor scaled the same tree and yelled the same thing. Finally the husband decided to climb the tree and see for himself.
With great difficulty, he made his way to the top.
The husband says to himself, "By golly he's right! It DOES look like they're making love down there!"
Thank you very much for looking and for the comments - very interesting ones, too - on yesterday's picture.
Choppy seas, indeed. I like the distant background view.
May 12th, 2015  
That does look pretty choppy nice shot
May 12th, 2015  
Great shot - the water definitely looks choppy. The background landscape is interesting too.
May 12th, 2015  
Your country is always interesting
May 12th, 2015  
Lovely capture Dione
May 12th, 2015  
Love the white caps on the ocean, :)
May 12th, 2015  
Beautiful capture lovely scene
May 12th, 2015  
such a funny joke Dione and the shot is great too
May 12th, 2015  
What a great joke! Nice shot of a rough sea.
May 12th, 2015  
i like the rough sea, but the coastline more. i shoot a couple rolls of film a year for the fun of it with an antique-almost as old as me-voigtlander camera. a pretty simple camera but a masterpiece of german engineering.
May 12th, 2015  
Awesome shot
May 12th, 2015  
The water does look a little rough. Very nice shot.
May 12th, 2015  
Great capture, light
May 12th, 2015  
That looks a little rough, lovely focus and capture
May 12th, 2015  
Beautiful scene and capture! You can feel the angry Sea!!
May 12th, 2015  
Beautiful shot, though I think I feel sick
May 12th, 2015  
That water does look rough! Nice shot Dione.
May 12th, 2015  
It certainly looks choppy Dione.
May 12th, 2015  
@chard I loved my Voigtlander (Vito C). Superb lens (Color-Skopar) as well. I still have it but digital has taken over (Pentax) http://365project.org/ivan/365/2013-06-05
May 12th, 2015  
Think Christine was right! Smart joke!
May 12th, 2015  
I've done that ferry crossing from Malta to Gozo and back on a couple of holidays to Malta, luckily it was fine sailing weather.
May 12th, 2015  
@ivan mine is the vitomatic II same lens and looks very similar to yours. i just take it out for fun once in a while, but i love the images it produces.
May 12th, 2015  
Nice choppy sea photo
May 13th, 2015  
Wonderful and relaxing capture:)
May 13th, 2015  
A great photo
May 13th, 2015  
I wouldn't want to be on that sea!
May 13th, 2015  
Certainly looks choppy and it isn't a very big ship. Bet you felt the effect.
May 13th, 2015  
Great shot of this nice looking ferry on the ruff sea and the beautiful coast
May 13th, 2015  
wonderful shot , lots of dynamism and movement dione
May 13th, 2015  
Great pov....lovely scenic view.
May 14th, 2015  
@pyrrhula @phil_howcroft @eyesmile Many thanks for your comments.
May 14th, 2015  
Great capture :)
May 15th, 2015  
awesome capture. love the castle in the background
May 15th, 2015  
Nice shot- it does look a bit choppy out there.
May 19th, 2015  
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