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30 Apr 2008 • 209 views

Queens' Departure

The Queen Mary 2 departs Southampton on 22 April, having earlier paraded with the Queen Victoria and the QE2 in Southampton Water - the last time these magnificent vessels will be together here.

As the QM2 rounds the headland, in the distance you can (just) see the Queen Victoria through the haze, also departing on her next voyage.

This shot is taken from my brother's small motor boat late in the evening.

For your amusement you may like to hear that after failing to get some much needed fuel at Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, we limped back on petrol fumes to our mooring at Lymington where, on transferring to the small tender - a tiny rowing boat - to get back to shore, I slipped and sat heavily in the corner instead of the middle, whereupon water poured in sinking the unstable craft. So I got my historic shots at the cost of a pretty cold soaking!

Fortunately we had not yet transferred the camera gear to the tender!

For some reason, I have a cold today!

camera	Canon EOS 10D
exposure mode	full manual
shutterspeed	1/90s
aperture	f/4.0
sensitivity	ISO200
focal length	24.0mm
resolution	757x545 pixels

Queens' Departure

comments (3)

Ellie

wet Britannia

30 Apr 2008, 00:53

Hah! serves you right! You should have phoned, but then I wouldn't have been at home because I was at Calshot!

Doesn't distract from this wonderful picture though, you were so lucky to have the clearer visibility.

chunter: One suffers for one's art!

I only heard about this event because my brother has a boat and has been trying to get me out on it for ages. If he hadn't got a boat and I'd heard about the event, I'd probably have nipped down to Lepe. Knowing me, I'd probably have left it too late and joined the traffic jam trying to get into (or out of) the car park at the end of that narrow lane and missed the event altogether.

vintage

australia

30 Apr 2008, 11:06

the "fun "you had getting this photo I think was worth it

chunter: Every second, vintage - well worth it.

Astrid

The Netherlands

30 Apr 2008, 18:02

This is a great picture...love it, great to be part of it I think...hope your cold will be gone soon....

chunter: There was a bit of 'poetic licence' regarding the cold. It came and went very quickly. I'm fine now, thank you.

Glad you like our Queens. There are a couple more up close and personal tomorrow. I took nearly 800 shots at the time, but many were duplicated two or three times because I had the motordrive on to ensure at least one was sharp.

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