Azura leaving Southampton docks.

Mike-P
Posted 12/04/2010 - 21:16 Link
Went down to Hythe Marina this evening to see the new P&O cruise ship Azura leaving on her maiden voyage. Few shots.

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matwhittington
Posted 12/04/2010 - 22:02 Link
Nice set - a couple of these almost look like postcards. Lovely sharp shots; I rather like the first two, and the penultimate which has the close up on the tug with its water-jets. Good stuff

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JonSchick
Posted 12/04/2010 - 22:07 Link
Nice pics. But shame all the new megaliners are so ugly. None of them have the elegance of the QE2, Canberra, SS France and their ilk from the 60s and 70s. Just enormous floating apartment blocks now.
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paulyrichard
Posted 12/04/2010 - 22:08 Link
Nice set of images, Mike. I like #2 with its sense of scale.
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pnjmcc
Posted 13/04/2010 - 00:40 Link
Good shots mike.

Two and three for me.

I really like the whiteness of the ship against the blue sky really emphasises 'New' and 'fresh' (to me at least). Did you do much dodging and burning to the pics or is this just the english weather ?

Regards
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i-Berg
Posted 13/04/2010 - 06:29 Link
And two and five for me Mike - it must be a big ship
Mike-P
Posted 13/04/2010 - 06:57 Link
Thanks for the comments, was really quite impressive watching it pull out. Lots of big white lenses where I was as well


pnjmcc wrote:
Did you do much dodging and burning to the pics or is this just the english weather ?

Not much at all really .. we actually had some sunshine.
Infact its been good for 4 days in a row now ...
Edited by Mike-P: 13/04/2010 - 06:57
i-Berg
Posted 13/04/2010 - 09:02 Link
Mike-P wrote:
Lots of big white lenses where I was as well
And I'm sure you and your gear would have ably held your own in that company Mike
Edited by i-Berg: 13/04/2010 - 09:02
bforbes
Posted 13/04/2010 - 09:40 Link
Two and Four for me. The ship seams to pop out at you!
Gwyn
Posted 13/04/2010 - 09:49 Link
A nice set Mike. I like 2 for it's sense of scale, but 4 and 5 are my favourites.

What a pug ugly boat though .
techno-terminator
Posted 13/04/2010 - 11:56 Link
Ain't it just - but then for P&O it has a huge advantage - look at the number they can get on board .

Glorious pics though - I like #3 & 5 - just to be different
let the education continue

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Mike-P
Posted 13/04/2010 - 13:08 Link
i-Berg wrote:
Mike-P wrote:
Lots of big white lenses where I was as well
And I'm sure you and your gear would have ably held your own in that company Mike
All I took was the Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 and Pentax DA 16-45mm f4.

Couldn't see the point of anything bigger as the boat wasnt exactly Dingy size. I suppose it would have been useful for picking out passengers.

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jimmoore
Posted 13/04/2010 - 13:57 Link
Nice shots Mike, the little red one is one of my kits.
Jim
davidtrout
Posted 13/04/2010 - 22:35 Link
Lovely set of pictures Mike. That ship isn't ugly, I think its magnificent.
david
Edited by davidtrout: 13/04/2010 - 22:35
jackitec
Posted 13/04/2010 - 22:56 Link
Nice shots Mike, wish I was on it.

Jack

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