Visit MPB Visit MPB Visit MPB

Seaworthy Vessels

LennyBloke
Posted 24/09/2023 - 20:19 Link
Around Poole Harbour there is a good variety of boats, yachts and ships - the new (to me) 150-450 Pentax lens really came into its own in helping me capture some crisp and clear shots. See what you think...

1. HMC Vigilant - Border Force Cutter
Comment Image


2. Maid of the Lakelands - Poole Harbour Cruise Boat, arriving at Brownsea Island
Comment Image


3. HSC Condor Voyager - Condor Ferries High Speed Catamaran
Comment Image


4. PS Waverley - The last seagoing paddle steamer in the world!
Comment Image


5. Special Boat Service - the Royal Navy's answer to the SAS, the elite maritime counterterrorism unit of the Royal Navy
Comment Image


6. MS Barfleur - Brittany Ferries vessel for crossings between Poole and Cherbourg. Captured in the beautiful light of dawn.
Comment Image


7. MS Barfleur - in silhouette
Comment Image


8. Yachts at Dawn
Comment Image


LennyBloke
tigershoot
Posted 24/09/2023 - 20:27 Link
Number 6 is a stunner. Great lens - I love mine.
K3iii, K3ii, K-5, K-x, DA150-450mm, DA16-85WR, DA16-45, DA18-55WR, DA18-135WR, DA35 F2.4, M100mm F4 Macro, DA55-300mm, FA50mm 1.4, AF360 Flash, AF540 Flash
Spad
Posted 24/09/2023 - 20:39 Link
The last three for me!!!

Just curious.... how does one know those lads are SBS????? Did they dploy from the barracks or somet?
Lubbyman
Posted 24/09/2023 - 23:45 Link
A fine set that shows the variety of vessels that hang around Poole harbour . For me, the last three stand out as photographs, but the others stand out for showing aspects of what the harbour is all about.

And it's a set that makes me nostalgic for the time when a friend had a little boat and would take me round the harbour. It's interesting to see the ships and boats photographed from land - most of my photographs were taken from a few feet above water level with no chance of re-framing if the shot wasn't quite right!

Spad wrote:
Just curious.... how does one know those lads are SBS?????

Because that's where they are based - Hamworthy which is on the edge of the harbour and part of the Poole sprawl. Not that you'd know from the Royal Navy's website. And LennyBloke would probably get shot and this forum closed down if he'd taken a front view of their boats and the DA150-450mm was good enough to show identifiable faces !!

Steve
Spad
Posted 25/09/2023 - 00:14 Link
I know they're stationed there!

I just thought they be more like the secret squirrel brigade!!
LennyBloke
Posted 25/09/2023 - 12:59 Link
Again, thanks for the comments - I was particularly pleased with the pink dawn image of the MS Barfleur, probably my best ship shot yet

I'm not 100% sure they are SBS Spad - but I see them each year and all my fellow hotel guests and staff believe they are.

Well Steve I did get one shot of them returning to harbour and one of the crew was very clearly identifiable (even though he had sunglasses on), I though it best to preserve my safety by not publishing that image
LennyBloke
Lubbyman
Posted 25/09/2023 - 14:10 Link
LennyBloke wrote:
I'm not 100% sure they are SBS Spad - but I see them each year and all my fellow hotel guests and staff believe they are.

a. From the water, you can see them embark/disembark from an area that's surrounded by rather impressive coils of barbed wire (or worse).
b. That area is strangely missing from Google Streetview.
a. You sometimes see them wearing green berets.

Of course, it could all be a bluff to distract attention while the real action is elsewhere...

Steve
Posted 25/09/2023 - 17:38 Link
Excellent shots, I've just viewed them large at their best, super sharp, last three is my choice!
Spad
Posted 25/09/2023 - 18:23 Link
Lubbyman wrote:
LennyBloke wrote:
I'm not 100% sure they are SBS Spad - but I see them each year and all my fellow hotel guests and staff believe they are.

a. From the water, you can see them embark/disembark from an area that's surrounded by rather impressive coils of barbed wire (or worse).
b. That area is strangely missing from Google Streetview.
a. You sometimes see them wearing green berets.

Of course, it could all be a bluff to distract attention while the real action is elsewhere...

Steve

So they are part of the secret squirrel brugade
Edited by Spad: 25/09/2023 - 18:23
cardiffgareth
Posted 28/09/2023 - 17:04 Link
Really like 6 and 8, 8 very much. 6 could be a marketing image.

We have the SFSG here, I have several children from the gents there in my school class, a few very firm handshakes! Note to self, give those kids preferential treatment
Gareth Williams ARPS

My outfit: K1ii - Pentax D FA 24-70mm f2.8 - Pentax DA* 300mm f4 - Pentax modified DA* 60-250mm f4 - Irix 15mm Firefly - Pentax FA 35mm - FA 50mm f1.4 - Tamron SP 90mm macro - Pentax AF 540 FGZ II

Welsh Photographer
Flickr
Instagram
My PPG
Foundation NFT

Add Comment

To leave a comment - Log in to Pentax User or create a new account.