HMS Queen Elizabeth under the Forth Bridge

by McBrian

Probably the most difficult shot I've had to make, dark, cloudy, windy, back lit spotlights and a subject moving a lot faster that I anticipated.

K1 wih D FA 15-30 on a small travel tripod wedged in to the rocks, shot in LV with IR remote.
Uploaded28/06/2017 - 21:45
CategoryPhoto Journalism
Shutter Speed1/10
Aperturef/3.5
LensN/A
ISO3200
Focal Length17mm
Views/Likes73/4

alfpics
Posted 28/06/2017 - 21:50 Link
Pretty impressive!
Andy
go4IT
Posted 28/06/2017 - 22:15 Link
Stunning, pure and simple. Thanks for sharing this wonderful photo with us.
Ellida
Posted 28/06/2017 - 23:20 Link
Well done. It's quite an historic shot and well captured.
Graham
davidwozhere
Posted 29/06/2017 - 01:48 Link
And it's absolutely magnificent
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GIULIO57
Posted 29/06/2017 - 05:01 Link
Really GREAT.LIKED
PPG
1stEverPentax
Posted 29/06/2017 - 10:06 Link
Not bad at all.
K10D
Posted 29/06/2017 - 18:08 Link
Stands out well. The processing suites the subject matter.

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Carol8345
Posted 30/06/2017 - 01:18 Link
spectacular
pauljay
Posted 30/06/2017 - 07:57 Link
Looks like you were not the only photographer there! Excellent shot!
Paul.

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morpheus71
Posted 30/06/2017 - 08:33 Link
There's a powerful muscularity to both the bridge and the ship in this 😊 upliftingly colourful 😊
davidtrout
Posted 30/06/2017 - 20:06 Link
The most difficult picture you have taken and you mastered it. Surely also one of the best pictures you could have taken.
David
McBrian
Posted 02/07/2017 - 19:02 Link
Hi All.

Many thanks for all the comments, very much appreciated.

The image looks decent at screen size, it was very noisy for a K1 file at ISO3200, what I did notice in PP, LR couldn't lift the shadows very much hence I've had to put it through Define and Viveza a few times with the resultant lose of sharpness, will see what it looks like printed at A4 and A3.

If you look closely you can just see the train directly above the boat deck, the driver must have timed his departure from North Queesferry station to get the time that !!
Cheers
Brian.
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