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Topic: New enhanced images of QE2 'bouncing'

lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 01-09-2008 11:34 PM

Liners List member Dave Lee has beautifully enhanced the images of QE2 crossing the wild Winter North Atlantic. These high resolution images can be seen at his photo site at:

www.smugmug.com/gallery/4133958/1/241231782#2

Select X3 for the largest image-very cool!

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
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posted 01-09-2008 11:37 PM

Also select ORIGINAL for the original super sized high resolution image.

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tg_lindo
First Class Passenger
Member # 806

posted 01-10-2008 12:43 AM

I hope I do not appear ignorant, but do these ships really pitch to THAT degree?

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 01-10-2008 08:37 AM

Yes, it's true that ships can pitch that much, and much more. The seas in the photos are really not that severe. There are large swells causing the pitching, but it can be much, much worse.

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 01-10-2008 01:10 PM

quote:
Originally posted by NAL:
Yes, it's true that ships can pitch that much, and much more. The seas in the photos are really not that severe. There are large swells causing the pitching, but it can be much, much worse.

Those types of swells can make being onboard quite unpleasant. A long swell can increase the chance of seasickness for many people (me included) while a good 'chop' is more thrilling!

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tg_lindo
First Class Passenger
Member # 806

posted 01-10-2008 10:20 PM

My comment came before I read the other topic explaining the origin of the images. Please excuse me for not trusting unconditionally every picture I see on the web, ha ha.

Were there not some fake images of a Carnival ship in a hurricane going around last year?

Anyway, the 20ft swells we encountered on QM2 last summer suddenly seem less worth boasting about. I'm quite certain the windows down on the 3L promenade never went under water.

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 01-11-2008 05:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
Also select ORIGINAL for the original super sized high resolution image.

The QE2 pics are fairly high resolution (3488 x 2616 pixels) taken with a Fuji FinePix s9600 camera. The two pics were taken less than a minute apart.

OTOH, the QV photo is low resolution (640 x 480 oixels) taken with a Pentax Optio S5z camera. Assuming that the clocks in both cameras were set correctly, the QV pic was taken a little over 3 1/2 hours later.

Brian

[ 01-11-2008: Message edited by: Brian_O ]

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jetwet1
First Class Passenger
Member # 6361

posted 01-12-2008 03:11 PM

Thank you David for these great shots.

The QV picture is now my desktop

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Awatea
First Class Passenger
Member # 4955

posted 01-12-2008 05:03 PM

Such stunning photos! You have indeed made me very happy. I hope there will be some good video footage around as this chance to get the QE2 in those magnificent conditions will never occur again.
There will be very large crowds here in Auckland next month when she makes her final call.

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