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The big ship USS George Washington (CVN 73) is a Nimitz class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. On July 2, 2009 the USS George Washington anchored on Fremantle's Gage Roads, accompanied by Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens which docked at Fremantle harbour

big ship

big ship at night

patriotic red white blue 73

USS George Washington background, part of USS Cowpens foreground (well top of it)

I likes the BIG ship!! It is a shame that the Tomcats have been retired...I never managed to get any pics of them.

Where is the rest of the battle group???

I like #2 for some reason...but the lights need to be toned down a bit...did you use a star cross filter?

Thanks aim54x
I'm not sure if the rest of the battle group will be joining up for operation Talisman Sabre, but there probably is a sub lurking nearby =)

#2 starburst was from the nine-bladed aperture of the lens rather than a filter, will try to post a toned down version later

I like #1 the best. It shows how enormous some ships are.

I also like #4 but it appears a bit soft on my screen.

#1 is definitely the best shot, it looks really impressive. I actually thought you shot it in black and white until I noticed a tiny red dot on the small boat in the foreground. I wonder if it would look even better reduced to greyscale then hitting the contrast a little- just a thought.

#1 - 100,000 tons (full load) of beauty

#1 - 100,000 tons (full load) of beauty

expensive tax payers beauty at that

#1 is also my pick of the bunch, as also mentioned I think a BW conversion would go a treat on this one! Looks like a nice sunset in the last one.

Yaaarrrrrr!!!!!!

100,000 tons AND a range of about 3,000,000 nautical miles on a tank of plutonium

The first image is the pick of the bunch.

Considering the Nimitz class has 10 vessels their total tonnage would be a lot more than the whole Australian navy

sirhc55 wrote:Considering the Nimitz class has 10 vessels their total tonnage would be a lot more than the whole Australian navy

They put their equipment to good use [for example: world domination]

On the other hand, we only need to keep away the refuge boats and whalers....

Thanks for the constructive comments, I like #1 best too

@barry, number 4 could be soft because of the compression, 100% crop looks okay though there were some distortion effects around the radar array of USS cowpens, wonder if the array puts off enough power to distort the space time continium

@ian.bertram the link to the bw version is http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/hobbesken/uss-GW.jpg Tried a duotone version too http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/hobbesken/uss-GW-duo.jpg

Toned down version of 2 is http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/hobbesken/uss-starburst.jpg

I like the Duo version. It's the best of the 3.