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China Shipping
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Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:54 pmby BBJ
Hi All, well on our drive today at the beach had the 80-400VR on with the Kenkos 1.4xTC trying to get some pics of a surfer. Anyhow on the horizon was this sillouette of this ship, i could not read anything onit but seen the the big greyish outline, anyhow the lens brought it up good here is a pic of it.
Posted:
Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:04 pmby johndec
John,
I'll bet to the naked eye that was just a blip on the horizon.
I don't think you'll win POTW with it, but it does show the amazing reach of your setup. In 35mm film terms we are looking at:
400 x 1.4 x 1.5 = a long way
Posted:
Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:09 pmby BBJ
Yes John, i was a bit shocked as well how well it came out considering it was just as you said. Openend my eyes up when i could read the writting on the side of the ship and thought what a strange colour to paint a ship normally they are 2 tone, but yeh anyhow was interesting and just thought i would share it.
Cheers
John
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Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:10 pmby stubbsy
John
It's obviously too late to do this now, but a good comparison would have been to take a shot at say 70 or 80mm too so we could see the speck you got with the big zoom.
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Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:12 pmby BBJ
Yeh sorry pete i should have done that, but can tell you was just a sillouette of the ship on the horizon. Dont see many of these cruising past our coastline.
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Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:22 pmby johndec
BBJ wrote:Yeh sorry pete i should have done that, but can tell you was just a sillouette of the ship on the horizon. Dont see many of these cruising past our coastline.
I get a heap of them, seeing as I live on the shores of Botany Bay. So just post me the 80-400 and the Kenko, I'll be happy to do some comparison tests
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Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:25 pmby BBJ
Yeh right john, well i guess i am not always at the beach to see them but yeh, was a funny sort of a day today sunny in places and dull in others.
Well was ok anyhow, think i will ride my BMW tomorrow for a change and go to my Ulysses meeting and lunch.
LOL
Posted:
Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:56 pmby MCWB
All that time with the bikes has really helped your technique! You're getting really good at these panning shots!
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Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:00 amby johndec
MCWB wrote:All that time with the bikes has really helped your technique! You're getting really good at these panning shots!
ROFL Chinese speedboats???
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Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:19 amby sirhc55
The guy on the foredeck looks Korean to me
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Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:28 amby Matt. K
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Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:59 amby BBJ
That would be about right Matt, not sure what type she is but looks different from the normal ones you see, maybe it's full of wood chips as that is a big thing down here, and they load at Portland over the border in Victoria.