On the 26-28th. we have a Tall Ships Festival here in Gloucester. We're inland so the ships come to the docks in the city having come from the sea into the river Severn (west side of the UK )and then into the Sharpness Canal. This is the first arrival-named Phoenix, built in 1929 in Frederikshavn,Denmark as an Evangelical Mission Schooner and after 20 years became a cargo carrier.
Any CC welcome as I have another 4 ships to photograph. I will drive to the canal entrance and photograph them as they enter the canal,then I can drive to a couple of the bridges on the route to the city- 16miles,the speed limit is 6 miles an hour but most stick to 4 or 5 mph.The bridge master reckoned this one was doing 7 mph. so I have time to get ahead and driveto the next vantage location..You'd think at 6/7 mph. you'd have time to recompose but it's surprising how fast that is. I used the 100-400 and the 24-105 on separate tripods. After the first shots I quickly realised I needed a grad filter-the sky was cloudy but still gave off a lot of brightness-more than I thought.
After the ship went through one of the road bridges I caught the canoeist going under it after it had opened to traffic. 'Mind your head' Lol Just a fun photo.taken at a seconds notice.
I'd really like to photograph these ships under sail - a bit of googling required now.
I thought about cloning out that green barge..
Mind your head lol.