Naval Vessels

[Benjamin2007]

I scanned the Photo Gallery Archives for any Navy ships/submarines type threads and although I found several boat type threads and a submarine thread about rare historical submarines in Russia and Finland (e.g. the Lembit submarine, http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7113), I couldn't find a thread for Naval vessels, including surface ships, submarines, & possibly Naval aircraft, so here is your opportunity to share any Naval shots that you have... they've got to be better than the one's I've got so far!

An Australian Adelaide class frigate (FFG) (you can check out the basic spec's, history etc at the Royal Australian Navy's website: http://www.navy.gov.au/)
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(Manual mode, 2.5sec (HH seated with elbows supported on my thighs), F3.5, ISO400, 12.5mm, Pattern metering, WB/Focus auto)

(I don't like starting new threads if one already exists, after skimming through the Photo Gallery archives from the "beginning" I can see that there has been a lot of duplication since 2005, I guess in a sense there's nothing new under the sun...., also had some reservations re security issues etc, but then again there is a lot of information available on the Net which is already in the public domain...)

[toriaj]

2.5 sec handheld? You are a master :)
Security issues? Oh, are you talking about national security? I don't think the cops will be after you quite yet :D

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

If boats are your thing have you seen the US navy website gallery?
http://www.navy.mil/view_photos_top.asp

There's some great pics of planes landing, subs, carriers etc.

Sorry I can't contribute a personal photo, I like the thread idea but only have very ordinary vessel photos myself.

[tim11]

Security issue? Well, I reckon if they don't want the photos taken they would have parked them elsewhere....

Here is my sole contribution to this thread.

[Benjamin2007]

Thanks Tori' :), I took maybe a dozen shots (of different ships from different angles etc) to get that one keeper. :D
(BTW the police haven't come a knockin' on the door yet, so I guess I'm ok :), actually I wasn't too worried about it personally, I tend to agree with Tim on this one. :))

DPR thanks for the link and comments, I'll check it out.

Tim, thanks for your shot from the Maritime Museum of Australia, that's a pretty good photo of the decommissioned Oberan class submarine (I think it was the former HMAS Onslow). Hard to tell from the shot, but I think the ship next to the sub' is an old River class destroyer, I'll have to go around and check it out. :)

Here are a few more shots from the waterfront:

Similar view to my first post in this thread, but in the late afternoon sunlight, 5:27pm. The 04 boat is another Adelaide class frigate, the 154 boat is an Anzac class frigate and there is another Adelaide class frigate in the background stern-first. The Anzac class boats are the more recently designed, built and commissioned of the two, they have a similar armaments capability and similar role to the Adelaide class frigates:

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(Manual mode, 1/2sec HH, f/4, ISO100, 40.9mm, Pattern metering, WB/focus auto)

Same view at 5:46pm, some 19minutes later:
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(Manual mode, 4secs (camera supported by the edge of the wharf), f/3.5, ISO100, 44.8mm, Pattern metering, WB/focus auto)

From a different vantage point, 6:09pm:
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(Manual mode, 4secs (camera supported by a sandstone wall), f/3.5, ISO200, 63.3mm (full 10x optical zoom), Pattern metering, WB/focus auto, image slightly cropped, resized for posting, & in PP I raised the brightness a bit, saturation a fraction and decreased contrast a fraction)

Same vantage point, wider angle, at 6:11pm:
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(Same exposure variables & similar PP as above, 32.7mm)

Pity about the yacht masts in the foreground, I guess if the last two photos had been taken in RAW with a RAW capable camera I could've cloned the masts out of view in PP. :p

cheers,

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

You can still clone them out as jpegs just the same.

I don't know if you wanted C&C but I'd grab the tripod rather than handhold 1/2 sec. That darker shot 19mins later using support is much more pleasing to me.

[Benjamin2007]

You can still clone them out as jpegs just the same.

I don't know if you wanted C&C but I'd grab the tripod rather than handhold 1/2 sec. That darker shot 19mins later using support is much more pleasing to me.

Thanks DPR, you're absolutely right, the first shot would've been improved had I used support, unfortunately I didn't have my tripod with me after work that day, and after pulling off the first shot in the thread hand-held, I thought I'd try to repeat the effort, ....took half a dozen shots and that was the best of the bunch, I guess I just wasn't sitting in as stable a position as that first thread shot, I was feeling a bit tense trying to maintain my awkward position, should've just put the camera down on the wharf, as in the second shot...:o:(.

Cloning Jpegs, so you can do that sort of editing on jpeg images too?- oh ok, I guess I should've said "If I had the software to do it". :o:(

thanks,

[CodyBorrowman]

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j98/MADZUKI/th_Picture022.jpg (http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j98/MADZUKI/Picture022.jpg)
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[SpecialK]

USS Midway.
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USS Midway.
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USS Ronald Reagan.
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Navy SEAL Zodiac and carriers.
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Unknown ship in dry-dock. (USS Milius - thanks Eric).
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USS Lane Victory.
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USS Midway.
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An unknown ship. (It's the USS Kidd - thanks Eric).
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[Benjamin2007]

Excellent series, SpecialK! :)
Simply stunning exposures! :D
Now that's what I was talking about (when I started this thread).
I knew that someone here would have some Navy shots or live near a Navy port etc.
Gee, the US certainly knows how to build BIG, especially aircraft-carriers, although I particularly liked your last shot of the (unknown) Frigate or Destroyer. :)

PS: I've really been enjoying your recent posts in the "Interesting Buildings", "Pentax" & other threads too! Boy you've done some travelling recently (is that your car, a hire-car or a company car, the little silver coupe, in some of the photos, what is it btw? Hope it was comfortable as you appear to have covered a lot of miles, along Route66 etc.) :)

cheers,

[SpecialK]

Hi Benjamin:

Thanks for the nice comments and I'm glad you like the shots in the various galleries.

That is my 2002 Toyota Celica, now with over 83,000 miles.

[SpecialK]

Here are a few more of the USS Midway, which is a museum if you did not know.
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Setting up the sound equipment for the next day's Fourth of July celebration.
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Setting up chairs for fireworks observers.
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[Benjamin2007]

Thanks SpecialK, for the posts and feedback. I didn't know the USS Midway had been decommissioned.
Do you know when that happened? Gee that deck is huge!

I gather the other carriers in your earlier shots are still in service.

Australia only ever had two air-craft carriers, the HMAS Sydney and HMAS Melbourne, purchased sometime after WWII in the late '40's or perhaps the early '50's (I cann't remember exactly, I guess I should've checked out our Navy's website to check my facts before posting...:p:o). HMAS Sydney saw service in Korea (not sure about the Melbourne) and I think both carriers saw service in Vietnam, though by then I think at least one of them had been converted to troop carrier/heavy lift support ship duties. Both (I think) were decommissioned in the mid-70's (unfortunately all of this Navy history is a little foggy for me...:o:() as Australia saw both its role and the role of its Navy change and it was considered that we no longer needed to exert sea-based air power over our territorial waters or abroad, not sure why the policy changed, perhaps it was thought that our F1-11's could provide sufficient air-cover of our approaches, especially with their mid-air refueling capability, and our submarine fleet could handle the rest.... (don't know...)

I thought it was a Celica, but wasn't quite sure, by all reports they're a good car.

cheers,

[SpecialK]

I didn't know the USS Midway had been decommissioned.
Do you know when that happened? Gee that deck is huge!

Here's a link to the Midway website,
http://www.midway.org/site/pp.asp?c=eeIGLLOrGpF&b=3038963

And a few interior pix.

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[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Cloning Jpegs, so you can do that sort of editing on jpeg images too?- oh ok, I guess I should've said "If I had the software to do it". :o:(

thanks,

FYI Photo editing software called GIMP is free so you can download it 100% legally and get photo editing with no impediment but time and the learning curve:D

[n20capri]

Sigma 18-50 F2.8
1/160
F14
21mm
iso 100
http://www.mikemartinelli.com/ImageFolders/_Bahamas5-2008/IMG_8071.JPG

[erichlund]

SpecialK, both DDG 69 and DDG100 are Arleigh Burke class Aegis Guided Missile Destroyers. 69 is the USS Milius and 100 is the USS Kidd, the third U.S. Navy vessel to hold that name.

[SpecialK]

SpecialK, both DDG 69 and DDG100 are Arleigh Burke class Aegis Guided Missile Destroyers. 69 is the USS Milius and 100 is the USS Kidd, the third U.S. Navy vessel to hold that name.


Eric:

Thanks for the info.

[pas49ras]

SS John W. Brown is a Liberty ship, one of two still floating today.The John W. Brown made 13 wartime voyages to the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean, including duty during the Anzio landings. She was also part of the liberation force of Southern France during Operation Dragoon in August, 1944. It ship was built in less than 2 months. Here she is making a stop last summer in Portland Maine.

[Benjamin2007]

Great photos Mike & Doug!
Doug, I particularly liked that broadside shot & the second stern shot of the USS John W Brown.
Does "Liberty ship" refer to the class of ship, production method or a time-period, campaign or action that the ship was involved in?
How're you enjoying the K200D, and what settings did you use for that last shot?

cheers,

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Nice shot Pas I'd always wondered what the liberty ships looked like.

Benjamin the liberty ships were built during WWII to supply the war effort and replace losses in the merchant navy.

Correct me if I'm wrong anyone but they were basically the first mass produced ships. Instead of the steel plates held together by rivets they were welded for instance. From an engineering point of view they were revolutionary. Many many new things were tried to make cheap quick shipping. One thing that wasn't understood at the time was crack propagation and the way a crack could progress from one sheet to the next because it was welded whereas before ships had been rivetted and cracks would only extend as far as the individual steel sheet. Another thing was the way the steel used becaeame brittle (like iron) around zero celcius instead of staying ductile (like steel) at the temperatures experienced in the Atlantic ocean. A final point was that they had square portals instead of round which lead to high stress levels promoting cracks. Thats what lead to the commet aircrafts failure for example. But another example of "engineering" stuff that just wasn't known till the liberty ship class was produced.

[Benjamin2007]

Thanks for the info' on the Liberty ships DPR, I thought they were WWII vintage, but didn't know about the new production techniques and the circumstances that stimulated those design innovations. The engineering aspects that you mentioned were fascinating.

FYI Photo editing software called GIMP is free so you can download it 100% legally and get photo editing with no impediment but time and the learning curve

I was aware of the GIMP, I just hadn't got around to downloading it at the time of writing earlier (I'd had some trouble deciding between the various free or shareware programs, eg Bibble lite etc). I've since downloaded the GIMP but haven't had much time to learn how to use it yet, .... looking forward to learning how to do HDR's with it though :)

regards,

[SpecialK]

The USS Lane Victory returning from one of its occasional outings.
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[Benjamin2007]

The USS Lane Victory returning from one of its occasional outings


Great shots Kyle, I really like the whole series. :)

Here are a few more night shots from Sydney Fleet Base, Garden Island:

Bow-doors & forecastle of the L50, HMAS Tobruk, a Heavy Landing Ship of the Australian Navy:

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(Manual shooting mode, 2secs, F3.5, ISO200, Pattern metering, WB & Focus auto)

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(Manual shooting mode, 3secs, F4.0, ISO400, Pattern metering, WB & Focus auto, supported by the wharf)
(pity about the chroma-noise in the above two shots, however the light flare was intentional).

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(Manual shooting mode, 4secs, F3.5, ISO400, Pattern metering, WB & Focus auto, 14.6mm in a range of 6.3-63mm, supported by the wharf)

Whole ship, this shot isn't actually B&W, I desaturated the original and applied low-contrast in pp:
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(Manual shooting mode, 2secs, F4.5, ISO400, supported by the wharf)

cheers,

[Benjamin2007]

Some more night shots from Garden Island:

First 05, HMAS Melbourne, an Adelaide class guided missile frigate:
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(Manual shooting mode, 4secs, F3.5, ISO200, Pattern metering)

Second OR304, HMAS Success, Fleet Replenishment:
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(Manual shooting mode, 4secs, F3.5, ISO200, Pattern metering)

cheers,

[nic08]

Wow, can't really stop saving them.. these are great works.

[toriaj]

Benjamin, it's good to see you around! I love that last one. Great reflections and details.

[Benjamin2007]

Wow, can't really stop saving them.. these are great works.

Hey Nic08, thanks for the compliments, although I don't know about great works... shooting into strong light sources at night (high contrast) is really hard to expose well, and working within the limits of my Fuji ultrazoom's lens & compact sensor, well is difficult to say the least, especially when you have no choice about the light sources if you want the perspective of the shot as is, which I did...

Although TheWengler makes it look easy here :cool:: http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=317749&postcount=33

Though of course he is a very talented photographer and shoots with a Pentax K100D (dSLR) with good lenses, which helps. :)

Benjamin, it's good to see you around! I love that last one. Great reflections and details.

Thanks Tori, its nice to be back. Its been a while, about two months, where I was busy researching boat-building ideas (amongst other, not so interesting/enjoyable, things)..., I seemed to lack inspiration or motivation to shoot there for a while, but just recently I got the urge to get out and about again and started shooting boats! :D

cheers,

[TheWengler]

Ha, thanks Benjamin. Though to be honest I underexposed that shot quite a bit, hence all the noise. Your navy shots show some improvement. I like the first one from your latest post. Like Tori said, good to see you back.

[Benjamin2007]

Ha, thanks Benjamin. Though to be honest I underexposed that shot quite a bit, hence all the noise. Your navy shots show some improvement. I like the first one from your latest post. Like Tori said, good to see you back.

Hi Lukas,

You're welcome, even if it was underexposed, I really like the perspective in that shot, the leading line of the wharf works really well! :)
Thanks re the navy shots. I was pretty happy with most of them, but I really have a pretty narrow window to work with, with the Fuji, i.e. between passable and crap, but of course knowing the flaws in a photo does help improve one's photography. :D

Its good to be back. :)

cheers,

[Benjamin2007]

Have been enjoying some time off work and was able to get some daylight shooting in before Rosh Hashanah.
Below are some of the results, all shot hand-held [with the Fuji] in manual mode with CPL attached, from a different vantage point to earlier shots in this thread:

OR304, HMAS Success, Fleet Replenishment:
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(1/80sec, f/5.0, ISO64)

LH vessel is a Huon class Mine Countermeasures Vessel, &
RH vessel is an Adelaide class Guided Missile Frigate:
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(1/160sec, f/4.5, ISO64)

51, HMAS Kanimbla, a Training & Helicopter Support ship:
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(1/160sec, f/5.6, ISO64)

155, HMAS Ballarat, an Anzac class Frigate:
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(1/100sec, f/5.6, ISO64)

cheers,

[SpecialK]

Ben, it looks like you are getting the hang of the D80, or is that still the Fuji?

[Benjamin2007]

Ben, it looks like you are getting the hang of the D80, or is that still the Fuji?

Hi Kyle,
All the shots above were taken with the Fuji (I don't have a CPL for the D80 yet). I was shooting with both cameras that day (26SEP08), but the only D80 shots I've posted to date are in the Cameras in Action thread (basically a side-by-side comparison shot of similar scenes with both the Fuji and Nikon) and a selection of "first" shots from the D80 in the Nikon dSLR thread.

cheers,

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

On the ferry passing Garden Island and thought of you.

I know it's not art just an incidental happy snap.

[Benjamin2007]

On the ferry passing Garden Island and thought of you.

I know it's not art just an incidental happy snap.

Hi DPR,
Thanks for thinking of me and taking the shot! :)
Hope you've been enjoying your holiday! :D
I've been enjoying the photographic journey that you've posted in the Nikon POTD thread! :)
Its a long drive from Adelaide to Sydney and beyond through NSW.
I've done that drive twice, both times in a little Fiat 127 (903cc engine, 4 speed manual, sort of like a Mini Minor). :D

Below another shot of HMAS Ballarat, from Mrs Macquaries Point on the 26SEP08, shot with the D80 & 50/1.8:

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(D80, 50mm, 1/125sec, F/13, ISO110, -0.7EV)

cheers,

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Thanks for the kind word.

I guess you wouldn't be doing much overtaking in that Fiat 903cc then:)

I like your shot, the vivid green and blue contrast. I also like the green heading diagonally across the image. I'd rather the boat was a touch bigger but a 50 is a 50 I suppose.

[pas49ras]

USS New Jersey (BB-62) is one of the four battleships of the Iowa class, the largest, fastest, most powerful, and last battleships the US ever built, and among the biggest battleships ever.She received nine battle stars for her World War II service, four for her service in the Korean conflict, two for her service in the Vietnam War, and four for service in Lebanon and the Persian Gulf region. Due to her outstanding service record New Jersey holds the distinction of being the most decorated battleship in naval history. She is currently docked and used as a floating museum in Camden, New Jersey

[Rhys]

Hi DPR,
Thanks for thinking of me and taking the shot! :)
Hope you've been enjoying your holiday! :D
I've been enjoying the photographic journey that you've posted in the Nikon POTD thread! :)
Its a long drive from Adelaide to Sydney and beyond through NSW.
I've done that drive twice, both times in a little Fiat 127 (903cc engine, 4 speed manual, sort of like a Mini Minor). :D

Below another shot of HMAS Ballarat, from Mrs Macquaries Point on the 26SEP08, shot with the D80 & 50/1.8:

(D80, 50mm, 1/125sec, F/13, ISO110, -0.7EV)

cheers,

In Britain we had the Fiat 126. I almost bought one once. Lovely little car - you needed to jack it up to change a wheel - you just put a brick down and lifted the car up onto the brick. They were that light. The engine was in the back and slid out on a drawer. The fact they were 2-stroke is what killed them - 2-stroke pollution was frowned upon. I'd say they used a lot less fuel than anything that replaced them though.

[Tomcat]

Here's two ships the wife and I have toured.
The first one is the USS Alabama BB60.
Location: Mobile Alabama
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h2/UltraCarry45/Naval Ships/DSC00023.jpg
This one is the USS Yorktown CV10
Location: Patriots Point, Charelston South Carolina.
This was taken July 5 2008. We went down there spur of the moment. We went on the 4th to watch the fireworks launched from her deck.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h2/UltraCarry45/Naval Ships/DSC00003.jpg

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

I can't believe how few people there are. Any time a US vessel of any size tours Australia there are crowds half a mile long to get on for a tour. At least the times I tried to get on:(

[Tomcat]

Both ship's are museums. Both photos were taken when they opened for the day.
Here's some links.
http://www.ussalabama.com/
http://www.patriotspoint.org/
http://www.patriotspoint.org/news/news_article.html?id=67