Out there, to the west, silhouette by a shrouded sunset, four ships make their way south. I have no idea what cargo they carry, the souls on board or the nations they herald from. Life at sea is not as hard as it once was and a little part of me anchored to dry land […]
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In the golden twilight of Outer Harbour the Japanese flagged ‘Firmament Ace’ rests before its next port of call. This two hundred meter long, sixty thousand tonne vessel was build for just one job, to carry new vehicles internationally, protected from the harsh ocean environment. With a dry weight carrying capacity of over seventeen thousand […]
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Spend a little time at Outer Harbour watching the container ships being unloaded and you realise our huge reliance on trade and shipping. For the most part this great machine goes unnoticed. The ships often seen as silhouette curiosities as they move up and down our gulf far from shore don’t really convey their importance. […]
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I watched the dappled gold light of sunset on the choppy water for some time wondering how I could capture the feel and texture there. With shutter too fast I got a frozen ice look, too slow and it was a mushy blur. With aperture too wide there was no depth to the image, too […]
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Out beyond a watery horizon two container ships make a silhouette against the almost sunset. It seems they have half sunk but their massive hulls are hidden behind ocean and the curvature of the Earth. I was hoping for a the sun to backdrop these ships outward bound. Not to disappoint a rent appeared in […]
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