tall ships

[squirl033]

I must go down to the sea again,
to the lonely sea and the sky...
and all I ask is a tall ship,
and a star to steer her by...
- John Masefield

the weather was pretty crappy, so there wasn't much contrast or color, but it was better than yesterday, and i was at least able to catch a couple of half-decent shots of Lady Washington and her companion ship, Hawaiian Chieftain, out in Possession Sound this afternoon... 40D, 100-400 @ 400mm, 1/1000 @ f/8...

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz47/squirl035/IMG_2731sm_filtered.jpg

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz47/squirl035/IMG_2737sm_filtered.jpg

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz47/squirl035/IMG_2723sm_filtered.jpg

[Mad Aussie]

LOVE tallships ... we rarely see them here. Neat shots.

[JAS_Photo]

Those are beautiful!

[QuietOne]

Haven't seen a tall ship in years. I think these pictures actually look pretty good. Are the ships going to be around a bit longer?

[squirl033]

Haven't seen a tall ship in years. I think these pictures actually look pretty good. Are the ships going to be around a bit longer?

yeah, they'll be up and down the Puget Sound area most of the summer, i think.

[Bambi]

beautiful shots. I like the soft light.

[Wicked Dark]

that first one is great. Tallships are at our coast right now and come about once a year. I used to watch them from the island I worked on as they came into harbor. There are a few shots in my flickr stream, but none as nice as these.

[Grant]

I do love images of tall ships and seeing were I live I do many of them. i am particular to the last one, the aft shot of the brig, I assume that is the Washington.

[Hillbillygirl]

All three are beautiful Squirl, but gotta say, love that first shot. Very nicely done.