The Arcadia at the Overseas Passenger Terminal

[RB]

Here's another image from the night I went down to see the ships in the harbour.

This is the P&O Cruise ship - The Arcadia.
It's quite big and lovely to look at and has 11 levels and glass elevators.

This time I processed the HDR/Tonemap differently from my usual workflow using Photomatix and wanted a more saturated feel to the image.
I'm happy with how this one turned out in Photomatix.

Hope you like it too.

View image here: http://www.astro-image.org/page/tr/arcadia.htm

Cheers

[iceman]

Stunning, beautiful work Andrew. Really nice.

[renormalised]

Great piccie there, Andrew....Stunning perspective on the ship!!!

[h0ughy]

Awsome shot RB

[gary]

Hi Andrew,

Beautiful image and excellent work.

Best Regards

Gary

P.S.



Apparently Arcas was the son of Zeus and Callisto.
Might that make the ship a "he"? ;)

The astronomical connection (this is IceInSpace after all) is that apparently Arcas,
whilst hunting, was about to accidentally kill his mother, who for some nutty reason had become
a bear. Zeus intervened and turned him into a bear too and zapped he and mum into
the sky, where they became, yes, you guessed it, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.

[acropolite]

Delightful image RB, feels like I'm almost standing there.

[RB]

Cheers Mike !


Thank you 'renorm', I like the perspective too and I'm so happy with the vivid colours that came through too.


Onya Houghy, glad you liked it mate.


Don't know Gary.....the wharf was closed to the public so I couldn't get close enough to check....:lol:

Thanks mate and thanks for the extra info !


Phil you can almost feel the ground swaying under your feet when you stand on the observation deck. :D

[RB]

Oh btw, if anyone is in the area today, the huge Luxury Passenger Liner - Queen Mary II is in Sydney.
It arrived this morning at Garden Island and leaves after midnight.

It's so big it won't fit at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at the Quay.
But be warned, authorities expect a lot of delays around Sydney (http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/sydney-braces-for-queen-mary-2-arrival-20090226-8i3n.html)as last time the QM2 was in town, traffic was thrown into chaos.

If you're interested in finding out which ships are arriving next, a good website to visit is Sydney Ports:
http://www.sydneyports.com.au/port_operations/cruise_schedule

[Quark]

WOW,

What an amazing image, love it.
Love the perspective of depth of the whole image, a most professional outcome.

Regards
Trevor

[taminga16]

The life boats with the windows must be for the first class passengers.

Greg.

[astroron]

Absolutely stunning picture Andrew:)
I wonder how they keep those great big monsters clean;)

[RB]

Thank you Trevor, glad you liked it, I really enjoyed myself while I was down there. I decided to stay till after midnight when she set sail.
It was a carnival atmosphere complete with a bagpipe player and lots of people taking photos.


LOL I thought that too, but I think they may use the ones with windows to take people off when they dock in remote island getaways, and they also double as life boats not sure.



Thank you so much Ron.
I was amazed to read they have nearly 1000 crew members.

I only wish I could have seen the Queen Mary II when she was in, I read that The QMII is three times the size of The Titanic !!

:scared:

[Deeno]

Great photo Andrew.
You have a real feel for processing. You handle all the different types of artificial light brilliantly.
Vivid colors and sharp through out.

Very nice:2thumbs::2thumbs::2thumbs:

[madwayne]

Gee that is a stunning shot Andrew, well done. Mate between you and Greg Bradley (shooting DSOs) you guys are raising the bar way too high for us mere mortals.

Fantastic image of your weekender in the other thread too mate.

Please keep the production line of stunning images coming.

Best regards

Wayne

[snowyskiesau]

A bit different to the last Arcadia on which I came to Australia as a child migrant nearly 50 years ago.

I would have liked the opportunity to look it over while it was here.

[RB]

Thanks guys for your lovely comments.
Much appreciated.

Geoff keep an eye on this link which tells you which ships are in port.
It's exciting to go and see them up close when they're in.

http://www.sydneyports.com.au/port_o...ruise_schedule

BTW love the new avatar "Deeno Valentino" !!!

Wayne your a legend mate, now layer in a mug shot on top of that lovely Eta avatar mate.