[Dennis]

Hello,

The USS George Washington, one of the US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, arrived in the Port of Brisbane on 29th July and will depart this weekend. Apparently the carrier is 1,092 ft (333 m) long, 257 ft (78 m) wide and 244 feet (74 m) high and can accommodate approximately 80 aircraft.

I managed to traverse the deeply rutted terrain at Luggage Point on the north shores of the Brisbane River mouth to grab a few shots.

The wide shot was taken at 32mm fl (Canon 24-105) with the more detailed crops taken with either the 400mm F5.6 with Canon EF II x1.4 or the 300mm F4L.

I noticed that the images were much less affected when photographing across the Brisbane River when compared to driving to the South side and looking from the Port of Brisbane Observation café, where the IQ was affected by thermals from all the concrete buildings, car parks, etc.

Cheers

Dennis