The Arcadia at the Overseas Passenger Terminal

RB (Andrew) · #1 25-02-2009, 11:36 AM

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 (Mike) · #2 25-02-2009, 11:40 AM

Stunning, beautiful work Andrew. Really nice.

renormalised (Carl) · #3 25-02-2009, 12:46 PM

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

h0ughy (David) · #4 25-02-2009, 12:54 PM

Awsome shot RB

gary · #5 25-02-2009, 02:17 PM

Hi Andrew,

Beautiful image and excellent work.

Best Regards

Gary

P.S.

Quote:

"She was built by the Fincntieri company of Italy ..."

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 (Phil) · #6 25-02-2009, 03:59 PM

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

RB (Andrew) · #7 25-02-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by iceman

Stunning, beautiful work Andrew. Really nice.

Cheers Mike !

Quote:

Originally Posted by renormalised

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Awsome shot RB

Onya Houghy, glad you liked it mate.

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Originally Posted by gary

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

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

Thanks mate and thanks for the extra info !

Quote:

Originally Posted by acropolite

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

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

RB (Andrew) · #8 26-02-2009, 09:17 AM

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 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_o...ruise_schedule

Quark (Trevor) · #9 26-02-2009, 11:49 AM

WOW,

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

Regards
Trevor

taminga16 (Greg) · #10 26-02-2009, 02:43 PM

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

Greg.

astroron (Ron) · #11 26-02-2009, 06:58 PM

Absolutely stunning picture Andrew

I wonder how they keep those great big monsters clean

RB (Andrew) · #12 27-02-2009, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quark

WOW,

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

Regards
Trevor

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by taminga16

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

Greg.

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by astroron

Absolutely stunning picture Andrew

I wonder how they keep those great big monsters clean

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 !!

Deeno · #13 01-03-2009, 05:22 PM

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

madwayne (Wayne) · #14 03-03-2009, 01:54 PM

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 · #15 03-03-2009, 04:16 PM

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 (Andrew) · #16 03-03-2009, 10:28 PM

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.