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The Atlantic Eagle, as it turned out, was launched that very morning. I didn't know it at the time, but in the evening on the TV news they showed the launching ceremony and it sliding into the bay.
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A few days later I saw a somewhat smaller shipbuilding operation in Matsuyama. They were working on a medium size ship (but still quite large). Here are a few more from Oshima:Birma wrote:Interesting pictures Henry and a side of Japan we don't often see. I wish the UK still made big ships like this. It is a bit crazy being on an island and not making ships!
Yes, that seems like the same thing. They have boat rides all day, but I did some checking and found the best time for that particular day and went out then. In Japan they are called 渦潮 (uzushio).Birma wrote: Love those whirl pools. There is a similar effect between some Scottish Islands which is called 'Corryvreckan'. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit ... rryvreckan We went on a boat trip through it some years ago but it wasn't 'whirling that day, it was just a a bit 'bouncy' in the boat!
Yeah, I wouldn't want to be in a dingy too.Greg Beetham wrote:I like the ship building shots Henry, and the whirl pools too, I wouldn't like to be in a dingy.
Sury, I lived out your way in Silicon Valley for 12 years and since moving away I have been back out to California many times. Of course, it depends on what your photographic interests are, but there are plenty of things other than the flowers in your backyard if you want to seek them out. Being near the coast and Santa Cruz Mountains to the west it is easy to do all kinds of landscape photography, but there is also much more. Along the coast there are places such as Moss Landing and the sort of grungy fishing boat marina. Plenty of beautiful places around and also plenty of work-a-day places. Every place has both. No matter where you go you will find the things that are more famous for tourists, but there are also the places where local people work, make stuff, and play. If you don't want to photograph people then photographing those sorts of places can be very interesting.sury wrote:All I can say is flower in my backyard.![]()
Thank you for the kind words. I like seeing the places where people work. It is harder to get interesting photos in an office environment, if that is where you work, but there are places where people do a more physical type of work, using machinery, etc. and that stuff is sort of fascinating, I think.sury wrote: Your photos are multidimensional at so many levels, it is just amazing.
Whether it is technique, composition or uniqueness of the subject,
the cultural and geographical diversity you capture and let us share,
the knowledge you impart, they all make for a nice spicy dish to savor
and relish. Even if I visit all the places you do, I am not sure I will be anything
more than a flat lander.Thank you.
Thanks for finding that. Yes, the Seto Inland Sea is full of small islands. The Japanese say that the fish caught here are the best in Japan. I think I recall they said it was because the currents are fast and cold.Greg Beetham wrote:I had to get an idea where this Island was so I did a search, it wasn’t all that easy to find there’s a few with the same name but I eventually found the one you were on Henry. The interactive map I found shows all the islands, there must be dozens scattered along that area. http://en.japantravel.com/view/oshima-island I didn’t know there were so many.![]()
While driving around the island I recall passing a big shipbuilding place from the road side. There was a big paved area with absolutely huge shaped steel plates with all kinds of curves. Pieces of a future ship. I wanted to get a photo, but there was a fence and I couldn't really get a good photo from the road.Greg Beetham wrote: What I would be fascinated with is how they shape those giant steel plates onto the matching curves to fit onto the frames of the ships. If you look at the sweeping curves some reverse curve as well, and they curve in a lateral direction as well as the vertical. When you crane a large heavy curved plate into position it has to fit, and the left ones are a reverse of the right ones. I can imagine large roller presses with adjustable angled rollers but I have no idea how they are controlled with the great 3D precision needed.
The second time I went to Mitsuhama Port a couple of days ago I saw that there was a guy with a boat tied up on my side of the channel. It turns out that he gives free rides each way across the channel. A little ferry service. On my side there was a small grocery store and across the channel there was an old neighborhood. I am sure most of his riders are old people who don't drive cars. It would be a long walk from that side going all the way to the end of the channel and then back to the store. I saw him carry a couple of old women across. Anyway, he was a nice guy, in his 40s I guess, and he gave us a ride across. I imagine he spends most of his day just waiting for the rare rider. He joked that if we wanted we could stay on the boat and he would take us back and forth 100 times.Birma wrote:Great shots of all of the boats and boat building, Henry
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