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A group for anything Nautical Ships, Dockyards, Boats and Navigation.

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Tower Bridge, London by David Silsbury

Tower Bridge, London Texture overlay courtesy of SkeletalMess Featured in Dimensions October 2009 / Tower Bridge appears in Featured Art & Photography / Tower Bridge was in the Top Ten $$ Get Art Promoted $$ / The Tower Bridge is, perhaps, the most famous bascule bridge in the world, and its working from the day it was first opened to the present has been perfect, far exceeding the hopes even of its most enthusiastic advocates. An Act of Parliament empowering the Corporation of the City of London to build the bridge was passed in 1885. “Bascule” is derived from the French word for see-saw,” and the bascule bridge is a kind of drawbridge which works on a pivot and has a heavy weight at one end to balance the greater length at the other. This was the type of bridge finally decided upon, and it has proved a great success. Horace Jones was appointed architect and was knighted, but died the same year, and Mr. (afterwards Sir) John Wolfe Barry was appointed engineer. The work was divided among eight different contractors Among them Sir John Jackson was responsible for the piers and abutments, Sir William Arrol for the steel superstructure, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell and Co., Ltd., for the hydraulic machinery and Perry and Company for the masonry superstructure. Work was started on the bridge in April 1886, the foundation stone being laid, on behalf of Queen Victoria, by the Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII. The bridge was to have been finished by 1889, but difficulties arose and Parliament was twice asked to extend the time for the completion of the work. It did so, and the bridge was eventually opened on June 30, 1894, having cost about £1,000,000 sterling to build, a remarkably small sum for such a bridge in such a position. The total length of the bridge, including the approaches, is half a mile. The roadway has a width of 35 feet and on either side of it is a footway 12.5 feet wide. The total height of the towers on the piers, measured from the level of the foundations, is 293 feet. Text Courtesy of Professor G. M. Beresford Hartwell
Nice Knysna by IngridSonja

Taken in Knysna, South Africa 2009.
Black Nights by bill oneil

Point Lowly lighthouse shines it light Canon EOS40D Featured in the nautical group Featured in the your magic PLACE group
Sea of Gold. by gabriellehope

Nice Harbor
Wharf Steps by KensKaikoura

Shot at the old wharf in Kaikouras’ North Bay, stunning streaming sunset, behind an old wharf crane. Shot on a Nikon D700 with 17-35mm lens, with Cokin ND8 grad filter. photomatrix and photoshop.
WAY HO CUTTING THROUGH! by linaji

Please View Large:=}} This is a shot that the client loved and will be printed on a 11×14 matte. / I remember this shot it was my first time out and we just missed each other by a hair!!
Ferry Boat In Golden Light by Ron Moss

Digital Fine Art Print. From my original photograph many layers of scanned items to generate colour and a lantern slide brass frame.
The Quay by James Roughley

The Quay, Jersey Harbour,Channel Islands. HDR-3 Raw, tonemapping via Photomatrix Canon PowerShot SX1 IS / Shutter Speed: Various / Aperture: F/4.0 / Focal Length: 5 mm / ISO Speed: 80 / Date Taken: Jul 25, 2009, 8:00:57 PM
Lighthouse - Darling Harbour - HDR by Michael Patsalou

Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia. Canon PowerShot A430 Tripod HDR 5 exposures
Down Time at the Docks by pat gamwell

Featured: NAUTICAL…Oct 24, 09 Fisherman’s Wharf…San Francisco, CA / /
Balclutha ship in San Francisco Aquatic Park by Igor Pozdnyakov

Balclutha ship in San Francisco Aquatic Park Balclutha is a three-masted, steel-hulled, square-rigged ship built to carry a variety of cargo all over the world. / Launched in 1886 by the Charles Connell and Company shipyard near Glasgow, Scotland, the ship carried goods around Cape Horn (tip of South America) 17 times. / It took a crew of about 26 men to handle the ship at sea with her complex rigging and 25 sails

Recent Work

Black Nights by bill oneil

Point Lowly lighthouse shines it light Canon EOS40D Featured in the nautical group Featured in the your magic PLACE group
Purity by juellie

Boats at Airlie Beach, Australia
Nice Knysna by IngridSonja

Taken in Knysna, South Africa 2009.
Lymington Gold by daive

Lymington, UK
Currie Harbour, King Island by Karen Scrimes

It looks quite peaceful in this image but read on… In the words of Richard Hooper, / “It was never easy work entering or leaving the little harbour, whether under sail or steam, nor is it yet. You seem to steer straight on to the reef till you almost expect to hear the crash of the ship’s bows, the wheel spins rapidly, she turns in her own length as the wheel goes hard down again. If a big wave struck the ship there would be one more set of ship’s ribs strewn aloing the coast. The skipper will always take the wheel himself when entering the harbour, and just at that moment your conversation will cease to interest him.” / / Currie Harbour had its origins in the salvage trade that developed on King Island. Two major shipwrecks occurred right here within a year, and the crews scoured the coastline for a sheltered harbour in which to load the rescued goods for shipping to Melbourne. The only spot to offer any protection was the landing spot used by David Howie, Constable of the Straits, on his regular patrols to search for shipwrecks and escaped convicts. When salvager Archibald Currie heard about ‘David Howie’s boat harbour’ he set up camp here, with huts, gardens and a smithy to guard the salvage of the Netherby, wrecked in 1866. Whatever its shortcomings as a safe haven, there was no better spot available on the west coast. Currie remained King Island’s major port for a hundred years. Ref: King Island Online website http://www.kingisland.net.au Image taken with Canon G9 /
Paikea by Glenn Tuazon

According to Māori tradition, Paikea is an ancestor of Ngāti Porou, a Māori tribe of the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Paikea is the name assumed by Kahutia-te-rangi because he was assisted by humpback whales (paikea) to survive an attempt on his life by his half-brother Ruatapu. He hides in the waves
Kiama Light House. by Les Boucher

History The light was established in 1887, 10 years after the creation of the Robertson Basin, a manmade harbour to service Kiama’s supply of crushed blue metal and paving blocks for the streets of Sydney. The tower, built on Blowhole Point, is constructed of brick and rendered outside with concrete. The total cost for the tower and apparatus was £1,350. The original apparatus was an oil burner with a catadioptric fixed lens producing a 600 candela green light that was visible for nine miles. This was upgraded to the local town coal gas in 1908 with an intensity of 1,500 candelas and a range of fifteen miles. This was further upgraded to acetylene gas and group flashing in 1920. At this point the light was demanned, though Brewis stated in 1913 that the light was unwatched, the keeper’s cottage being vacant. In 1969 the light was converted to 240v mains electricity. A 120v battery bank is used for standby. The establishment of the light was a big event as noted in the Kiama Independent of 10 August 1886: Situated on the round apex of Blowhole Point, the Kiama lighthouse stands from sea level to the light at a height of 224 feet. The foundation is concrete, 14 feet in depth and 12 feet in diameter; from the bottom of the foundation to the top of the entrance is 16 feet. The height of the building from the floor to the coping is 36 feet, to the light is 40 feet, and to the top of the weather vane is 50 feet. The building is of brick, cemented outside and plastered within. The ascent is accomplished by means of three iron ladders, leading from one storey to another, the staircase being lighted by side lights. The top of the structure is surrounded by a very artistic railing; and the light, which will be of a similar magnifying power to the Hornby light, near Watson’s Bay, is very shortly expected to arrive from England. The lighthouse is now quite finished, so far as the contractors are concerned, with the exception of receiving two or three coats of paint, which is now being done. A neat hexagonal fence is being erected round the building which will give it the trim and neat appearance and so closely associated in our minds with all lighthouses. (Note: that the reference to the tower being 224 ft above sea level is quite erroneous as it was actually 121 ft)
REVERSAL STILLNESS by KEIT

2009
Seventh Wonder by RedHillDigital

Seventh Wonder Here are 7 wonders of the Isle Of Wight: 1. Cowes you cannot milk / 2. Freshwater where you find salt water / 3. Lake where you won’t get your feet wet / 4. Newport you cannot bottle / 5. Newtown which is really quite old / 6. Ryde where you don’t have to / 7. The Needles you cannot thread The idea for the Wonders of the Isle of Wight was originated by W. J. Nigh, a Ventnor postcard maker over 100 years ago. Shot of The Needles taken from the National Trust owned ‘Needles Old Battery’. Date: 27th October 2009
Cape Liptrap National Park • Victoria • Australia by William Bullimore

Details: / Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk II / Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM / Exposure: 3×3 exposures (-2,0,+2 EV) / Aperture: f/18 / Focal Length: 24mm / ISO Speed: 100 / Accessories: Manfrotto 190XB Tripod, Manfrotto 322RC2 Heavy Duty Grip Ball Head, Canon RC1 Wireless Remote / Date and Time: 06 November 2009 06.13pm Post Processing: / Exported 3×3 exposures to Photomatix / Tonemap generated HDR using detail enhancer option / Exported 3 HDRs to PTGui and merged to create panorama / Imported panorama to CS3 / Spot removal / Noise reduction / Unsharp mask / Re-imported back into Lightroom / Added keyword metadata / Exported as JPEG
Feet from the NIle by Carlos Rodriguez

These feet had been touching the NIle and its shores since long time ago, you can see Rania’s captain feet. Nile River, Aswan, Egypt. NIKON D60

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Ahoy, me hearties and welcome to the Nautical Group. Ships, Dockyards, Boats and Navigation are what we are all about here. Photographs, traditional art, clothing and written work all very welcome.

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The Propeller by artyfifi