My cruise on QM2 began on Saturday 25 February, but I kicked off the holiday early and spent the night of the 24th in the Sir Stamford Hotel at Circular Quay. I knew from experience that rooms on the west side offered a view of the Overseas Passenger Terminal. I liked the idea of waking up and, voila!, the ship would be there. However, I woke up at 5:30am (an ungodly hour), and peeked out the balcony door: nothing. Of course, I couldn’t go back to sleep, so every 15 minutes I peeked out again, until at about 6:15am I saw it turning past the opera house to come in stern first. So I put on my white Sir Stamford robe and my shoes, and stood on my Juliet balcony in the grey pre-dawn drizzle to capture the arrival. The feature image is the OPT before QM2 eased into view.
The Five Minute challenge suggests: “Choose a scene or an object and keep fixed on that object, and shoot for just five minutes. You can move around the object or scene but try not to interfere with it. See what happens in that five minutes, what changes, how the light changes, what comes into the frame or leaves the frame, or what other parts of the object you can focus on or use to your advantage.”
In this five-minute sequence (6:36am to 6:41am), the focus is on “what comes into the frame”. In addition to the rear end of the largest ocean liner in the world, you’ll also see a tug boat and various vehicles whizzing past in streaks of light.
What a clever capture! She is one BIG ship.We stayed on the Queen Mary in Long Beach LA for a night (now a hotel) and loved her. The fact she doesn’t move may be an attraction for me 😀
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I’ve heard about the QM hotel in LA. I’d like to try that, but I won’t be going near the US any time soon.
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Rather a unique take on the challenge, Karen 🙂 I like it! Like Jude I’ve seen QM in LA but being cheapskates we didn’t stay there.
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Thank Jo. Maybe you’ll strike it rich in the future and can stay at the boat/hotel.
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Fantastic! What a great vantage point you found. I love that they create a sequence, as Jo says, a great take on the challenge. Thanks so much for joining.
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I wanted to show the whole process (from no ship to no more movement) but alas that took 13 minutes.
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