Staircase (and clock) on Queen Elizabeth
A bit of good exercise, or a waste of a perfectly fine elevator? It depends on your Perspective.
Staircase in Britannia Restaurant, Queen Mary 2
Staircase in St Pancras Renaissance Hotel (London), looking down
Staircase in St Pancras Renaissance Hotel (London), looking up
Queen Mary 2 seen from a ferry in Sydney. (Parallel lines seeming to meet.)
The ‘queens’ in these perspective shots are the Cunard liners Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth. I’m going with the geometric definition of Perspective: the way that objects appear smaller when they are farther away and the way parallel lines appear to meet each other at a point in the distance.
Queen Mary 2 in much nicer weather than above! (Parallel lines seeming to meet.)
Below, not only do the farther deck chairs look smaller than those nearest the camera, but various parallel elements (the deck caulking at left; the top and bottom rails at right) appear meet each other at a point in the distance.
More amazing meeting parallel lines, this time in corridors.
July is Squares Month, and the theme is Perspective.
Q: What could be better than one tasting flight? A: Two tasting flights!
On a recent visit to Hobart (day stop on a cruise on Queen Elizabeth) my friend and I popped into the Lark Distillery ‘cellar door’ and had a very enjoyable whisky tasting.
Posted as part of CFFC Sense of Tasting.
I got this photo by holding my camera over the stern of Queen Elizabeth and using the swivelling viewfinder screen to compose. I find it fascinating how for just a moment, the water is formed into discrete jets before they merge to become the roiling mass we recognise as a ship’s wake.
Posted as part of Wordless Wednesday
Sunrise near Burnie, Tasmania, as seen from my cabin on Queen Elizabeth. Friday 6 March 2020.
Also posted as part of “LPM Photo Adventure” sunrise/sunset.
Queen Mary 2 passing the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Strictly speaking, the Cunard ships are ocean liners rather than cruise liners. But let’s not quibble! Here they are all seen in Sydney and all at night.
Queen Victoria (with strange purple lighting) at the Overseas Passenger Terminal, Sydney
Queen Elizabeth passing the Sydney Opera House
The part that was lost in the square crop reads “The Most Famous Ocean Liners in the World”
I’ve read that a fourth ship will join the Cunard fleet in 2022. I’m curious to see how they update this poster, which is itself a modern version of a classic Cunard poster c1914 that featured Mauretania, Berengaria and Aquitania. And which queen’s name will the new ship bear?
Posted as part of October Squares Lines&Squares
Possibly not the Queen Elizabeth you were expecting? 😉
Apologies if you expected a photo of the UK monarch! This is the cruise ship Queen Elizabeth, seen in Sydney in April this year. A friend and I have booked a one-week cruise on this ship for March next year — bring on the bubbly!
