The worlds biggest heavy lift ship Blue Marlin by Garlor
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The weather gods smiled on me yesterday and I was able to catch this ship arriving in the Moray Firth near Inverness. Deck cargo are TWO jack up oil exploration platforms.For a sense of scale there is a vehicle ferry in the photo. The Blue Marlin is over 700 feet long.
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equipped with 38 cabins to accommodate 60 people, a workout room, sauna, and swimming facilities.
Length Overall: 224.50 m (736.5 ft)
Breadth: 63.00 m (206.7 ft)
Depth: 13.30 m (43.6 ft)
Comments (15)
Valerie-Ducom
wowwww, it's a very impressiv machin !!! Excellent picture and (as always) fantastic pov !!! :)
Gog
Great shot, it looks like it should tip over with that load!
bclaytonphoto
what an interesting POV....I love the color of the water
evinrude
Fantastic!
barsyl
What are the chances of the majority of us ever seeing this,especially under these perfect conditions? Excellent!
danob
Amazing you do get to see how huge these things are from the air!!
Undertaker
Impressive shot.
lizzibell
wow great shot...
mark.spooner
Excellent image!
A2J2001
WOW, I guess that's what you call a super structure. Impressive. Thanks for the info on it.
kuerbote
Great capture with an awesome POV!
GiMi53
Congratulations for your selection in the Last Week In The Galleries feature, week 8 of 2007 Excellent & impressive image !
tommorules
A unique & hugely impressive image. Thank you for the background info too - most interesting! Might I say slightly strange camera settings - a higher F-stop might have been advisable - would have made the car ferry slightly sharper depending on your lense, but I guess you were concentrating on composition, which is perfect!! Perhaps using aperture priority mode on the 400D would have helped? Congrats on the LWITG - well deserved IMHO.
Garlor
Thanks for all comments.Tommorules, I have to deal with a few challenges in the air so the priority is a shutter speed setting at a min of 800th and the f stop then has to fit in with that. I dont use a gyro instead I rely on a steady hand and keep the lens out of the slipstream (window open)by leaning back into the cockpit. Airspeed is generally around 80 mph. Focus is on auto. Sharpness is lost when compressing down for this website , an actual print will be a lot sharper and this is a pic I plan to enlarge big for my exhibition.
MeredithWilson
Dear Gary, The thumbnail had me confused!! (It happens a lot - I'm blond!!!) Living on Texas Gulf Coast I see my share of jack up platforms from the air and from the sea - but I'd never seen one with six legs!!! The full photo explained everything!!! That's a serious load to pack around!!!! I saw the mention of 80 mph - what were you flying?? I have a friend with a Super Cub that is our "preferred" aerial platform!! While they are very impressive from the air, it's perhaps even crazier when you see them up close during builder. "Rocky" and "Bullwinkle" were both built in Port Aransas, Texas. I drove by when "Bullwinkle" was nearing completion and just couldn't believe how big it was!! Super photograph!!!!! Love ya!!! Meredith