London 1 by jcv2
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While I'm preparing some new stuff I'd like to show you some shoebox stuff. In August 1990 I visited London with some relatives and a friend. It was the time before SLR and cheap but excellent slidefilms :) But I managed. It was quite a journey: Utrecht - Calais - Dover - London. At 16.00 local time we left Calais and at 15.45 local time we arrived in Dover, with the hovercraft. I'd never known these things are so large, even trucks went in it!
Here the hovercraft arrives on the beach of Calais. It's a bad composition - I hope I've learned to do it better now! - but it was an impressive experience. The sound of these vehicles is unforgettable but travelling isn't that uncomfortable. Only a little bit noisy.
Agfa Optima 1a (Agfachrome 100 S, 35 mm)
Thanks for your attention and your always valuable comments
Comments (26)
Akinom
Never went by a hovercraft... must be a great experience... looking forward to your London series :o)
RedundantlyAbundant
I have never seen one in real life...I used to love hovercrafts when I was a kid. I like this image. Personally, I would have cropped the top away and stretched the bottom of the image (of course keeping the rule of thirds) Too bad the hovercraft in the distance wasn't in full view...it would have created an awesome perspective. Wicked image regardless. :)
Georges_H_Hoens
A fantastic shot, hovercraft are fantastic to travel, a fabulous experiment. Great shot my friend !
dtp
far from london but fantastic shot
sheilakalajdzic
Hmmm...you are teaching me something new today. I've never heard of a hovercraft before now and certainly never seen anything like this! It kinda looks like an inflatable boat on the bottom. Of course, i know it's not! Anyway, it's really cool looking and i LOVE the colors! What i love the most about this image though is how you captured the motion of those 3 propellors! Really makes me feel like I'm there moving! :)
Enmos
Wonderful shot !! I had no idea either that they were so large !! Thanks for sharing, will there be more in that old shoebox ? I sure hope so :o) Excellent work my friend !!
madame
Wow, you have treasures in that shoebox ! Fantastic shot, this overcraft is impressive !!
jimry
Aint they great...there even more impressive close up....fantastic shot of this craft :)
duncanlong
Nice... the angle captures the idea that it is huge, too. Can almost feel it thundering forward.
Michelle A.
Never seen anything like it before! Cool!
Isabelle711
This is an amazing image. I have never seen one of these up close until now. Thank You for sharing this. :))
tesla
Excellent capture!!!Very cool hovercraft!!!
hammond73
The blurred motion of the props and the water spray or dust makes this photo come alive. Excellent!
tallpindo
I haven't seen a pic of one of those Saunders-Roe SRN-4's in 25 years. What an amazing reappearance! The promise was kept.
SNAKEY
Now I am curious about hovercraft. But what I see seems to me like a space sheep only I don't see any allien climbing out......... our Commander Tedz could help I guess. ;)
cynlee
what a cool sight!! never seen one so big! :]
Mojomatrix
I've seen one in action before. These boats are loud and barely skim the water. It's an incredible experience, let alove going on one. Don't the British Royal Marines use these for amphibious assault vehicles ? Great shot man, can't wait for the rest !
bleachfix
Love the shot...The capture of the motion of the propeller blades is perfect...the size of the hovercraft rules out the "rule of thirds" IMHO. I have used Agfa films in the past with beautiful results...used to have a saturated film base no longer produced...I suppose the RSX is the film now used for saturated color in the Agfa family....however the purple bias needs to be corrected, in my opinion.
Augostino
Excellent shot. And the composition is just fine.
jcv2
On https://www.quicktechhobby.com/Hovercrafts/Hovercrafts/SR-N4%20HOVERCRAFT.htm I found this information:
The SR.N4, known as the Mountbatten class, was the world's largest hovercraft, capable of carrying 254 passengers and 30 cars across the channel in half an hour. It was 200 tons, and had a top speed of 83 knots. The SR.N4's propellers have a diameter of 21 feet, making them the largest driven propellers in the world. The hovercraft's fuel is kerosene, which is the same fuel as an airliner.
Thank you, Dale (a.k.a. tallpindo)!
WiserAngel
Now THAT is a cool watercraft!!! I would LOVE to ride on it!!!!!
MoppelundWilli
Ich finde die Komposition auch gut, jedenfalls tolles Foto. Nach dem "Klick" bist du warscheilich ganz schnell zur Seite gesprungen...g
gerbach
The composition is well.
Nilla
Now this is one cool hovercraft! Thanks for the link! I always thought these things were science fiction! It is so huge!!! :)
Mikan
super stuff - never used this kind of vehicol...[I have to ask you smth - I saw that every post from London have a lot of magenta..I've been working in a photo studioand I know that is the tone of Agfa; why don't you make a leveling in Photoshop ('cause that magenta is really annoying)? I ask you because I saw so many beautiful photos in your gallery and I'm wondering how you can stand this magenta in your photos]
lajasmine
The movement of the propellers is superb! The environment of this image makes us float;) Good JcV2 Vacancy!