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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #225 on: January 28, 2016, 22:29:19 »
Small boat, Lake Como (Lago di Como), Italy.
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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #226 on: January 28, 2016, 22:57:29 »
Not my boat...



Shot in Gargnano, Garda Lake, Italy.
Yeah, another record shot, but I like the boat ;-)

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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #227 on: January 28, 2016, 23:22:31 »
Bent train.
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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #228 on: January 28, 2016, 23:27:29 »
This is Gondola, a steam boat which belongs to the Nation Trust it was rescued from rotting away some years ago.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SY_Gondola



This is Keith Whittle in his record breaking boat in November 2013 on the Monday.  Gondola is in the background while Keith was on an early record run.  On the last run on the Friday Keiths boat flipped out of the water, not far from where Campbell died.  Fortunately Keith survived to race again, I sent him a high res copy of this image.

D200, Nikkor 180mm f2.8 MF 1/800 sec @ f8 ISO 400


Edit:  Wrong name.
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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #229 on: January 29, 2016, 11:31:02 »
Awaiting summer....

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Mike Selby - Sydney

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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #230 on: January 29, 2016, 11:38:20 »
Mikes exactly

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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #231 on: January 29, 2016, 11:55:46 »
Andreas, that's two of who like the boat! Reminds me of Venice!

Anthony, bent train does that describe the operating company? Nicely done.
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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #232 on: January 29, 2016, 12:38:44 »
Quote from: Mikes on January 29, 2016, 11:31:02
Awaiting summer....

A catapillar should certainly is!
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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #233 on: January 29, 2016, 12:55:31 »
Quote from: Mike G on January 29, 2016, 11:55:46

Anthony, bent train does that describe the operating company? Nicely done.

Thanks, Mike, the shot was made handheld using the camera's auto-panorama function.  Not as technically good as one shot with high end pano equipment and pp software, but a quick bit of fun on a chilly station platform.
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Anthony Macaulay

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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #234 on: January 29, 2016, 13:00:16 »
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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #235 on: January 29, 2016, 13:27:20 »
Quote from: Akira on January 29, 2016, 12:38:44
A catapillar should certainly is!

Yes, indeed  ;D
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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #236 on: January 29, 2016, 15:06:30 »
Two very nice images. 

The driver of the speed boat in the second image was Keith Whittle.  Frank Whittle was of course the guy that invented and overcame incredible obstacles to built the first turbo jet engine.

Quote from: Seapy on January 28, 2016, 23:27:29

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This is Frank Whittle in his record breaking boat in November 2013 on the Monday.  Gondola is in the background while Frank was on an early record run.  On the last run on the Friday Franks boat flipped out of the water, not far from where Campbell died.  Fortunately Frank survived to race again, I sent him a high res copy of this image.
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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #237 on: January 29, 2016, 15:51:14 »
Whoops!  Sorry guys, my brain went into overdrive, I know that of course!

Will fix it.  - Done.  Thanks for pointing it out.  I was thinking of Frank Whittle while I was typing the post...
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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #238 on: January 29, 2016, 19:56:18 »
Quote from: afx on January 28, 2016, 22:57:29
Yeah, another record shot, but I like the boat ;-)

Nothing wrong with that  8)
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Re: Trains and boats (no planes)
« Reply #239 on: January 29, 2016, 23:38:12 »
Quote from: Hugh_3170 on January 29, 2016, 15:06:30
Two very nice images. 
The driver of the speed boat in the second image was Keith Whittle.  Frank Whittle was of course the guy that invented and overcame incredible obstacles to built the first turbo jet engine.
Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain should be named side by side with Frank Whittle. They were the pioneers, I think one thought an axial, one a radial turbo jet. Both independently and at about the same time.
Both earned their patents and developed jet planes with the respective technology.
After WW2 they met in the sixties and stayed friends since.
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