Ship Graveyard, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

Karen took this great photo while we drove past the ship graveyard near Sacramento during our California road trip adventure. Pretty cool.

Tied Off, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

Ropes on board ship in Roatan, Honduras.

Taken February 25, 2007 with the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT.

Large Ships Passing, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

Out on the river these big daddy ships pass quite frequently. It’s a bit disconcerting when they’re barreling down on you, but as long as you’re out of the channel, they won’t run over you. It just looks, sometimes, like they might.

“EXPLORER”
Copyright 2007 by Nawfal Nur
All Right Reserved

This is another of my Platinum-digital images of a modern ship. This is the “Explorer” – a modern cruise ship.

I took this image while crossing from Butterworth to Penang, on the ferry.
Keep in mind that taking pictures from a rough rolling platform, like a ferry, is not an easy task.

There are three things to keep in mind and watch out for if photographing
from a sea-going vessel:

1) If it is a double-decker ferry, move yourself to the top deck to avoid ocean spray. Otherwise, you will spend a lot of time wiping sea water from your lens.

2) Support yourself! Forget about camera shake – worry about photographer shakes! If you can support your elbows on the side of the boat as you take photographs, then do it. You may not have brought a tripod with you, and it may just get in your way in this case. Your elbows become your makeshift tripod.

3) Because the ferry moves up and down with the waves, so do you and your camera. If you have a grid (split into thirds) in your viewfinder, or on your LCD screen, then use it! With my camera, there is an off/on option for the grid screen, and it became very useful in this instance. Use it if you have it! Attempt to keep the horizon along one of the horizontal lines as you take photographs.

Bonus Tip)  Keep the sun to your back!  Glare at sea is a photo-killer.

Good Luck!