Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Howard, The second shot is great! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "H&ECummer" <cummer at netvigator.com> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:50 AM Subject: [Leica] Queen Elizabeth in town > Hi Luggers, > The new Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth was docked at the Ocean Terminal > in Tsim Sha Tsui today and I took some pictures as I rode across from > Central on the Star Ferry. Taken with the Panasonic GH2 and the 14 - > 140 zoom and lightly processed in CS4. > A couple of them are in this folder: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/QE/ > > Some info on the ship: > Launched Oct 2010 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth > Country of Registry Great Britain > Speed 23.7 knots > Gross Tonnage 90,900 GRT > Guest Capacity 2,068 > No. of Crew 996 > Length 964.5 feet (the Empire State Building is 1,250 feet tall > including the antenna that King Kong swings from) > Width 106 feet > Draft 25.9 feet > > Tsim Sha Tsui was humming with the 2000 passengers from the Queen > competing with the Mainland tourists to see who could be fleeced the > fastest. :-0 > I bought what I had to and got out of there. > C&C always welcome. > Cheers > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >