Michael Markey
Veteran
SL2s
pgk
Well-known
View from the ferry car park. M9 75/2.5
boojum
Ignoble Miscreant
I do not think I posted this one before. If I did, shoot me. Yes, I am fond of night shots of the boats and ships around here, in the Columbia River and in the drydock or wharves. It is what there is around here.
We have an anchorage in the river alongside the town. Sometimes eight or more large cargo ships wait there to go upstream to unload or load. Loading is grain and soy beans brought by rail from the interior to Kalama,WA. Timber is loaded at Longview, WA. This is one of the ships waiting to go upriver. She is low in the water so she is loaded and will be unloading upriver. She is facing dead on to shore because she is swinging on her anchor. As the tide rises and falls the flow of the river changes from flowing upstream to flowing downstream. Tides are felt up to Portland but are only about an inch there. They run about 8' here. So ships face downstream on rising tides and upstream on falling tides. Yes, this will all be on the final. ;o)
The ship:
We have an anchorage in the river alongside the town. Sometimes eight or more large cargo ships wait there to go upstream to unload or load. Loading is grain and soy beans brought by rail from the interior to Kalama,WA. Timber is loaded at Longview, WA. This is one of the ships waiting to go upriver. She is low in the water so she is loaded and will be unloading upriver. She is facing dead on to shore because she is swinging on her anchor. As the tide rises and falls the flow of the river changes from flowing upstream to flowing downstream. Tides are felt up to Portland but are only about an inch there. They run about 8' here. So ships face downstream on rising tides and upstream on falling tides. Yes, this will all be on the final. ;o)
The ship:
Michael Markey
Veteran
SL2s
Taipei-metro
Veteran
discard Betel nut box (w printed government 'Cancer Causeing' warning) at Xin-gang Fishport Pacific Ocean...
Taitung County, southern Taiwan
Img by Taipei-metro
Canon APSC T4i,
Canon Lens 18-55
Taitung County, southern Taiwan
Img by Taipei-metro
Canon APSC T4i,
Canon Lens 18-55
rhl-oregon
Cameras Guitars Wonders
Wrightsville Beach NC / Fuji X-E3, 55-200
