Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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