Forum: On Water

On CandleWood Lake in New Milford CT

The HMS Bounty and Lynx were at Portsmouth Harbor over Memorial Day weekend, so I went down early Sunday morning before the 20 + thousand crowd that was expected. Wish I could have gotten closer.

USS Carter Hall docked at the Portsmouth NH Naval Shipyard on Monday, The USS Carter Hall is a landing ship dock whose routine mission is to transport Marine personnel, landing craft, vehicles and cargo and launch them using landing craft and helicopters in support of military or humanitarian...

Little post of views while out on our island tour...

On Monday morning I caught the USS Hartford (SSN 768) being assisted into the slips at the Electric Boat shipyard for repairs. Back in May, the Hartford was involved in a collision with the USS New Orleans in the Straits of Hormuz. Here's a couple shot of her being brought into EB.

Was on Ellis Island a couple of weeks ago with my sons 6th grade class trip. All us country mice had a good time in the big city.:) This was shot from Ellis Island as ferry arrived.

Local canoe/kayak store was having a sale so a lot of people trying things out. A sailing we will go. Fun on the River Rafting or Surfing?????

A tugboat assists a US Navy Virginia class fast attack sub as they head back to the sub base in Groton, CT. Now what would have made this shot perfect is if the New England Central Railroad was running on the tracks in the background... :D

One of the US Navy's newest Virginia class fast attack submarines passes by the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear powered submarine, on her way to her berth at the Sub Base in Groton, CT

A gas tanker coming in to Portsmouth Harbor

Some of the crew of the USS North Carolina ride on the top of the sail as the sub heads past downtown New London, headed for the US Navy Sub Base at Groton, CT.

U.S.S.N.C. in wilmington N.C.

Yep, the Navy's newest Virginia class fast attack sub, the USS Hawaii, was brought from the Sub Base to Electric Boat for some inspections (faulty welds in non-nuclear piping in the modules produced by Newport News Shipyard - the Viriginas are co-made by EB & Newport News). Here the boat is just...

The Adirondac is the newest vessel on Lake George, built in 2004. Beside her is the Horicon, built in 1988.

Caught a 688 class fast attack sub heading back to the Sub Base on my way into work last week (actually, it's a 688I, or improved, class - identified by the lack of dive planes on the sail). Here's one shot of her passing by with downtown New London in the background.

Some scenes from the annual Tugboat Festival in Waterford NY; confluence of the Mohawk-Erie Canal and the Hudson River. Artistic treatment applied on the first couple.

Coastal cruise ship American Star leaving Belfast Maine.

Didn't have enough time to go myself/a bit windy for me anyway, so I went to take some photos. I was shooting with my 50 1.4 (only other lens atm is a 10-22) so it was pretty tough getting any real pics from the beach, but I was able to crop some down to decent web size photos. I should be...

"The calm before the storm" This sailboat sits on Congamond Lake in Southwick, MA. A severe thunderstorm looms in the background and will toss this vessel like a toy within five minutes.

went to the hydro races yesterday, my camera wasnt focusing correct with my polarizer on so the first half of my shots where botched. between that and the boats being out a ways making it hard to reach with a 200 i didnt get tons of good shots. here are a few i think turned out ok.