Some interesting photos of Portsmouth

[henryf]

You've probably been to Portsmouth loads of times but I wonder if you've seen these before ?

Taken in Forton Lake, just through the millennium bridge past Royal Clarence marina.


Looking back to the Millennium bridge

Harold the lonely Heron

Former Gosport Ferry Vadne

and in part II a world war 2 minesweeper.....

Henry

 

[henryf]

A world war 2 minesweeper

Henry

 

[andy59]

Nice pics Henry , with all that scrap laying around I suppose it proves that pikeys don't like getting wet !
Been giving the tender a bit of exercise btw ? .

 

[AndieMac]

Beaut pics Henry, the minesweeper looks more like a participant from the Nepoleonic Wars than the last WW....

 

[Powersalt]

Very good pics. Interesting point. Old wooden hulls left to rot. Old metal hulls left to rust. So what happens to old fibreglass hulls ?

 

[vas]

A world war 2 minesweeper

Henry

very well done sir,

If we are voting, I'll pick these two

so, who's setting up the photo competion (remember a winter thread) ?

cheers

V.

 

[henryf]

Yes, had a run out in the tender.

There's an interesting project covering the various wrecks here http://www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org/content/forton-lake-community-archaeology-project

Henry

 

[ash12]

I can never get that close to wrecks, it creeps me out and makes me want to run in the opposite direction

 

[henryf]

I know exactly what you mean. A combination of imagining you were the skipper as she sank, the frailty of a vessel and the worry of what else lurks beneath.

I like the desolation, sense of imagining men working on all the exposed components and wonder over how she functioned.

Henry

 

[scubaman]

Properly good pics again. Would that be the new lens in action in some of the first pics?

I know exactly what you mean. A combination of imagining you were the skipper as she sank, the frailty of a vessel and the worry of what else lurks beneath...

+1. OTOH the divers among us would like to see those sunken in slightly deeper water.

 

[henryf]

I borrowed Terry's (Lions Den) 70-300mm canon DO lens. It's a funny lens, compact but very good quality.

I've got my head round buying a Canon 70-300mm L lens. My existing cheap Tamron 70-300 is in a different league - but to be fair 1/10th of the price !!

When you dive it's very different. I think being in an alien environment detracts from reality and so it doesn't seem quite as bad.

Henry

 

[rafiki_]

Henry, have you tried the L 100-400? Brilliant lens, although quite heavy, but the image quality is superb.

 

[MapisM]

I think being in an alien environment detracts from reality and so it doesn't seem quite as bad.

Actually, wrecks normally aren't quite as bad, when completely sunk.
On one hand, the deterioration is slower, but most important, they attract a lot of marine growth/life.
In your pics - beautiful as they are - all those vessels are just sad sights.
Many u/w wrecks otoh are almost the opposite - a real life explosion, in fact.
Though depending on the story behind them, the atmosphere can be a bit sad anyway...

 

[henryf]

For me the sadness is part of the beauty.

Yes, I borrowed a mates L 100-400 lens and actually posted the results on here. I have been tossing up between the 70-300 and 100-400, ultimately deciding on the former due to the fact it is a more every day lens. It will be my first pro lens. The 100-400 is heavy as hell and you need to make a special effort to use it. I can see myself leaving the 70-300 on more. At 400mm you suffer lots of shake when snapping unsupported on a moving platform as I do.

I just wanted a bit more sharpness than my Tamron 70-300 affords me.

Henry

 

[rafiki_]

For me the sadness is part of the beauty.

Yes, I borrowed a mates L 100-400 lens and actually posted the results on here. I have been tossing up between the 70-300 and 100-400, ultimately deciding on the former due to the fact it is a more every day lens. It will be my first pro lens. The 100-400 is heavy as hell and you need to make a special effort to use it. I can see myself leaving the 70-300 on more. At 400mm you suffer lots of shake when snapping unsupported on a moving platform as I do.

I just wanted a bit more sharpness than my Tamron 70-300 affords me.

Henry

Apologies for the Fred Drift, but you are right, the 70-300 is a great everyday lens, although I normally keep a 28-135 on my camera.

 

[henryf]

By "keep it attached" I meant when I was shooting more distant or detailed subjects. I only have the standard 18-55mm which came with the camera as a "normal" lens. I can see myself getting a couple of lenses from the L range this year. It seems silly putting in the effort only to suffer with less good quality kit. The current Tamron looks terrible when compared to decent lenses !

Henry

 

[rbcoomer]

Great pictures Henry - thanks for sharing! I love pictures like these and whilst in part sad, they also kinda tell a story. Great close ups and love the nails that seem to have outlasted the timbers...

Very good pics. Interesting point. Old wooden hulls left to rot. Old metal hulls left to rust. So what happens to old fibreglass hulls ?

They're sold on eBay as 'winter projects'

 

[ddk4642]

Great shots, but being from Gosport, I'm obliged to make a correction on my fellow residents' behalf (all of them, who'd be incensed at it...)

This place is in Gosport, which is across Portsmouth Harbour from Portsmouth. It's not part of Portsmouth in any way, shape or form - it's a town in its own right.
Portsmouth is a 4-minute trip over the water from us, which fifty years ago you could've taken on the boat 'Vadne' shown in the photos.

 

[PaulR]

thanks for posting these - particularly like the first one (slightly influenced by being able to identify my boat in the background!- not the big grey one)

 

[Corky]

Nice photos, very near my moorings in Gosport. Shows the different perspective being low on the water and pottering along gives you. Interesting bit of local history here too.