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You Know Your A Shipspotter If...
Steven Collingwood:
;D
Admins, I little fun. Delete if needed...
You Know Your A Shipspotter (and maybe a Geek) if... (BTW, I am)
- You Have traveled over an hour to see a ship...
- You think a GOOD day is spent watching the water and ships go by...
- You keep a camera on you anytime you are on or near the water.... just in case.
- A stranger asks you the name of the ship and you end up giving them a 30 minute dissertation on the values of a container ship over a general cargo ship...
- You have had serious conversations with others about which ship is "prettier" or "cooler"...
Feel free to add your own!!!
pieter melissen:
A: I never have to travel for more than an hour to see a ship.. (20 minutes is the max, and exercising on the bike gives me ample opportunity to see more than one ship)
B: When I sit at the water the main purpose is to read a good book, interupted by occasional maritime passings)
C: I won't be carrying four kilo's of camera any time.
D: My mother always warned me not to talk to strangers.
E: Not that I remember.
F: I do like photography.
Paul Finnigan:
--- Quote from: pieter melissen on August 13, 2018, 02:45:00 PM ---A: I never have to travel for more than an hour to see a ship.. (20 minutes is the max, and exercising on the bike gives me ample opportunity to see more than one ship)
B: When I sit at the water the main purpose is to read a good book, interupted by occasional maritime passings)
C: I won't be carrying four kilo's of camera any time.
D: My mother always warned me not to talk to strangers.
E: Not that I remember.
F: I do like photography.
--- End quote ---
I see I'm not the only one that rides a bicycle to photograph ships. ;D
lappino:
(Ominous music)
They move unseen and unnoticed in the shadows...
They look just like ordinary people...
(Ominous music intensifies)
But when the time is right (when the AIS tells them)...
They show their true nature...
...THE SHIPSPOTTERS...
(Fade to black)
A: I will travel by car for more than an hour to see a ship, after I took an intercontinental flight for the same reason. :)
B: There's barely time to read a good book, as the places where I sit with a book are too busy with shipping.
C: Camera gear is usually in the car.
D: Sometimes strangers will come to me and ask me "Are you that guy that takes photos of ships?" (Or something like it, after all, I don't speak Japanese).
E: I will comment on ships' appearance, but will keep an open mind and accept any other opinion.
F: I also like photography, but don't really know how to use it.
There are also more worrying signs, and here's a legal disclaimer: nothing to be used as the proof of any wrongdoing. :)
When you trespass to take a good photo; when you enter a restricted area by screaming at the guard at the gate to let you through; when you photoshop a port entry permit to see a specific ship.
Also, when you tell the significant other that she's more important than the ships, but she has trouble believing you. :)
Bob Scott:
I’d rather be known as a ship ENTHUSIAST than ship SPOTTER but my wife insists in calling me the latter (among other things)
Anyway:
A: I don’t have to leave home to see ships. The Thames runs past the bottom of my back garden (1.2 km
away).
B. I don’t get too much time to read a book. I’m too busy doing household chores (under orders from
she who must be obeyed).
C. My camera is usually at the ready so that I can jump in the car for a 7-minute drive (if I stick to
legal speeds) to a photo vantage point
D. If a stranger asks me about a ship, they'll regret it because I am such a know-all that I will bore
backside off with detail. (They did ask for it!)
E. Although I take lots of ship photos, I am not very interested in photography and when looking at
other people’s photos (as on this site), it’s ship details I’m interested in, not the light or the
composition (or seeing four shots in a row of the same ship). I also hate drone photos. That’s
probably because I haven’t got one but also because they are illegal over the Thames shipping
channels. (Take note if you intend coming here with one. Perhaps the RAF will be scrambled to shoot
it down. I’d like to see that!)
F. On a cruise, I take as many photos of ships as I do of the places we visit. My wife moans about
that.
G: “Prettier” and “cooler” are not words I’d associate with ships. I’m interested in them all and I
always have it in mind that they are just machines. So I don't get all soppy and sentimental when
one goes to the scrapyard.
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