Queen Mary 2 cruising at hyperspeed

Posted by
Aaron S (Auckland, New Zealand) on 8 March 2007 in Transportation and Portfolio.

Here she is, achieving the incredible speed of 200m in 25 seconds. This shot was taken after the Queen Mary 2 left Auckland harbour and made her way out towards the open Pacific, destination: Sydney.

Canon EOS 20D 25 seconds F/14.0 ISO 100 149 mm

Comments (13)

Bronnie from Christchurch, New Zealand

Superb image Aaron. Would that I was on board her...

8 Mar 2007 5:12am

@Bronnie: Good thing you weren't otherwise you would have aged 20 years traveling so close to the speed of light!

Chris from Brampton, Canada

i love the streaking lines

and ive always wanted to visit new zealand

8 Mar 2007 5:27am

Daniel from Olympia, United States

Kinda cool!!

8 Mar 2007 7:09am

Jerry from Tampa, United States

Aaron - LOVE the motion and energy - very compelling image!

8 Mar 2007 10:32am

Siba from London, United Kingdom

Aaron, I love this picture! Is there any post production????

8 Mar 2007 12:20pm

@Siba: None besides a small bump in saturation.

Suby from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

VERY VERY NICELY SNAPPED. 200mph in 25 secs, wow.

8 Mar 2007 12:50pm

Shiva from Kajang, Malaysia

This is a good pic! I like the streaking lines ....

8 Mar 2007 2:05pm

Sandip Debnath from Bangalore, India

hooooooooooooooooooooos .. this is first impression from me when i saw this .. very nice with a long exposure ..

8 Mar 2007 2:37pm

Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan

Great shot Aaron, nice motion blur!

8 Mar 2007 6:12pm

Pedro Ferreira from Portugal

Huge ship, she's been in Portugal several times, but never had the chance to snapshot it, and thanks for the advice on Palmela, after looking at it, you were absolutly wright, very good advice, thanks.

8 Mar 2007 10:56pm

Nick Passantino from Bronx, United States

An absolutely superb image.. Great concept and execution.

8 Mar 2007 11:38pm

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Wow, this shot is cool. Love the lines.

9 Mar 2007 5:42am

jamsheed from India

great shot! great exposure!

11 Apr 2007 12:28pm

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