Roseway
Monday, February 16. 2009
Boston Harbor, MA (Sept. 6, 2008)
This beauty is the Roseway. She was docked in the Boston harbor in a rainy day in which I decided to go out and test my new D700. The Roseway is a shooner with a long and illustrious history. It was built in Essex, MA as an elite fishing boat in 1925, tasked not just to catch the most fish, but also to beat the Nova Scotia fleet in the annual race with the Gloucester fishing yachts. She was christened after an acquaintance her first owner, that apparently “had always her way”. During her career as fishing vessel, she set the record of 74 swordfish caught in one single day in 1934.
During the war she was assigned to the naval district of New England to guide ships through the minefields and anti-submarine netting protecting the Boston Harbour, and was decorated for her exemplary service. After the war she served ad cruise boat, and appeared in a TV movie.
After 84 years of service, she is now a registered US National Historic Landmark, and is operational as an educational platform for the World Ocean School. You can often see her crossing the Harbour with her red sails in the wind.
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The boat looks great in b\w! The lack of colors fits the scene nicely. What do you think about your new camera ?
Oh I love it, it is great. It works very well with low light (something the D100 wasn’t very good at). Most of the time I am using it with a 50mm prime lens which makes it really fast. That, plus the low noise and hight dynamic range (stops) of the detector, means that I can shoot hand-held when it is almost night. It gives me a lot of freedom, I really love it.
Hi Massimo. I used to follow your blog several years ago but lost touch. I just came across it again this evening, caught up on all you posted during the last 2 years, and wanted to write and tell you how much I enjoy your photos and comments from all over the world.
I’ve started a new photography blog and much of it centers on b/w images of Cambridge, esp. Harvard Square, Cape Cod, the North Shore and Boston. Please have a look: www.merritthewittphotography.blogspot.com.
Take care,
Merritt
I’ve started a new photography blog and much of it centers on b/w images of Cambridge, esp. Harvard Square, Cape Cod, the North Shore and Boston. Please have a look: www.merritthewittphotography.blogspot.com.
Take care,
Merritt
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