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Alan K | profile | all galleries >> Sydney >> Sydney Maritime >> Her Majesty's Final Visit (Mon 25 Feb 08) tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Her Majesty's Final Visit (Mon 25 Feb 08)

The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2 has been a frequent visitor to Sydney over her 40 years or so of service, but she's on her final voyage now before becoming a floating hotel in Dubai. The day before this she crossed paths in Sydney Harbour with her shiny new sister the Queen Victoria. (A ship which, unlike the QE2, has all the charm and grace of a live sheep export carrier.) That was an event for which many thousands of people and cameras were out; indeed, rather TOO many for me to bother adding another one. I therefore I dragged myself out of bed at 4:15 the following morning to farewell QE2 as she met her final Sydney dawn.

(The scary part? In Sep 2023 I was updating this gallery to remove all references to PBase and looked up the QE2 to see that her fate was the intended one. I saw that her career ended in 2008. "That can't be right", I thought, "I only took those shots, when was it now..."

Yes, exactly. 15 years ago.)

The shoot went moderately well if you ignore the strap on my camera case breaking and dropping my 70-200 onto the concrete. (I think that the only thing damaged was the knob on the tripod mount. Thank the gods.)
080225_055607_0759 Lit For A Queen (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_055607_0759 Lit For A Queen (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_055941_0763 Two Icons (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_055941_0763 Two Icons (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_061252_0776 Final Bow (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_061252_0776 Final Bow (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_061359_0779 Smoke Signals (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_061359_0779 Smoke Signals (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_061411_0782 Photo of a Photographer (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_061411_0782 Photo of a Photographer (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_061513_0783 A Ship's Tale (Tail?) (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_061513_0783 A Ship's Tale (Tail?) (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_061928_0795 Last Dawn (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_061928_0795 Last Dawn (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_062258_0803 Full Profile (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_062258_0803 Full Profile (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_063821_0835 Of Vessels Large And Small (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_063821_0835 Of Vessels Large And Small (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_070311_0845 Flagging Farewell (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_070311_0845 Flagging Farewell (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_070816_0848 QE2 And Sirius (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_070816_0848 QE2 And Sirius (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_071216_0854 All Astern (Mon 25 Feb 08)
080225_071216_0854 All Astern (Mon 25 Feb 08)