A few from the past week

a couple of pics from the past week, started with nice weather but went down hill toward the end, the strange looking ship "Asian vision" is a car/vehicle carrier and is one of a fleet of similar looking ships that bring cars to the uk from the far east, have caught 2 of her sister ships over the last 6 months. ...

Coaster "Dania" gets help from tugs on the river mersey

Small coaster "dania" seemed to be having problems on the river today and was helped by no fewer than 3 different tugs inc Stanlow and Donau. Not too sure on what the problem was but it could have been engine or steering failure. The river was quite busy but the tugs did a great job of moving the ship to the safety of langton lock gates, from there she entered liverpool docks although she was originally bound for Birkenhead

Birkenhead docks visit

Went down to the docks this morning to catch the oceanic survey ship "Bibby Aquamarine", forth fisher was in and having some work done on her. Isle of Man steam packet "Snaefell" was visible in the NSL yard and looks like she has had a fresh lick of paint!

Some more "Phonescoped" pics

Tried some more phonescoping today, few tankers on the move and a small trawler braved the rough sea`s just outside the river mouth..all pics taken on a sony k800i mobile phone thru a piccolo scope at 25-35x zoom

A few "phonescoped" pics

Took these pics thru my spotting scope using my k800i mobile phone, the scope was at 25x magnification. This is similar to "digiscoping" were you use a digital compact camera against the eyepiece of the scope, making the scope into a large fixed zoom lens. Helps if the weather is bright and clear.

Tanker "Gerd Knutsen" leaving Liverpool

Got a few pics of the Knutsen tanker leaving on the 23rd feb, overcast but with good visibility

Mersey Mariner dredger at work + more

Watched the "hopper" dredger "Mersey Mariner" working at the lock gate entrance to birkenhead docks, pleny of other ships on the river too, the usual movements off the roro terminal at 12 quays and a few chem products carriers were inbound and going out too. All these pics are on 35mm film, now using Fuji reala 100, its excellent film with virtually no grain and is very sharp, pity the conditions today did not really do it justice. Nikon f80 and sigma 70-300mm zoom.

Clansman leaves Liverpool

One of the Caledonian Macbrayne ferries "Clansman" left birkenhead docks today. She had been in the NSL/Lairds yard for repairs. Mixture of digital and film here, film was fuji reala 100.

Ferries...Ben My Chree and Liverpool Viking

Regular river mersey visitors, IOM ferry Ben My Chree and Liverpool Viking caught in great light a few days back...

Heavy lift ship "Maria" leaves liverpool

Not sure why she was here but "Maria" sailed out yesterday. This is a heavy lift type ship with cranes capable of lifting 350 tons! Regular visitors "Clyde Fisher" and "Stolt Razorbill" were also inbound

HMS Lancaster leaves Liverpool

The royal Navy frigate HMS Lancaster left Liverpool today, caught her in better light than when she arrived. Max zoom on camera so appologies for the quality. Will update post with some better images when film is sorted