Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA

Tee Why

Just a recent visit to the Queen. An old steam powered oceanliner that sits as a hotel and a tourist attraction in Long Beach, CA.
The whole gallery with descriptions are here. http://tomyi.smugmug.com/gallery/575086/1
C/C welcome.

Ok, your typical snap from the enternce.


You actually enter from the Stern though.


View from the Stern of the ship.


A large crane on the bow.


A bench on the bow.


View of the engine controls and the smoke stacks


View from the Bridge


Plenty more shots at my gallery, so please take a look.

Pezpix

Bravo! Great content of the ol' miss

Forehead

But did you go inside that Russion Skorpion submarine?

You haven't lived until you banged your head on all that low-clearnace piping and valves!

Maybe I'll scan my old pictures of when I went in that bucket of bolts!

Tee Why

Ha ha ha,
Nah, I haven't stepped inside the Russian Sub. It looks too cramped in there and I'm scared about banging my gear on railings or such.
It would seem too cramped to shoot in there as well. But I guess I could be wrong.

Maybe next time I'm there. I'm fairly content with my QM gallery for now and don't plan on going back for a whle.

Skippy

Tee Why wrote:

Just a recent visit to the Queen. An old steam powered oceanliner that sits as a hotel and a tourist attraction in Long Beach, CA.
The whole gallery with descriptions are here. http://tomyi.smugmug.com/gallery/575086/1
C/C welcome.

Ok, your typical snap from the enternce.
You actually enter from the Stern though.
View from the Stern of the ship.
A large crane on the bow.
A bench on the bow.
View of the engine controls and the smoke stacks
View from the Bridge
Plenty more shots at my gallery, so please take a look.

What a beautiful series .......
Must be an awesome site to actually see for real.
Your B&W's look great, not sure what I like better,
cause they all look great these look like advertising material
Skippy (Australia)

Seefutlung

"Damn the torpedoes ... full speed ahead."

Tee Why

Thanks Skippy. The ship is fun. They pretty much let you explore most of the ship. It's almost like a treasure hunt for photogs, walking around pretty much everywhere on the ship. The ship is old too, so it's got a lot of character as well. Not like those big boxy cruiseships in use today.

Awais Yaqub

wonderful series !

Tee Why

Thanks, I do think that Queen Mary is an under utilized place for photographers in the LA area. At places like the Getty Museums or the Huntington Library/Gardens, you always see a lot of photogs there, but not so at the QM. I think we saw one other with a dslr the whole day.

ChrisJ

I'll have to try and get down there some time. The last time I went to the QM it was about 1984! Sounds like there's a lot of freedom to shoot and great subjects.

Forehead

All my previous shots in the sub were from disposable film cameras, and they came out just fine. You shouldn't have any problems either unless all you have is like a 500mm telephoto lens!

Oh, all right: I'll just have to scan in a few and send them your way, "just for grins"!

Tee Why wrote:

Ha ha ha,
Nah, I haven't stepped inside the Russian Sub. It looks too cramped in there and I'm scared about banging my gear on railings or such.
It would seem too cramped to shoot in there as well. But I guess I could be wrong.

Maybe next time I'm there. I'm fairly content with my QM gallery for now and don't plan on going back for a whle.

Tee Why

post them here so we can see what it's like inside that tin can.

ian408

Nice series!

Ian