Vessel Traffic Service

Posted by – 12/13/2009

NYK Line

I find it amusing that the Golden Gate Bridge can be used for perspective when explaining the size of a commercial shipping vessel, as seen above.

Here’s a fun fact: the Coast Guard’s Vessel Traffic Service helps facilitate safe traffic on the bay and averages ~250 vessel navigations each day.

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  1. Larry says:

    excellent colors and composition troy. The contrast due to the colors between ship, bridge and water is great.

  2. Adrian says:

    Where’d you take this photo from? I’m having a hard time visualizing an appropriate vantage point.

  3. Travis says:

    Troy, this is a solid photo, my friend. Definitely one of my favorites of yours. The lines are especially clean!

  4. I agree with Travis. Very clean image. Excellent work.

  5. Troy says:

    hey, thanks!

    this was a wild shoot. i had my XTi w/ crop factor, a 1.4x extender, and a 400mm lens. which was all fine until i factored in the shake from sticking that long lens out the window of a moving airplane.

    this shot was truly a numbers game. meaning that if you take 700 shots in 2 hours, a few will turn out sharp :)

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