The following photo was taken, handheld, with a Nikon F3 and a Tokina 400mm telephoto - a lens I was very proud of at the time but now, looking back, it was actually crap! This is a scan from a print, itself scanned from a slide.
At the time I never thought I'd ever get the chance to sail aboard such a ship but, 17 years later I did, when I went on a four-night cruise to Amsterdam and Zeebrugge, sailing from Southampton on the night of the Grand Event.
It's a pity that P&O only ordered one of these, plus the near-sister Aurora, of course. Two or three more Orianas would have been nice, rather than the mixed bag of ships they have now, although I would quite like to sail on Arcadia and Adonia (the two huge ones, Azura and Ventura really don't interest me) and I am going on Aurora in a couple of weeks.
It's a pity that P&O only ordered one of these, plus the near-sister Aurora, of course. Two or three more Orianas would have been nice, rather than the mixed bag of ships they have now, although I would quite like to sail on Arcadia and Adonia (the two huge ones, Azura and Ventura really don't interest me) and I am going on Aurora in a couple of weeks.
Here are a few of the pretty ship I have taken recently...
...in the Solent, from Queen Mary 2, November 2012
In Amsterdam, 4th July 2012
At Southampton, on the day of the Grand Event, 3rd July 2012
And in Southampton, June 2012
