November 15, 2013: Chain Link

365 Project, Day 115

Here is my day 115 submission to my 365Project:

My second day on this rotation offshore and no sightings yet :( Just to give you a sense of why this is signficant...on my last rotation out here we usually had at least one sighting per watch! 

So, it looks like I'll have to be a little more creative with my photos this trip. Today I snapped a couple of shots of the chain link fence around the helideck and then did a bit of editing in Picasa...and got these shots which I kind of liked.

Fun fact of the day:
Chain-link fencing is made via a process called 'weaving'. When the wires are 'weaved' together vertical wires are beng into a zig-zag pattern  forming the characteristic diamond pattern seen in this type of fence.  

Read more about chain-link fences at this Wikipedia webpage and see a video of a weaving machine on this Youtube webpage

August 2, 2013: Helideck Fencing

365 Project, Day 43

Here is my day fourty-three submission to my 365Project:

We're still at anchor today...so I had to resort to taking photos around the ship. I got this photo of the chain link fence around the heli-deck and thought it made an interesting photo. 

Fun fact of the day:

The first wire-netting machine (used to make chain link fences) was built in 1844, based on cloth weaving machines, by Charles Barnard in Norwich, England.

Read more history of Norwich here.