June 30, 2013: Helideck texture

365 Project, Day 10

Here is my day ten submission to my 365Project: 

Still waiting to go out on survey so I took some photos around the ship including the helideck where I liked the lines and textures.

June 29, 2013: Angola Oil Rigs

365 Project, Day 9

Here is my day nine submission to my 365Project:

Another busy day of meetings for the start of this job so not much time to do photos. I did snap some photos as we headed offshore from our anchorage just off Cabinda, Angola. There are so many rigs offshore here; much different than off East Africa where I've mostly been working the last couple of years. I took another photo showing about 20 installations in one photo! I also had my first marine mammal sighting of a distant probable humpback whale...I could just see it's blow on the horizon. This means there will probably be many more to photograph in the near future :) 

I wasn't overly impressed with my original shot so used the opportunity to play with some editing...and got this 60s style worn out look in the end:

June 28, 2013: Anchor Chain

365 Project, Day 8

Here is my day eight submission to my 365Project:

Now that I'm on the vessel most of my photos will either consist of events around the vessel...or any wildlife we'll be seeing. We're at anchor today so I decided to take some around the ship and thought the anchor chain made interesting subject with a shallow depth of field (DOF!) :)

June 27, 2013: Shipyard Boats - Point Noire, Congo

365 Project, Day 7

Here is my day seven submission to my 365Project:

I arrived last night after 30+ hours of traveling to Point Noire, Congo. We were supposed to leave from this port last night by the transfer boat (the one in blue!) to join the ship but it was decided it would be to dangerous to do this transfer at night so we came back this morning. I wanted to a long exposure of these two derelict boats (and the rat running along the deck of one!) last night but it would've been difficult to pull out my camera and set it up in that situation. When we returned this morning I was able to get this panoramic photo on my iPhone. I love the fact I can easily get these shots with my phone during the hectic times of travel.