July 19th 1843
Brunel’s SS Great Britain is launched – the world’s first great ocean liner. Created to provide luxury travel to New York, the ship set new standards in engineering, reliability and speed. She was the world's first large iron ship and the first to be driven by a screw propeller.
This achievement marked the beginning of a rich nautical history, and the ss Great Britain is now widely recognised as one of the technological forerunners of much modern shipping. She is also viewed by many as exemplifying the industry and inventiveness of the Victorian era.
//www.ssgreatbritain.org/history/
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Britain
This shot is of the stern of the actual SS Great Britain - now preserved in Bristol as a museum. In many ways it is now it's own time capsule.
Processed using Bibble - saturation, contrast. Converted to b&w/sepia with PhotoShop Elements, then sharpened and resized.
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Yes, I'd have loved the house not to be there. But it was, and the challenge was basic editing. :-(
I am not sure what was meant by the tilt feedback. This is the back of the boat, taken from the corner. The camera was tilted slightly upwards; no horizontal tilt that I remember.
Also I thought hard about the cropping, but decided to crop off the unicorn head so as to emphasise the ship - which I felt was important to understand the image given the title restrictions.
5 - Met the Challenge re a shot of this into a time capsule depicts the era for future generations. Criticism; whilst I like the sepia(?) effect here, given that (I am assuming) there are only a few colors in this shot, the color version may have been more dramatic and captured the detail and 'glory' of this period in time. I would like to have seen the crest in full too, and I just noticed that building(?) right rear, if it was old, then incorporated more else just removed completely from the frame. I guess it was a hard angle to get as is, but somehow bringing the 'artwork' of this ship into the frame more fully, and thus dramatically, would have made it a better photo in my opinion. Well done also for not elaborating on the year, the picture tells it's own story (not to mention what the Challenge description asked for).
Cool picture, nice, crisp, and clean. IMO I would of liked to seen the unicorns on top centered a little more. The head on the left unicorn is missing. Excellent Job
Great shot, not too sure about the tilt, though. Kinda' makes it feel like the ship is about to slid backwards and crush me. Oh, well, I still really like it! 9
Maybe you could have kept the dragon at the top in to photo. 2nd- May be just me, but could you have tilted the camera so it is not as much off-axis? Just my 2 cents. Overall good
The tilt of this picture makes it difficult to look at without feeling dizzy. Otherwise, I like the sepia treatment and the well-defined tones of the ship.
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