Ship on choppy Lake Michigan waters

[BB18]

The Algoway freighter had a load of salt to bring in but wouldn't come through channel because of the wind and waves. Here's some shots of it off the shore of Manistee MI on 9/03/08.

1.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q287/BB_Michigan/Great%20Lakes/DPP0001-4.jpg

2.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q287/BB_Michigan/Great%20Lakes/DPP0005-4.jpg

3.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q287/BB_Michigan/Great%20Lakes/DPP0009-2.jpg

4.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q287/BB_Michigan/Great%20Lakes/DPP0017.jpg

5.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q287/BB_Michigan/Great%20Lakes/DPP0022.jpg

6.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q287/BB_Michigan/Great%20Lakes/DPP0030.jpg

7. Here they are leaving the next day before midnight in the rain.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q287/BB_Michigan/Great%20Lakes/DPP0056.jpg

8.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q287/BB_Michigan/Great%20Lakes/DPP0059.jpg

[PiRho]

3, 5 & 8 are my favorites, it looks like those last ones were taken in some pretty miserable conditions though!

#8 is just a winner all around! I like how you have so many different temps of light in the shot. and it shows pretty well how impressively huge the ship is!

[bsmotril]

Great series there. I did not know there were still any commercial fishing tugs running on Lake Michigain (4th frame). The black and white and night shots are my favorites.

[yeamans17]

Number 3 is my favorite I think the B&W sets the picture off.

[PiRho]

the only thing about #3 is I wish that one wave was a little lower... or off to one side, cause at first glance you can't tell that the bow and stern are connected :confused:

[mojo300]

I love them all, especially the BW one. Good job.

[SteveBrown]

The lights in the rain on the last 2 really set the photo off for me. Very cool.

[canonloader]

Excellent series. You followed the whole cycle, which is pretty impressive in itself. But how did you know it was salt and what he was doing?

[Bruno1520]

They are all great but #3 is my favourite, fascinating series.

[WMWARD2]

No. 3 is a nice shot! No. 2 gives that feeling of the many years I spent at sea. Thank you for posting these, I enjoyed them a lot.

[PhotosGuy]

Nice work on this series! It brings back memories.

[DerekRob]

I agree with Frank, Nice work and I see this barge in my town quite abit and it was here just a few days ago.

[Phil_0816]

I really like #3, the black and white looks very nice. I don't know why but I've been converting several photos to b & w lately, had never done that until recently. Some photos just really look better converted I'm finding out.

[Jamie Holladay]

Very nice series. #3 is excellent.

[gary88]

Awesome photos, I love the sense of scale in the last two.

[Eagle]

Man, shot 3 really kicks a*s. 6 & 8 are winners also.

[Anke]

Cool series of shots, you certainly spent a lot of time with it that day :)

[Grimes]

Last one is great- I really like the lights cutting through the rain.

[Simoli]

I like #5 the most.

[black_z]

#3 is a kickass shot!

[JDavis21835]

Excellent series. You followed the whole cycle, which is pretty impressive in itself. But how did you know it was salt and what he was doing?

www.boatnerd.com is a good place to find out info about the laker freighters

[BB18]

Thank you all very much for the great comments.

3, 5 & 8 are my favorites, it looks like those last ones were taken in some pretty miserable conditions though!

#8 is just a winner all around! I like how you have so many different temps of light in the shot. and it shows pretty well how impressively huge the ship is!

Yeah it was a steady rain but the wind was the only bad thing since I had a covered shelter to set up under.

the only thing about #3 is I wish that one wave was a little lower... or off to one side, cause at first glance you can't tell that the bow and stern are connected :confused:

I took a few at different angles. Here is one that isn't so low to the water and I left some color in this one though.
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q287/BB_Michigan/Great%20Lakes/DPP0014.jpg

Excellent series. You followed the whole cycle, which is pretty impressive in itself. But how did you know it was salt and what he was doing?

There was a heads up on the boatnerd site plus you can see what's being unloaded at the dock. It's salt for the roads in the winter.

www.boatnerd.com (http://www.boatnerd.com/) is a good place to find out info about the laker freighters

That is a good place with lots of info about the freighters.