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Rob612
18th of April 2005 (Mon), 10:56
Here a few pics of the Vessel. Comments are always welcome. All the pics were done with a Digital Ixus 500. No post processing at all, just resize to fit the forum specs.
Rob612
18th of April 2005 (Mon), 10:58
Another couple... same tech notes apply here (basically nothing :) )
Andy_T
19th of April 2005 (Tue), 04:21
Beautiful shots, Rob!

It's a pity you didn't have your 350D with you...

Best regards,
Andy
Rob612
19th of April 2005 (Tue), 04:58
Thanks. Unfortunately, the 350D arrived a month or two after the visit... But who knows, maybe I'll get a chance to get aboard again (the Vespucci is an actual Italian Navy Vessel, operationa 100% so they do not really accept visitors often).
Andy_T
19th of April 2005 (Tue), 06:26
Actually I think that the pictures aboard the ship are very nice :D

The only one that suffers from high ISO noise is the shot of the moored craft.

Where is she based?

Best regards,
Andy
Rob612
19th of April 2005 (Tue), 06:39
Yes, the first one suffers from the noise... limits of the little ixus... The Vespucci is based in Livorno, usually, but it does a world tour once a year (the "year opening cruise" of the Navy Academy). While abroad, its normally used as a sort of travelling embassy (you should see what it looks like inside, its gorgeous). Beside that its a standard IT Navy vessel. Of course, it will be never used in any military operation :)